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22 Oct 2013, 2:29 pm
After about 20 minutes waiting on the drug dog to arrive and being interrogated by the trooper about the client roadtrip from Michigan through Texas, the DPS trooper believed he had reasonable suspicion or probable cause to conduct a search based on the free air search done by the local DPS canine unit. [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 6:11 am
After the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ran their Public Information Officer (PIO) Michelle Lyons out of her post, they briefly hired John Hurt, who was in charge of media relations at the Texas Department of Transportation for 20 years, to fill the slot. [read post]
16 Oct 2013, 12:35 pm
In March 2013, in the case of Ex Parte Junius Sereal (read the opinion here), the CCA wrote in its opinion: The DPS report shows that the lab technician who was solely responsible for testing the evidence in this case is the scientist found to have committed misconduct. [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]
6 Oct 2013, 4:59 pm
Following up on a story highlighted on Grits earlier this week, Jeremy Schwartz has a piece in the Austin Statesman today on the Texas Department of Public Safety's decision to install roadblocks in South Texas, a tactic Grits labeled "pure pretext stops." [read post]
3 Oct 2013, 11:59 am
Here's a chart depicting rates in Texas' five largest counties." [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 5:42 am
The Texas Department of Public Safety is now conducting roadblocks in the Rio Grande Valley in which they're checking for drivers license and insurance, looking for evidence of DWI, and running warrant checks on drivers, DPS Col. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 7:54 am
In a DPS listing of the 10 Texas ZIP codes with the most surcharges, four were in El Paso. [read post]
12 Sep 2013, 8:42 am
Both programs were created by the Texas Legislature. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 8:48 am
As a new incentive program for the Texas Driver Responsibility surcharge belatedly rolls out this month, Grits should remind readers that state Rep. [read post]
1 Sep 2013, 8:48 am
Juries want to believe State experts, they've been lied to about DWI by DPS for so long (Drink. [read post]
1 Sep 2013, 7:48 am
Juries want to believe State experts, they’ve been lied to about DWI by DPS for so long (Drink. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 1:11 pm
Texas law requires the recording of this data, which anyone can ask for. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 12:33 pm
DALLAS ROADSIDE BODY SEARCH BY DPS TROOPERS NOW SUBJECT TO FEDERAL LAWSUIT – SHOCKING VIDEO OF DALLAS ROADSIDE SEARCH OF TWO INNOCENT WOMEN In July 2012, Angel Dobbs and her niece Ashley, 24, were driving along Highway 161 when they were pulled over by a Texas DPS Trooper who claims to have pulled the car over because he saw a cigarette butt being tossed out of the car window, and that he called DPS Trooper Kelley Helleson to assist him after he allegedly… [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 12:11 pm
Texas law requires the recording of this data, which anyone can ask for. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 11:06 am
Did the Driver Responsibility Surcharge cause Texas' voter ID law to be rejected? [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 6:41 am
The Department of Public Safety is an agency of the State of Texas. [read post]
18 Aug 2013, 8:45 am
After the cuts, the proposed budget is
$3.9 million.But an increase in costs for evidence testing and professional testimony could drain those accounts and Reyna said using forfeiture money is only a temporary solution to pay for his office.The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Waco crime lab does all forensic evidence testing for free for the district attorney’s office, but Reyna said the DPS
also is feeling the strain of budget cuts and sometimes… [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 8:41 am
Did Texas DPS unwittingly conspire in using NSA spy intel for drug cases? [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 4:51 pm
Alcohol may have been a factor, according to the DPS. [read post]
