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31 Jan 2017, 4:02 pm by [email protected]
The threat of terrorism has been elevated in Texas due to recent activities of groups like ISIS, a new document by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reveals. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 4:02 pm by [email protected]
The threat of terrorism has been elevated in Texas due to recent activities of groups like ISIS, a new document by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reveals. [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 3:40 am by Immigration Prof
Greg Abbott, in an executive order [yesterday], directed Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers to arrest migrants crossing into Texas... [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 4:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But one can point to little public safety payoff from the spending that's remotely worth such vast sums, and meanwhile more fundamental problems at the border go unaddressed.The SA Express-News yesterday featured a pair of stories giving a good deal of detail about the day to day activities of DPS border security details, which some in local law enforcement have criticized as redundant and taking away from the agency's historic mission:New frontier for DPS is stopping… [read post]
27 Apr 2013, 10:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Earlier, Grits complained at length about a bill passed out of the Texas Senate, SB 188, by Sen. [read post]
24 Dec 2012, 5:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Austin Statesman has a story fleshing out the issue of administrator raises at the Texas Department of Public Safety ("Management positions, salary increase at DPS while state trooper pay raises languish," Dec. 22), a subject Grits had raised back in 2011 after state Sen. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 6:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The change dramatically altered the culture at city hall, very much for the worse as far as I'm concerned.I'd very much prefer not to see that happen to the Texas state capitol.Last session, DPS operated metal detectors going into the balconies in the Texas House and Senate chambers respectively. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 4:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Further, arrests by DPS and especially the Texas Rangers plummeted in counties outside the border region. [read post]
27 Nov 2016, 12:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"With the new president pledging to begin construction of his "beautiful" new wall on "day one," we're already hearing open discussion among Texas Republicans of ending DPS' border deployment and letting the feds handle the job. [read post]
23 Aug 2017, 1:08 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Goes to show that it's possible to find bipartisan agreement if the goal is good policy instead of only scoring campaign points.Just Liberty has been told by the DPS General Counsel's office that members of the PSC will be briefed on the proposal in executive session, so the only opportunity to address commissioners will be during the generic public-comment section at the beginning of the meeting.As of this writing, nearly 4,500 Texans have sent emails to DPS Director… [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 7:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The 22 guns stolen in 2 years from DPS strikes me as a de minimis number, with thefts of laptops, badges and other equipment probably raising more serious red flags.Via Texas Watchdog [read post]
7 Mar 2015, 5:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
As this legislation moves through the process, I hope they'll amend it to require DPS to expunge that data.Lon Kraft of the Texas Municipal Police Association registered that group's opposition to the bill, which struck me as a fool's errand. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 12:11 pm by Robert Guest
Texas law requires the recording of this data, which anyone can ask for. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 4:00 am by Trusts EstatesProf
According to NBCDFW, "[t]he Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is signing up Texans in record numbers to organ and tissue donors. [read post]
12 Jul 2015, 10:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
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]
20 Aug 2010, 8:13 pm
McCraw is the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 1:11 am
There's an odd zeitgeist developing at the Texas capitol making me think the Lege may be more interested in preventing and investigating police misconduct than at any time in recent memory. [read post]
5 May 2009, 4:42 am
Another nasty black eye for Texas law enforcement: The interim top cop at the Texas Department of Public Safety, Col. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 9:32 am by Susan I. Nelson
From Paul Parsons: AUSTIN, TX – Yesterday, the 345th District Court inTravis County granted a declaratory judgment and enjoined the Texas Departmentof Public Safety (DPS) from enforcing rules it created that deny driver'slicenses to immigrants living and working in Texas with authorization from the federal government. [read post]