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12 Sep 2020, 7:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Former state representatives Terry Keel and Ron Reynolds have proposed that Texas DPS take over the Austin Police Department. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 7:01 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In 2009, according to DPS' Uniform Crime Report data (pdf), Texas law enforcement made 133,191 arrests for drug possession, or 88.9% of all arrests for drug-related crimes. [read post]
7 May 2007, 3:56 am
Here's what Harvey took from it:BLOG RAISES GOOD QUESTION: WHY KILL HB13 RATHER THAN MOVE FUNCTIONS AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO DPS? [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 11:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits finally had a moment to go through this session's rules for the Texas House of Representatives, as approved in HR 4. [read post]
31 Jul 2021, 8:47 am by Tom Smith
DPS is to stop & reroute, or impound any vehicle being used to transport illegal migrants who have been detained by Border Patrol. [read post]
10 May 2011, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Declining DWI convictions and the unmitigated failure of the Driver Responsibility surcharge Federal suit filed to declare Driver Responsibility surcharge unconstitutionalDPS Director: No public safety benefit from Driver Responsibility SurchargeProsecutors altering charging decisions to avoid Driver Responsibility surchargeDriver surcharge boosting Texas joblessnessUnexplored costs from DPS surcharge harm safety, the economy Driver Responsibility surcharge 'devastating'… [read post]
1 May 2007, 3:25 am
The reader in question had been notified last month that they would be terminated because DPS records showed a felony conviction.It turned out the DPS database was wrong - the employee had only been convicted of a Class A misdemeanor. [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 10:44 am by Justin King
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 69-year-old Stephen Lloyd Fitts (of Spur, Texas) was killed in a rear-end accident in Stonewall County at 1:33 p.m. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 3:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
"I was interested to learn that "TDCJ submits the state identification number of probationers to DPS each day to determine whether probationers were arrested," but nearly half of Texas probation departments do not monitor that data. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 10:00 pm
According to a report by the DPS, the speed limit at the accident scene was 60mph, and roads had been made wet by recent rains. [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 5:26 pm by Andrew
Waco, Texas — Last Thursday, there was an accident outside Waco near the Robinson area after a woman in a car struck an 18-wheeler. [read post]
25 Sep 2011, 5:41 pm by Justin A. Coquat, J.D.
George West, Texas is a key town where main highways split off toward Houston and San Antonio, Texas. [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 8:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Florida does not allow suspension time to run while the offender is in prison.But as regular Grits readers know, Texas has more drivers with suspended licenses than any other state in the country, so many, in fact, that the situation has contributed to massive lines at DPS license centers that can take as long as eight hours to navigate. [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 5:38 am
The documentary focuses on storied Texas writ writer Fred Cruz, now deceased, whose quixotic career as a writ writer behind prison bars helped spawn a fascinating and rarely examined legal subculture.Whenever I think of a pro-writ writers' legislative agenda, I think of Brandon Moon, a DNA exoneree from El Paso now living in Missouri; the forensics in his case were botched by the DPS crime lab in Lubbock. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 4:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas already pays for too much of our transportation budget on credit, and DPS may need more troopers but not more missions. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 2:09 am
The most problematic question, said Kepple is whether DPS can do its own checkpoints aimed at searching for money, guns, drugs, stolen cars, etc., as opposed to checking for drivers licenses and liability insurance? [read post]