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Department 'rounds up' warrants: Annual event nets 1,600 closures
By Bill Conrad, bconrad@starlocalnews.com
The Plano Police Department collected $257,000 in fines during the Great Texas Warrant Roundup earlier this month.
The majority of the warrants served were for Class C misdemeanors, but 35 people were arrested during the event. In total, 1,618 outstanding warrants were cleared. Officer David Tilley said the annual event is the culmination of long hours of work by both officers and community volunteers.
"For two weeks before the event, we have officers and volunteers who have lists of all of the people with warrants from our department," Tilley said. "We call the people and try and give them every opportunity possible to handle their warrant without being arrested."
"There are hundreds of warrants that are issued every month," Tilley said, adding that warrants can also stem from things such as code violations. "The warrant unit doesn't have enough officers to get the amount of warrants we have issued cleared, which is unfortunate."
For a list of outstanding warrants and information on how to pay any fines associated with them, visit www.plano.gov/Departments/Police/Pages/warrants.aspx.
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Jack wrote on Apr 1, 2012 8:55 PM:
" They don't have enough officers because the city mismanaged existing resources. Instead of targeting real law breakers the city instead chooses to deploy officers in their fuel inefficient Tahoes running and writing BS tickets to raise revenue. "
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