STRIKE TEAM DEPUTIES ASSIST JPD OFFICIALS WITH SHOCAP HOME VISITS / WEAPONS FOUND - ARRESTS MADE
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 
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Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Release Date / Time: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:10 PM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office – STRIKE TEAM
EVENT: STRIKE TEAM DEPUTIES ASSIST JPD OFFICIALS WITH SHOCAP HOME VISITS / WEAPONS FOUND – ARRESTS MADE
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: El Paso County, TX
DATE / TIME: Wednesday , July 22, 2009 5PM-11PM
RESULT: Arrests Made / Weapons Found
El Paso County, TX- On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, Strike Team Deputies at the request & in coordination with Juvenile Probation Dept. Officials & El Paso Independent School District Officers conducted 23 home visits on Juvenile Offenders thru the Juvenile Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program (SHOCAP) program. The Program is a systemic information-based process for dealing with the small population of chronic and recidivist juvenile offenders committing serious crimes in our community. Studies have shown that a small number of chronic juvenile offenders commit a disproportionate amount of juvenile crimes and that, in the absence of effective intervention, these same offenders are likely to continue their criminal careers as adults.
This one day operation covered all parts of the city and county to include Fabens, Montana Vista, Tierra's area, Central, Canutillo and West El Paso.
Among the Juveniles who received home visits from officials, many of them have been convicted for violent offenses which included;
- AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
- AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
- BURGLARY OF HABITATION
- EVADING ARREST
- AGGRAVATED ASSAULT w/ DEADLY WEAPON
- UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT
- POSSESION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
| - CRIMINAL MISCHIEF o/$500 u/$1,500
- GRAFFITI u/$500
- ASSAULT
- POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
- ROBBERY
- UNAUTHORIZED USE OF VEHICLE
- CRIMINAL MISCHIEF o/$1,500 u/$20,000
| - PLACES WEPONS PROHIBITED
- RESISTING ARRREST
- ENAGAGED IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
- THEFT o/$500 u/$1,500
- OBSTRUCTION / RETALIATION
- BURGLARY OF BUILDING
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A total of 3 Juveniles taken into custody during the home inspections to include one that had a firearm in his room. All for PROBATION VIOLATIONS;
- Juvenile taken into custody for possession of a knife, and gang related material (09-0700804) – initial charge of UNAUTHORIZED USE OF VEHICLE
- Juvenile taken into custody for possession of gang related material – initial charge of CRIMINAL MISCHIEF o/$1,500 u/$20,000 (09-0700799)
- Juvenile taken into custody for possession of a firearm initial charge of CRIMINAL MISCHIEF o/$500 u/$1,500 (09-0700805)
JPD Probation Officers commended the Strike Team for their diligence, expertise and safety measures taken during this operation.
The Strike Team will continue to assist JPD Probation Officers in future SHOCAP Sweeps.
Click links below to view what SHOCAP is :
SHOCAP
SHOCAP EN ESPANOL
END OF NEWS RELEASE
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.