Sec. 414.005. DUTIES. 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 Section 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 Section 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 Section 414.0015 (a).
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