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Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed APD officer Susan Dorris to the Texas Violent Gang Task Force.
According to the Governor’s Office, Dorris, a patrolman for APD, has been tapped to fill a seat on the Task Force, with a term set at the pleasure of the Governor. Dorris comes to the board holding 25 years of law enforcement experience, including 14 years as a patrolman. Dorris is a graduate of Amarillo College and West Texas A&M University.
The Texas Violent Gang Task Force’s primary responsibility is to, “[form] strategic partnerships among local, state, and federal criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional agencies to better enable those agencies to take a proactive stance towards tracking gang activity and the growth and spread of gangs statewide,” according to the Governor’s Office.