 CAPA - Clergy and Police Alliance Program The Mount Pleasant Police Department and Titus County Sheriff’s Office has long recognized that clergy and their congregations are an abundant and dynamic community resource. In order to more fully engage the faith-based community in our combined Community Policing concept, a Clergy and Police Alliance (CAPA) program has been developed supporting our agencies.  This program is a unique ministerial opportunity. CAPA members and their organizations will be called upon to pray for their police and sheriff department members, to be intentional in the building of relationships with law enforcement and other governmental officials, be available on a voluntary basis and ride with officers on patrol to view and evaluate community issues, and be available for crisis interaction involving our community members with follow-up ministerial services. Our goal with the CAPA program is to involve churches of every faith and denomination in Mount Pleasant and Titus County. Some of the benefits of this program for our departments include: providing calm in crisis situations to prevent an escalation to violence; offering support to victims; assisting in situations where a minister is requested or needed; relaying factual law enforcement information back to your congregations and community neighborhoods related to criminal justice issues; assisting law enforcement in non-traditional roles; and responding in disaster situations.Before becoming part of the CAPA
program, Clergy will first attend a special 18-hour training course sponsored
by local law enforcement similar to a Citizen Police Academy. This
6-week class, three hours a week on Tuesdays, is designed specifically for
pastors and clergy to indoctrinate them into the inner-workings of a police
department and the Criminal Justice System. Pastors and Clergy will
receive classroom and “hands on” training in the areas of hate crimes, crime
scene search, family violence, sex crimes, homicide investigation, traffic
enforcement, narcotics , communications, use of force, internal affairs, high
risk incident command issues, training, law, background investigation, and
emergency response.  Welcome to the Titus County Sheriff's Office. We are located in East Texas and as of the 2010 census had a population of 32,334. Titus County has a total area of 426 square miles, 15 square miles being water. Our county seat is Mount Pleasant, Texas. Other towns located in Titus County are Millers Cove, Talco, and Winfield. Adjacent Counties include Camp County, Franklin County, Morris County, and Red River County.We hope that you find the Titus County Sheriff's Office website insightful and useful. We believe that open access to our daily operations allows our citizens to help us maintain Titus County as a safe place to live and raise a family. The information on our website helps deter criminals and their crime and keeps our citizens informed.Vision: The Titus County Sheriff's Office will be known as an understanding and responsible service for the protection of the citizens and will maintain a reputation for professionalism, dedication, and honesty.
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