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9 Mar 2010, 11:24 am
In a letter to Steve McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Gov., Rick Perry, Lt. [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]
25 Feb 2010, 6:25 am
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee earlier this month that DPS plans to put metal detectors and X-Ray machines at the entrances to the state capitol to aid in "gun detection. [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 Jan 2010, 6:59 am
Perry's homeland security advisor Steve McCraw, solidifying the Governor's grip on the historically independent department.Assigning 'Condition X': Federal District Judge Sam Sparks ruled that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles violated parolees due process rights when it labeled them sex offenders without due process, even when the offense for which they were convicted was not a sex crime. [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]
17 Jul 2009, 12:14 pm
Will be Rick Perry's current Homeland Security chief Steve McCraw, reports the Statesman's Mike Ward. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 3:32 am
McCraw told Sen. [read post]
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]
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]
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]
3 May 2007, 3:20 pm
The Governor's no-oversight appointment of the homeland security director Steve McCraw, who picked a fight with the wrong Lt. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 11:54 am
The Governor put his Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw in charge of gathering nearly 40 million law enforcement records about Texans into a vast, heretofore secret databse, the Texas Observer reported earlier this month, including information about open criminal investigations. [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]
7 Feb 2007, 12:03 pm
Steve McCraw, the Governor's homeland security director, said his office had come up with the idea "in house" in consultation with the Governor without speaking with DPS, but that it was "just a recommendation. [read post]
