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20 Feb 2009, 1:11 am
John Carona's idea to create a law enforcement integrity unit at DPS.Then at a Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, Chairman Steve Ogden raised questions with Department of Public Safety bigwigs about threats to "the reputation and integrity of this department. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 5:02 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Beaumont Enterprise published a staff editorial yesterday which sums up my own views about the suggestion to hire 500 additional state troopers to guard the border:If the Legislature wants to add 250 troopers to the Department of Public Safety at a cost of nearly $100 million over the next two years, that's fine. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 11:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Specifically, the Court needed three additional pieces of information to resolve this case: (1) a copy of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) report Applicant was relying on for his claim; (2) a determination that the lab technician named in that report was the only scientist that worked on this sample; and (3) a finding as to whether the sample was destroyed or could be retested. [read post]
3 Jul 2009, 6:38 am
Sylvester Turner to the Department of Public Safety's Sunset bill requiring the agency to implement an indigence program for its Orwellian-named Driver Responsibility surcharge. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 8:47 am
The General Counsel over at the Texas Department of Public Safety believes the agency isn't required to implement an "Indigency program" for the "Driver Responsibility" surcharge collected by the agency until September 1, 2011, according to their Public Information Officer Tela Mange. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 8:20 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday approved nine new habeas corpus petitions from defendants convicted of drug crimes after a Department of Public Safety crime lab worker in Houston was found last year to have falsified test results. [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]
10 Dec 2011, 11:46 am by Douglas Kans
The Department of Public Safety recently released DWI statistics showing that one in ten residents of Kandiyohi County has a record of driving while impaired. [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 4:55 am by Steve Lombardi
For those who aren't familiar, the Iowa DPS is the Department of Public Safety which includes the Iowa State Patrol, the Iowa Fire Marshall and a whole host of other critical safety agencies. [read post]
23 Jul 2014, 2:41 pm
The Texas Department of Public Safety has started cracking down on commercial trucks that are unfit to be on the road. [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 11:00 am
I'd mentioned over the weekend the Public Safety Commission's vote on Friday to revamp the Driver Responsibility surcharge to create amnesty and incentive programs. [read post]
27 Feb 2015, 7:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Steve McCraw of the Department of Public Safety told the House Committee on Emerging Law Enforcement Issues yesterday that it would take four years - two biennia - to deploy 500 troopers to the border. [read post]
9 May 2016, 7:07 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Lynch announced [May 9, 2016] that the Justice Department has filed a complaint against the state of North Carolina, the University of North Carolina (UNC) and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) alleging that they are discriminating against transgender individuals in violation of federal law as a result of the state’s compliance with and implementation of House Bill 2 (H.B. 2). [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 11:42 am
The Missouri Department of Public Safety (DPS) collects and analyzes crash information each year in an attempt to reduce the most common types of vehicle crashes. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 6:47 pm
On the heels of the announced retirement of Texas Department of Public Safety Colonel Tommy Davis last week, the SA Express News published a story yesterday describing problems of understaffing and declining morale at the agency ("Troopers say they are just fatigued," July 13):Some troopers concede they don't look for illegal drugs during a traffic stop or check to see if the motorist is a convicted sex offender violating his probation. [read post]
2 Jan 2019, 7:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Auditors from the Texas Department of Public Safety  confirmed allegations that the Austin Police Department pressured the head of its sex-crimes unit to improperly classify rapes as "exceptionally cleared" when that was not the case. [read post]
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Friday Sergeant Juan Maldonado, one of the state troopers who responded to a shooting at Robb Elementary School in May. [read post]
24 May 2011, 12:11 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here's a press release from the Texas Department of Public Safety announcing details of the indigency program for people who owe the Driver Responsibility surcharge:DPS announces details of DRP Indigency Program The Texas Department of Public Safety is now offering an Indigency Program for surcharges owed under the Driver Responsibility Program. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 9:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A 2015 public policy report, which helped convince the California Legislature last year to end license revocations for nonpayment, articulated some of the additional, hidden costs from, "Using license suspensions to collect debt rather than to preserve public safety. [read post]