Automobile Theft Prevention Authority, Texas (ATPA)

Members

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Chair	Chief Miguel "Mike" Rodriguez
Vice Chair	Ksatherine "Kit" Whitehill
Board Member(s)	Charla K. Brotherton
	Scott A. Jackson
	Rebecca Cantu Serrano
	Commander Thomas A. "Tom" Sloan
Ex Officio Member	Major Sharon Jones

Notes

Established by the 72nd Texas Legislature in 1991, the Texas Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA) became the first statewide effort to reduce auto theft. The 80th Legislature amended the ATPA mission in House Bill 1887 to also emphasize reducing vehicle burglaries. The resulting agency, the Texas Auto Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA), is charged with assessing automobile burglary, theft, and economic theft (burglary or theft committed for financial gain) in Texas, analyzing the methods and providing financial support to combat the problems. In 2009, the ABTPA became part of the newly established Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. The name was changed to Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority in 2019.