During the past decade, the Internet has developed into the public’s preferred communications medium and information resource. Governments at all levels are meeting the demand for transparency and responsiveness by using the Web as a portal to the services they provide. While great strides have been made, the budget and resource limitations of medium and small rural law enforcement agencies hinder their ability to connect with their served communities.

The goal of the Website Development Project is to provide assistance to agencies desiring to have a web presence but lacking the budget or the in-house resources to do so.

SWTC’s partners, (the Texas Learning and Computation Center and the Sheriff Association of Texas ), have joined forces to offer website development assistance at no cost to medium and small sheriffs’ offices in Texas.

Currently, websites are currently being developed for the sheriffs’ offices in Valverde County , Scurry and Nolan counties. In addition, a website is under development for the Texas Border Sheriffs' Coalition (TBSC) to assist TBSC in dispersing and auditing grant allocations under its control. Four additional clients have been identified and their needs are being evaluated.

The Project Leader for this project is Josten Ma.

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