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12 Jul 2015, 10:02 am
Rick Perry made Steve McCraw the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2009, only a dozen DPS employees earned $100,000 a year or more at the notoriously tight-fisted agency. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 2:58 pm
Senate Bill 195, passed in the most recent legislative session, serves up some significant changes to the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) role in regulating the prescribing of controlled substances. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 10:17 am
Of the several criminal justice agencies under Sunset Review this year, the Department of Public Safety is among the first for which the Sunset Advisory Commission has already issued their final report (pdf) with their official legislative recommendations. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 1:21 pm
Charles Schwertner has a good bill (SB 398) up tomorrow in the Senate Transportation Committee clarifying the statute which the Department of Public Safety had interpreted broadly to claim they could gather all ten fingerprints when Texans renewed their drivers licenses. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 6:55 am
Good news, via the Houston Chronicle ("State police to halt the use of checkpoints," Dec. 5):The Texas Department of Public Safety will refrain from using traffic checkpoints following intense backlash after state police temporarily set up roadside stops in the Rio Grande Valley earlier this year.DPS Director Steven McCraw said Wednesday that his agency will not use road checkpoints "anywhere in the state" until Texas lawmakers give their blessing.The checkpoints were… [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 5:22 pm
Naturally, I filed an open records request with the Department of Public Safety to see what documentation, emails, or letters they had from this group. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 12:56 pm
The driver, 21-year-old Martin Felipe Garcia, whose car hit the Arizona Department of Public Safety lawman, also struck a DPS patrol car in his attempt to make a speedy exit. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:09 am
It'll be awhile before the Department of Public Safety begins to comply with state Rep. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 9:07 am
Department of Public Safety staff promised to prepare an agenda item to end the contract (which requires 90 days notice) at the next Commission meeting in August.Chairman Allan Polunsky, in particular, was frustrated that a contract paying the vend0r $12 million per year over the last three years - up from $4 million the first full year it was issued - had been renewed recently for a five-year term without the PSC ever being notified or taking a formal vote. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 4:41 am
Given the enormous expense and so few tangible public safety benefits, Grits considers Texas' border security spending almost entirely wasted. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 10:22 am
These are the very safety issues targeted by rigorous Texas Department of Public Safety inspections. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 8:57 am
At last week's House County Affairs hearing, five academics issued an analysis accusing the Texas Department of Public Safety of "misleading" data analysis in its annual racial profiling reports.Reported the Austin Statesman, "According to an analysis of DPS annual reports between 2003 and 2014 conducted by a team of racial profiling experts, the DPS consistently searches black drivers at higher rates than white drivers, who in turn … [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 1:00 pm
Based on accounts of AZ Central, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is looking for a motorcyclist involved in a high-speed chase on Loop 202 East last Friday night. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 5:00 am
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS), this week, the number of traffic fatalities in Minnesota reached 303. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 1:40 pm
The Department of Public Safety, for example, has begun keeping a list of what it considers cartel-related killings in the state.Yet two Austin-area murders on the list appear to have been caused by a fight over a cellphone, according to court records. [read post]
12 Apr 2024, 11:39 am
BRENHAM, Texas — Multiple people suffered what were described as “serious injuries” Friday when a commercial vehicle crashed into a DPS Office in Brenham, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 10:22 am
These are the very safety issues targeted by rigorous Texas Department of Public Safety inspections. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 6:25 am
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee earlier this month that DPS plans to put metal detectors and X-Ray machines at the entrances to the state capitol to aid in "gun detection. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 4:02 pm
The department released the 2017 Texas Public Safety Threat Overview. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 4:02 pm
The department released the 2017 Texas Public Safety Threat Overview. [read post]
