Terms Used In Texas Government Code 414.005

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The council shall:
(1) encourage, advise, and assist in the creation of crime stoppers organizations;
(2) foster the detection of crime and encourage persons to submit tips under § 414.0015(a);
(3) encourage news and other media to inform the public of the functions of crime stoppers organizations’ operations and programs;
(4) promote the process of crime stoppers organizations to forward information from tips submitted under § 414.0015(a) to the appropriate law enforcement agencies, school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools;
(5) help law enforcement agencies detect and combat crime by increasing the flow of information to and between law enforcement agencies;
(6) create specialized programs targeted at detecting specific crimes or types of crimes identified as priorities by the council, including at least one program that:
(A) encourages individuals to submit tips regarding sex offenders who have failed to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(B) encourages individuals to submit tips regarding criminal activity relating to the trafficking of persons, as described under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; and
(C) financially rewards each individual who submits a tip described by Paragraph (A) or (B) that leads or substantially contributes to the arrest or apprehension:
(i) of a sex offender who has failed to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(ii) of a person suspected of engaging in conduct that constitutes an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code;
(7) encourage, advise, and assist crime stoppers organizations in implementing any programs created under Subdivision (6), including a program specifically described by Subdivision (6); and
(8) encourage, advise, and assist in the creation of campus-based crime stoppers organizations to increase the detection of criminal activity and other conduct or threatened conduct that may be submitted to a crime stoppers organization under § 414.0015(a).