While they have not yet proven anything, it is always comforting to note that there are groups created for order. And in the case of Texas, a new group called the Texas Auto Burglary and Theft Authority aims to curb down the growing pains of car theft, something expected no thanks to the continued economic struggles we all find ourselves in.
Since 1991, undercover and street vehicle theft investigators from federal, state, county and city entities, through grants from ABTPA, have banded together to fight vehicle-related crimes in Texas; thereby, reducing theft by 61%. But, these task forces won’t rest until more vehicle thieves, and other serious crimes they are connected with, are stopped.
“Vehicle thefts are gateway crimes to other violent crimes,” said Chief Carlos Garcia, City of Brownsville Police Dept. and ABTPA board chairman. “When we go after car thieves, we catch other criminals, through busts for money, drug and weapon seizures. A car stolen from Houston once was even used as a terrorist car bomb,” added Garcia.
Protecting Texas borders has become a high priority both in the Lone Star State and in the White House, but long-standing efforts from the ABTPA law enforcement teams in Brownsville, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, El Paso and Laredo, along with the other urban and rural area task forces, have demonstrated that strength in numbers, tight communications between all law enforcement groups and, equally important, increased public awareness about vehicle burglary and theft prevention, are the ways to successfully curb vehicle-related crimes at the borders and beyond.
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