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Who We Are

The Texas Alliance for Safe Communities is a non-profit, 501(c)(4) coalition of public safety advocates committed to promoting responsible public policies that strengthen security and curb violent crime in Texas.

Our Mission

To provide and advocate for principled criminal justice solutions that ensure accountability in the criminal justice system and keep Texas communities the safest place to live, work, and raise a family.

The Fight Continues for Texas Crime Victims and Families

“Although the legislative session has ended, the fight to give Texas crime victims and their families a voice has not.

Public safety and victims’ rights must be a primary consideration any time criminal justice and pretrial release reforms are on the table. TASC is committed to advocating for crime victims, for providing more information to judges and magistrates who make pretrial release decisions, and against unsecured release policies that create a revolving door at the jailhouse and unnecessarily put public safety at risk.”

Compelling testimony from TASC Board Member Stacie Rumenap and Victims Outreach Coordinator June Rodgers helped ensure lawmakers heard from both sides of this issue, putting a face on the countless families that have been forever affected by senseless crimes.

The Texas Alliance for Safe Communities released the following statements in a effort to keep crime victims and families at the forefront of the criminal justice conversation in Texas.

Op-eds from victims’ rights advocates, law enforcement officials, elected officials and others demonstrated why Texas should not implement radical changes to our pretrial release system that favor unsecured release and put victim and public safety at risk.

TASC is committed to principled criminal justice solutions that keep Texas communities the safest place to live, work, and raise a family.

Keeping Texas accountable by ensuring unfunded mandates are not passed on blindly to Texas taxpayers.
Providing third-party accountability, transparency and supervision in the criminal justice system.
Preserving democracy and judicial discretion.
Advocating for victims and families.

Promoting mental health intervention in the criminal justice system.
Fighting unnecessary government overreach.
Promoting Education for Magistrates regarding bail issues.
Advocating for responsive and proactive criminal justice in Texas.