Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Governor Greg Abbott released a statement following the Criminal Justice Divisions $1.2 million grant to the City of North Richland Hills to establish furnish and equip the North Texas Anti-Gang Center which will be tasked with combatting organized gang activity within an eleven-county region.
We must do more to crack down on gang activity and prevent organized crime from taking root across Texas and this grant is a crucial step toward that goal. I am proud of the work the Criminal Justice Division is doing on behalf of the State of Texas to combat illegal gang activity and I am grateful to the City of North Richland Hills for taking the lead on establishing this center" Governor Abbott said. This new facility will replicate the successful anti-gang center in Houston and will directly challenge the gangs that threaten the safety of our communities."
The North Texas Anti-Gang Center is the second multi-agency center to be established in Texas. The Texas Anti-Gang Center in Houston was established in 2012 and the Department of Public Safety is working to establish the South Texas Anti-Gang Center in Weslaco. As part of his Bicentennial Blueprints Securing Texans" plan Governor Abbott called for expanding the Texas Anti-Gang Program to include centers across the state.
The eleven counties benefiting from this grant are:
- Dallas
- Tarrant
- Collin
- Denton
- Kaufman
- Navarro
- Ellis
- Johnson
- Hood
- Parker
- Smith
