For example, both agencies train field personnel on topics such as physical restraint, interpersonal communication skills and suicide prevention. There are also training areas specific to each agency. For instance, TJPC's trainers work with juvenile board members and chief probation officers on legal issues and topics unique to TJPC's mission. Nevertheless, the two agencies could work together to make the training function more efficient without sacrificing their unique curricular needs. Similarly, with reference to research, both agencies employ talented staff to evaluate programs and perform long-term studies and population projections.
Obvious overlap exists, and the agencies already share information.
Additional coordination in the research area should ensure consistency of the two agencies' projections. TYC and TJPC have separate databases and computer systems. While both agencies deal with the same type of juveniles and are likely to keep the same types of information, the agencies lack coordinated databases. The MIS of the two agencies are unable to communicate, and information cannot be readily exchanged. The Texas juvenile system also has no equivalent to the adult National Criminal Information Center network.