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HOUSTON — Gov. Greg Abbott is launching a “violent crimes task force” in Harris County composed of several state, county and local law enforcement agencies to go “all in” on identifying, tracking and arresting repeat criminal offenders.

“This is a Texas-size effort by both the state Department of Public Safety as well as local law enforcement at every level, an effort to crack down on dangerous repeat offenders in the Houston area using the full might of our most elite law enforcement officers,” Abbott said during a press conference on Wednesday.

It’s an initiative Abbott said he plans to expand at some point to the rest of the state and hopes will be “the natio

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