A violent crimes task force targeting repeat offenders, set up seven months ago in Houston, will broaden its activities to other big cities across Texas.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to “immediately expand” the task force to the Austin, San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth areas. The unit would coordinate with local and federal partners to identify and arrest violent repeat offenders, he said.
“Decades of criminal justice research and operational experience demonstrate that most violent crime is committed by repeat offenders,” Abbott said in a letter to DPS Director Freeman Martin…