Membership...

There are three classes of membership in TCJIUG:

• Regular Member - voting, full-priveleged membership, an employee or retiree of a local criminal justice agency involved in automated systems. (Bylaws 2.3.1-5)
   
• Associate Member - non-voting membership, person with interest in criminal justice, communocations or information systems. (Bylaws 2.5.1-2)
   
• Honorary Member - voting, lifetime membership by nomination and election (Bylaws 2.4)
   

To join TCJIUG, send an email by clicking here.

Why join TCJIUG?

Your membership in TCJIUG provides you and your agency the benefits of input into the formation of policy matters arising out of new legislation, quality education and training at low cost and networking opportunities among peers from across the state.

Our membership has been called upon to serve on committees to establish procedures for the implementation of the state criminal justice information system (CJIS) reporting for all agencies. TCJIUG is playing an important role in the exploration and development of integrated justice information systems (IJIS) statewide by sponsoring meetings of exploratory groups and providing program segments related to IJIS.

General educational conferences/business meetings are held each year. The three-day general conferences of presentations on technology, new criminal justice legislation, and management practices often draw over one hundred members and representatives of related vendor entities. Specialized training seminars may be offered as relevant subject matter arises.

TCJIUG is a training provider for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) with frequently scheduled Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trainers and other trainers for special programs like Domestic Violence, Cultural Diversity, Racial Profiling, Asset Forfeiture and Hate Crime Reporting. Full day Terminal Access Coordinator (TAC) and Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunication System (TLETS) operator training is featured at each general conference. Each conference provides substantial numbers of hours of TCLEOSE credit. TCJIUG also provides introductory training in technical fields such as geographical information systems (GIS) and web applications development.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Texas DPS, the Attorney General's Office, and the Criminal Justice Planning Council are frequent presenters at our conferences. Because the presenters very often are also members of our organization, there is an opportunity to informally discuss your particular agency's needs with the people responsible for the programs affecting your daily functions.

The Officers and Board of Directors are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding our organization or membership.