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MISSION STATEMENT
It is the mission of the Criminal Warrants Division to successfully
clear all open Felony and Class A and B Misdemeanor warrants
issued in Harris County. It is also within our mission to
Investigate Runaway Juvenile cases and bring them to a successful
conclusion.
GOAL
It is the goal of this Division to locate and safely apprehend
all defendants who have open Felony and Class A and B Misdemeanor
warrants issued in Harris County. Alternatively, we will cause
these defendants to surrender and/or make bond in a timely
manner. We have the additional goal of locating and returning
all Runaway Juveniles to their parents or legal guardians
in an expedient manner.
VISION
It is our vision to achieve all of our goals in a manner
which is reflective of the high standards of the Harris County
Sheriff's Office. We will make every effort to meet these
goals with the greatest level of safety, security and professionalism,
as is expected by the community which we serve.
The Criminal Warrants Division focuses on the administration,
management and execution of criminal arrest warrants. It serves
as a central depository for all arrest documents issued by
Harris County Criminal District and County Courts. The Criminal
Warrants Division is also responsible for the extradition
of fugitives. The detectives demonstrate the meaning of "the
long arm of the law" having traveled as far away as Australia,
Canada, Japan and Romania, as well as across the United States
in the pursuit of fugitives.
Additional responsibilities include investigating juvenile
runaways in the unincorporated areas of Harris County. The
TCIC/NCIC Entry Section is responsible for entering accurate
data into the system in search of wanted persons. The Criminal
Warrants Division also participates in a task force entitled
the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force. It is a multi-agency
and multi-jurisdictional approach of enhanced violent crime
enforcement for the Gulf Coast Region. It is designed to investigate,
locate and apprehend potentially violent suspects. By targeting
for arrest those individuals who represent the most danger
to the community, we can better safeguard the citizenry.
In 2004, the Division received 34,206 arrest documents, arrested 4,787 persons, and investigated 1,868 cases involving juvenile runaways.
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