[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/law-enforcement-agencies-promise-aggressive-round-scofflaws\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/law-enforcement-agencies-promise-aggressive-round-scofflaws\/","headline":"Law Enforcement Agencies Promise Aggressive Round Up of Scofflaws","name":"Law Enforcement Agencies Promise Aggressive Round Up of Scofflaws","description":"Recently the Dallas Morning News reported on how some police office relish the chance to arrest scofflaws during the Great Texas Warrant Roundup \u201cas if it were spring break.\u201d The round-up targets offenders who have evaded low-level violations such as traffic citations. Although these violations do not carry heavy sentences if they are quickly processed,...","datePublished":"2015-02-24","dateModified":"2022-09-05","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/kissprblog\/#Person","name":"Broden & Mickelsen, LLP","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/kissprblog\/","identifier":11,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd70e3cfe21ebfb97a169f95da73c8b9fdb6accce8b9ecb2173146feb882a8ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd70e3cfe21ebfb97a169f95da73c8b9fdb6accce8b9ecb2173146feb882a8ea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broden, Mickelsen LLP","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","width":378,"height":77}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/police-294107_640.png","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/police-294107_640.png","height":640,"width":475},"url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/law-enforcement-agencies-promise-aggressive-round-scofflaws\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":336,"keywords":["misdemeanor","police search","round up","warrant"],"articleBody":"Recently the Dallas Morning News reported on how some police office relish the chance to arrest scofflaws during the Great Texas Warrant Roundup \u201cas if it were spring break.\u201dThe round-up targets offenders who have evaded low-level violations such as traffic citations. Although these violations do not carry heavy sentences if they are quickly processed, offenders who don\u2019t go to court can end up facing jail time.\u201cI\u2019ve been doing it for a while, and I enjoy it,\u201d Weldon Paul, who works in the Dallas city marshal\u2019s office, was quoted as saying in the article.\u201cWe\u2019re adults, and we have responsibilities,\u201d Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez added. \u201cWe\u2019re here to help you accept that responsibility.\u201dThe article stated the roundup begins March 9 and involves more than 300 agencies. It focuses primarily on Class C citations. Police said people with such offenses often have many other active arrest warrants. The Dallas Morning News reported on how more than 150 agencies in North Texas are coordinating efforts. \u201cIn Dallas alone, there are 523,000 cases and $191,000 owed on pending warrants.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ve arrested people with 29 tickets,\u201d stated Christopher Nixon, who also works in the city marshal\u2019s office.The roundup is not necessarily within a defined time frame. The article said it will last until police feel they\u2019ve made an impact on the backlog. The arrival of new technology in recent years has made it easier to track down scofflaws.Nixon said this year\u2019s operation would be more aggressive. Texas has a Scofflaw Program which is found under a section of the Texas Transportation Code, which is designed to help county and municipal governments \u201chold law breakers accountable,\u201d by allowing a Tax Assessor-Collector of a county to reject vehicle registrations for customers with outstanding fines, fees, taxes, or who have failed to appear in a municipal or county court.The program helps counties to increase collections of justice of the peace, county court of law, county clerk, property taxes and municipal court fines and fees."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Law Enforcement Agencies Promise Aggressive Round Up of Scofflaws","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/law-enforcement-agencies-promise-aggressive-round-scofflaws\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]