The last update talked about clearing the way for Williamson County. This update confirms it:
The Williamson County (WilCo) scraper and automation are now complete.
WilCo records are now being ingested and posted almost daily, marking a major milestone for TexArrest’s statewide expansion.
📸 WilCo Scraper: Finished & Fully Automated
After weeks of development and testing, the WilCo scraper is finalized, including:
- ✅ Tyler Technologies system fully supported
- ✅ Automated discovery and ingestion
- ✅ Mugshots, charges, and arrest metadata posting reliably
- ✅ Ongoing daily uploads
WilCo no longer requires manual intervention. The pipeline is live and stable.
📊 Scale Check: 4,000+ Mugshots in 10 Days
Since automation went live:
- 4,000+ mugshots scraped and published
- Across 3 different Texas counties
- In just 10 days
This confirms the core TexArrest engine is working at scale — not just proof-of-concept, but real-world volume.
🚀 Next Target: Tarrant County (New Jail System)
With Tyler Technologies now fully understood and automated, TexArrest is shifting focus to Tarrant County.
Why Tarrant?
- It uses a different jailing system than Tyler Technologies
- It allows TexArrest to broaden system compatibility
- It strengthens long-term statewide coverage
While Tarrant County development begins, TexArrest will simultaneously start rolling out additional Tyler-based counties this week, now that the framework is complete.
🧩 Taxonomy Update: Bigger Challenge Than Expected
One ongoing challenge is offense taxonomy normalization.
Even when counties charge someone with the same offense, the signatures, formatting, abbreviations, and descriptors vary wildly between systems.
Examples include:
- Different wording for the same statute
- Combined offense + agency strings
- Embedded notes inside charge titles
This makes taxonomy sanitization more complex than initially expected.
That said:
- The issue is fully understood
- Filtering and normalization rules are actively being expanded
- The goal is consistent offense grouping without losing original context
This work is ongoing and improving daily.
📈 Early SEO Results (10 Days In)
Since TexArrest was officially submitted for Google indexing 10 days ago, the results have been strong:
- 1,000+ organic clicks
- 3,000+ search impressions
- Average position: 4.1
For a brand-new site with fresh content, this confirms:
- Search engines are crawling TexArrest successfully
- The content is ranking competitively
- There is real demand for centralized Texas arrest data
🔄 Current Status Snapshot
- ✅ WilCo scraper + automation complete
- ✅ Daily uploads active
- 📸 4,000+ mugshots published
- 🧱 Tyler Technologies fully supported
- 🔄 Additional Tyler counties rolling out this week
- 🧪 Tarrant County system analysis underway
- 📊 Strong early SEO traction
🔜 What’s Next
- Expand Tyler-based county coverage rapidly
- Finish Tarrant County scraper for non-Tyler systems
- Continue refining offense taxonomy normalization
- Improve cross-county consistency
- Increase scrape frequency and coverage
TexArrest has officially moved from build mode into scale mode.
More updates coming soon.