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9 Dec 2020, 11:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Some jurisdictions still want to prosecute, but Texas DPS has said it won't provide testing for misdemeanor marijuana cases because the volume would overwhelm its crime labs. [read post]
18 Aug 2009, 5:23 am
About one in four Texas drivers have no insurance and 2.7 million Texans have had their driver license suspended because of the "Driver Responsibility" fee. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 8:17 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The title of this post is the headline to a story by Brandi Grissom at the Texas Tribune published today on the subject of errors in Texas Department of Public Safety accident reports. [read post]
19 May 2012, 9:16 am by staff
” McCraw cited Operation Texas Thunder initiatives, which are DPS surge enforcement operations in a targeted area, as one example of how DPS deals with unsafe truck and bus operators. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 9:00 am
These important amendments prohibit the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) from selling criminal records to companies who fail to honor expunction and non-disclosure orders. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 12:24 am
In Texas, technical supervisors are employed by DPS to maintain and verify these machines. [read post]
30 Mar 2013, 7:11 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Few defendants getting surcharges waived by judges based on indigenceGrits to DPS: Enact incentive rules for Driver Responsibility surcharge nowAmendment tells DPS: Implement incentive rules for Driver Responsibility surcharge Hospitals: Driver Responsibility surcharge an unreliable funding sourceWhat's the one thing John Whitmire and Leo Berman have in common? [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 2:59 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits agrees DPS crime labs need more funding - it's why your correspondent supported user fees passed last session - but money won't in and of itself solve the false-conviction issue.One solution could be for agencies to simply stop using junk science this unproven forensic method:In 2017, a number of Texas law enforcement agencies (e.g., Houston Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, DPS state troopers, etc.) announced they wouldno longer use field drug… [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 4:53 am
As we all know, it is extremely difficult to manage without a car in Texas. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 1:52 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Multi-county task forces were put under DPS supervision in 2005 and those have all closed up shop rather than comply with more strict DPS policies than their loosey-goosey, oversight-free status had afforded them. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:51 pm by Steve Hall
"We submit that the release of any of the \u2026 information would be akin to a local DPS office providing a requestor (a potential terrorist) with how much ammunition was stored in the office," states a letter to Abbott from Patricia Fleming, an assistant general counsel for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 12:51 pm by Steve Hall
"We submit that the release of any of the \u2026 information would be akin to a local DPS office providing a requestor (a potential terrorist) with how much ammunition was stored in the office," states a letter to Abbott from Patricia Fleming, an assistant general counsel for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 12:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
When driving the speed limit is breaking the law'An only in Texas moment from attorney-blogger Paul Kennedy, following up on a Houston Chronicle report that DPS has begun cracking down on drivers who remain in the left lane after/instead of passing. ... [read post]
24 Oct 2023, 7:41 am by Kate Huddleston
In September 2021, as many Haitian migrants crossed into the Texas town of Del Rio, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick claimed that Democrats were permitting migrants at the U.S. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 12:26 pm
That leaves motorists in a precarious position when it comes to driving on smaller Texas roads. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 1:06 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
She was falsely convicted based on an erroneous field test that was later contradicted by testing at a DPS crime lab. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 11:22 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" with the additional National Guard troops announced while I was out of town (in Mexico City, ironically), Texas is now spending $4.3 million per week out of un-budgeted general revenue to support DPS' and the National Guards' expanded presence, perhaps indefinitely. [read post]