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18 May 2010, 2:00 pm
Department of Public Safety Authorities are investigating an off-duty trooper reported missing in Burnet County Monday following a boating accident. [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 8:45 am
Department of Public Safety investigators took to interviewing survivors to determine how the pileup occurred. [read post]
12 Sep 2020, 7:07 am
Former state representatives Terry Keel and Ron Reynolds have proposed that Texas DPS take over the Austin Police Department. [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]
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… [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 4:33 am
Interesting to see that, while on the gubernatorial campaign trail this year, Greg Abbott pledged to seek diversion of state highway fund monies from the Department of Public Safety to road building. [read post]
18 Jul 2015, 8:08 am
Reported AP's Michael Graczyk, "The Texas Department of Public Safety sent a notice June 30 that the FBI-developed population database used by the crime lab in Texas and other states had errors for calculating DNA match statistics in criminal investigations. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 11:47 am
Specifically, the Court needed three additional pieces of information to resolve this case: (1) a copy of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) report Applicant was relying on for his claim; (2) a determination that the lab technician named in that report was the only scientist that worked on this sample; and (3) a finding as to whether the sample was destroyed or could be retested. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 8:40 am
If you read the above paragraph again, you notice I said Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab. [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]
2 Jul 2020, 8:37 am
Uvalde County, TX (July 2, 2020) – On June 26, the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on US Highway 57. [read post]
28 Jun 2020, 1:07 am
Zavalla, TX (June 28, 2020) – On June 27, the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Texas Highway 147. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 5:26 am
Robert Lee, TX (July 3, 2020) – On June 28, the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on State Highway 208. [read post]
5 Aug 2011, 2:23 pm
Beginning August 19, several law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with the Texas Department of Public Safety, will begin a DWI campaign known as “Drink, Drive, Go to Jail. [read post]
8 Mar 2021, 4:44 pm
Greg Abbott's suggestion that DPS "colonize" the Austin Police Department, in his words. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 9:48 am
Although the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is still investigating, evidence shows that speed and road rage contributed to the deadly accident.Mr. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 5:01 am
Read written testimony your correspondent submitted on his own behalf to the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee asking them to reject HB 530 by Fletcher and its senate companion SB 188 by Huffman expanding the authority of the largest police departments to perform wiretapping without Department of Public Safety oversight. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 2:37 pm
More than 1,700 trucks were taken out of commission due to safety violations during the three-day Roadcheck 2010 operation conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety. [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]
2 Jan 2019, 7:34 am
Auditors from the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed allegations that the Austin Police Department pressured the head of its sex-crimes unit to improperly classify rapes as "exceptionally cleared" when that was not the case. [read post]
