Larry Hoover received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and joined the faculty of the College of Criminal Justice in 1977. He is also Director of the Police Research Center with responsibilities that include directing CRIMES and LEMIT Major Cities projects, and grants and contracts.
Jamie Tillerson received the B.B.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She has been employed by the Criminal Justice Center since 1983 and is the administrative project manager for Police Research Center grants and contracts, including CRIMES and LEMIT Major Cities projects.
Paul Cobb earned the B.S. degree in criminal justice with a minor in information systems from the University of Houston-Downtown. He joined the project in 2004 after retiring as chief of police of Pasadena, Tex., Police Department. His responsibilities include the crime and operations analysis components and police agency reports.
Suman Malempati earned the M.S. degree in computer science from SHSU. He has been with the project since 1998 and is responsible for module oversight; and design/operation of the Computer-Assisted Dispatch Module.
Rafael Pulgar received the B.S. degree in computer engineering from the Universidad Rafael Urdaneta in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He has been with the project since 1996 and is responsible for module oversight; and design/operation of Incident and related modules.
Rory Glasgow joined the staff in 2011 after 14 years with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Windham School District. He has over 20 years of experience as a developer, network administrator and database administrator. Rory's responsibilities include support and development of the Computer-Assisted Dispatch Module.
Chalapathi “Rao” Malempati earned the M.S. degree in information systems from Eastern Michigan University. After being employed with TEK Systems Inc. for ten years, he joined the project in 2009 and is responsible for system web-based development/applications and the Citation Module.
Christopher Muncy joined the project in 2011 after ten years of diverse experience in the private sector. His responsibilities include systems configuration, network administration and regionalization of CRIMES' databases.
William “Bill” Stewart joined the project in 2008 after twelve years with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He earned the M.S. degree in information systems from Texas A&M University and is TCLEOSE certified. His responsibilities include system implementation and development of components including the Jail Module.
Ted Tadlock joined the project in 2007. He earned the M.S. degree in criminal justice from SHSU. His background includes service in the U.S. Navy and work for the city of Conroe. His responsibilities include design and implementation of components of modules including GPS/GIS and the CR-3 Crash Report.
Donald Whinery joined the project in 2007 and has over 30 years of experience in information systems at Duke Energy and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. He earned the B.S. degree in education/mathematics from Emporia State University. His responsibilities include implementation and support of CRIMES' Modules in police agencies.
Gary Smith received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and serves on the faculty of the Computer Science department at SHSU. He assists CRIMES' staff with database interfaces and design.