Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 60.14, the Texas Homeland Security State Administrative Agency (THSSAA), before allocating money to a county from any federal grant program for the enhancement of criminal justice programs shall certify that the County has taken, or will take necessary action to provide its criminal history records to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety.  Criminal history reporting eligibility requirement will be applied to all State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) sub-recipients.  Only entities within a county that has met the 90% completeness rates will be eligible for certain THSSAA awards issued on or after the current grant cycle.  Prior to allocating any money to a jurisdiction/entity within a county, the THSSAA will review the county's criminal history reporting performance for a 90% average disposition completeness rate for adult arrests and juvenile arrests for the last five calendar years.  If the county does not have a 90% average for each, jurisdictions/entities within the county will not be eligible for Homeland Security Grand funds (some exceptions apply).  Historical: Percentage of arrests/dispositions for past 5 years, excluding the prior year. Regulatory: Texas Dept of Criminal Justice webiste- Open arrests reported.

Information about reporting requirements and 5-year completeness percentages by the county can be obtained by contacting Angie Kendall at [email protected] or 512-424-2471.  

You must have access to the CJIS site to check the Combined Disposition Completeness Report at:  https://cch.txdps.state.tx.us/CJISAuth/login/CJIS                                                                                                                                                                                                       General information on eligibility can be found here:  http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/saa/documents/genHSGPEligInstr.pdf                    

Open arrests for FWPD are also sent to by Tarrant County and must be checked to ensure dispositions have been reported or no duplication of charges have been reported.  FWPD Divisional staff will log onto CJIS and edit the dispositions as required.

The calculations are collected by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Public Safety.  They take the number of arrests reported (Class B and above) divided by the number of dispositions reported to obtain a yearly percentage.  They then take a five year span that skips the past year.  For example, for the 2016 grants, the five year span would be from 2010 to 2014.  Deadline is August 1 for 2016 arrest dispositions and needs to be 90% for grant applications.  You can contact the CJIS field rep or the CJIS office at 512-424-2478 or [email protected]