In April 2017, Constable Ted Heap, through a partnership with Crime Stoppers of Houston, formed a city-wide Anti-Animal Cruelty Partner Council. The goal was to bring key groups and agencies together to find solutions for the way crimes against animals are reported and responded to in Harris County and the City of Houston. As Constable Heap stated in a press conference announcing the task force, “With over 50 law enforcement agencies in Harris County, citizens often do not know where this type of abuse can be reported. The council’s goal was to make it easy for citizens to report animal cruelty and neglect to the correct agency, thereby helping animals in need as quickly as possible. This also would free up resources that were incorrectly getting the calls.”