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7 Mar 2013, 8:20 am
See prior, related Grits posts:Convictions overturned based on DPS lab worker misconduct, hundreds more likely to be challengedBad apple at DPS crime lab could spoil barrel of convictionsDPS analyst who faked results worked on 4,944 drug cases Drug analyst at DPS crime lab issued erroneous reports [read post]
12 Jul 2008, 4:32 pm
DPS was already engaged in a struggle with the Governor for control over Texas emergency management services, the Sunset Commission proposed taking away driver license and vehicle registration duties from DPS, and problems at DPS-run crime labs have generated calls for independent management. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 7:14 am
The following notice was posted on the Texas District and County Attorneys Association website on Friday:ALERT: DPS Houston Regional Crime Lab Issue Posted: Friday, April 27 Yesterday, DPS sent an email to the prosecutor offices that use the DPS Houston Regional Crime Lab. [read post]
2 Sep 2012, 6:21 am
DPS provides these services at no cost to the local jurisdiction, which has led to massive backlogs. [read post]
9 Dec 2020, 7:51 am
The governor stepped in, announcing the sending of DPS special agents, intelligence analysts, troopers, and Texas Rangers. [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 6:08 am
We've been around this block many times.The Texas Senate has proposed spending an astonishing $815 million over the next biennium on border security above and beyond regular DPS patrols in the area. [read post]
14 Aug 2007, 1:03 am
In his first post on the team blogging at Texas Kaos, Vince Leibowitz parses through what's known about another heretofore secret database collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety that may have crossed the line into illegally using state police for immigration enforcement.Vince describes the DPS program as a "combination of two awful public policy disasters into one: racial profiling and immigrant hunting. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 2:23 pm
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Friday Sergeant Juan Maldonado, one of the state troopers who responded to a shooting at Robb Elementary School in May. [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 9:50 am
The Austin Statesman has more on roadblocks conducted in the Rio Grande Valley last month by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the possibility that courts could find them unconstitutional ("Follow up: Could DPS checkpoints face legal challenge?" [read post]
22 Oct 2015, 6:58 am
Now that the US Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have begun requiring agents to obtain search warrants to use "Stingray" surveillance devices (fake-cell phone towers operated by police which trick your phone into routing calls through it), will Houston PD, Fort Worth PD, Texas DPS, and other Texas agencies we don't know about who own those devices start getting warrants, too? [read post]
25 Oct 2012, 9:52 am
Dang at Foster-Quan: Texas DPS implemented a new verification process for all DPS offices effective October 8, 2012 and has also issued a new document guide. [read post]
16 Mar 2012, 12:05 pm
DPS officials say they contracted with ALIS on media outreach because they wanted the public to know about Mexican cartels recruiting Texas students to carry drugs and other threats such as smuggling operations and public corruption. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:08 pm
Local governments complain near incessantly in Texas of "unfunded mandates" imposed on them by state government, but almost never acknowledge the unfunded mandates that operate in the other direction. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 2:58 pm
Senate Bill 195 also moves the Prescription Access Texas (PAT) electronic prescription database from one state agency to another, specifically from the DPS to the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (Pharmacy Board). [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 6:05 pm
Texas Driver Responsibility Program This second installment about DPS surcharges focuses on Point System Based Surcharges. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 9:47 am
Evidence for that view is becoming increasingly hard to ignore.See prior, related Grits posts:Texas DPS acknowledges short-staffed call center in budget request to reduce license-center linesTexas DPS getting a bum rap over proposed driver-license center closuresHow the Driver Responsibility Surcharge contributes to long lines at DPS license centers [read post]
8 Aug 2008, 3:39 pm
Ever wondered how DPS operates their DWI blood testing machine? [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 5:54 am
High court set to hear arguments on DPS crime lab fiascoOral arguments have been set for October 23 in Ex Parte Leonard Coty, in which the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will revisit their already decided opinion that evidence from discredited DPS crime lab analyst Jonathan Salvador is fundamentally unreliable because of his history of errors and drylabbing. [read post]
2 Jul 2015, 9:21 am
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced plans to put more law enforcement officers on duty during this July 4th weekend. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 8:11 am
These are among the Texas Priority Organization Targets (T-POTs) identified by DPS for focusing their limited enforcement resources. [read post]
