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11 Dec 2007, 12:24 am
When it comes to claims that the US-Mexico border allows terrorists through to harm America, they all have one thing in common: So far, none of them are true, reports David McLemore at the Dallas News ("Tales of terrorists breaching border overblown, so far," Dec. 11), confirming prior assessments of similar public statements on this blog.Said Texas homeland security director Steve McCraw to McLemore, "These reports get out into the public and get magnified quickly… [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 11:00 am
Steve McCraw announced he's preparing a new policy to terminate troopers for "prevarication" who lie on the job. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 3:04 pm
Steve Ogden's legislation authorizing DPS' new rules. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 10:02 am
"No sir," came the answer, not to his knowledge.That's an important revelation, since the Observer reported that Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw, who authorized the contract on behalf of the Governor's Division of Emergency Management,insists that the data DPS gave Northrop Grumman were eventually returned. [read post]
30 Oct 2016, 6:25 am
Steve McCraw near constantly attributes to the Texas border is simply false and always has been, a politicized misrepresentation held over from the days when his former boss and patron, then-Gov. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 8:57 am
“DPS Director Steve McCraw said that if lawmakers prefer that his agency changes the way it analyzes traffic stops, 'then we’re on board, especially if there’s an indication that it’s more accurate,'” though he said he wasn't sure that's the case.Well, Colonel, you may rest assured. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 1:22 pm
The Lone Star State's director of Homeland Security, Steve McCraw, shed a scary light on the severity of the situation at the southern border by officially disclosing that terrorists with ties to Hezbollah, Hamas and al-Qaida have been arrested crossing into the state through Mexico in recent years. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 9:12 am
The Statesman's Mike Ward reported ("Senators, DPS eye millions in seized drug money," Feb. 22):DPS Director Steve McCraw had just testified that federal officials now estimate that as much as $28 billion a year in cash goes from the United States across the border into Mexico.Two-thirds of that goes through Texas, he estimated. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 7:58 am
The agency is proposing to cut $10.3 million in border security grants to local law enforcement, according to an internal e-mail from DPS director Steve McCraw obtained by the Tribune. [read post]
1 Oct 2010, 12:08 pm
The current waiting period for forensic requests is 9.75 months, said McCraw, who admitted that was "unacceptable. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 12:28 pm
Rick Perry and his chosen leader of the state Department of Public Safety fundamentally disagree about how to secure the Capitol in the wake of a January shooting that rattled those who work under the dome and prompted renewed calls for stricter safety measures.DPS Director Steve McCraw has been collaborating with legislative leaders on a security improvement plan since a gunman fired shots on the Capitol grounds Jan. 21. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:09 am
Sylvester Turner's HB 2161, which requires Texas state agencies to facilitate getting drivers' licenses to former inmates upon release.Although Turner's legislation directed DPS to enter a memorandum of understanding with TDCJ and the Department of State Health Services to get departing inmates ID, DPS Director Steve McCraw testified at yesterday's House Corrections Committee hearing that he wasn't willing to commit to complying, claiming to do… [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 8:19 pm
Despite the hundreds of millions dollars spent for state-initiated border-security operations, neither the governor nor Steve McCraw, the state’s homeland security and public safety director, have provided documentation of the impact of Border Star. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 11:17 am
Meanwhile, it's notable that the Michigan House of Representatives recently voted to eliminate their driver responsibility program entirely, despite persistent budget shortfalls, because of essentially similar complaints as those lodged against Texas' program, which even DPS chief Steve McCraw admits provides no tangible public safety benefit.Dallas constable traffic slots on chopping block Dallas County formally eliminated 80 positions in constable traffic divisions… [read post]
1 Dec 2018, 7:20 am
Steve McCraw of "a 'good old boy' culture of cronyism and outright corruption. [read post]
20 Aug 2017, 9:43 am
Here are a few odds and ends that may interest Grits readers while I'm focused elsewhere:3,500 and counting support Just Liberty petition to limit trooper arrestsWith the Public Safety Commission scheduled to consider the petition for rulemaking from Just Liberty and 15 allied organizations on Thursday, more than 3,500 Texans so far have emailed DPS Director Steve McCraw in support of more restrictive arrest policies for Class C misdemeanors. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 7:34 am
But outside that "point of no return," said Kepple, state law enforcement has no authority to conduct suspicion-less searches at checkpoints.DPS already has authority to do DL/insurance checkpoints, but has never prioritized them or implemented policies to perform them, DPS chief Steve McCraw told the committee (taking some of the wind out of Chairman Williams' SB 9, scheduled to come up later in the hearing). [read post]
25 May 2007, 10:45 am
As far as I can tell, not much.The Governor already had authority to accept federal homeland security grants, so that doesn't change (his homeland security director Steve McCraw is the agent who receives and distributes those funds), and he certainly has authority to delegate that task to DPS or whomever he chooses. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 1:41 pm
Attorney General Eric Holder and Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Cleve Foster and Humberto Leal contended that a DEA registration number used to purchase the three execution drugs is registered to a non-existent hospital — in possible violation of state and federal law. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 2:48 pm
"Yet neither Governor Perry nor DPS Director Steve McCraw have pointed to the central role of a private consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia in the design and implementation of the state’s border security strategy and operations. [read post]
