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5 Jul 2012, 8:34 am by Steve Hall
  The items for DNA testing are due to be turned over to a DPS lab, today. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 6:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Related Grits coverage:On Defining Drylabbing: More from forensic commission meeting on DPS crime lab debacle 17 and counting: Texas Tribune on DPS crime lab scandal CCA habeas roundup: Four more free from DPS crime lab debacle, an actual innocence writ on pot possession, and death sentence overturnedFort Bend DA failed to notify defendants of misconduct by DPS lab worker The Weakest Link: TDCAA agrees nearly 5,000 cases 'may be jeopardized' by DPS lab… [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 6:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
" As a former DPS Sgt., we're talking about a man who understood his "right to remain silent. [read post]
25 Oct 2007, 8:55 am
DPS has for more than two years been arguing to keep certain security tapes secret, after a public information request by the Texas Observer, a small nonprofit investigative newspaper. [read post]
7 Jan 2009, 1:41 am
Or to quote my DPS contact:"We accept deposits at anytime, there is no validation on the system preventing payment. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 2:47 pm
Are we just going to keep letting DPS employees tell us if DPS machines are working. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 10:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Changing the labs' culture is complicated, though, by the fact that DPS has too few examiners, large backlogs, and expanding caseloads. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 5:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Cadet classes last 20 weeks and DPS will do three instead of two next biennium to fill these new extra slots.For the rest, DPS has estimated it will cost $13.7 million per biennium per 40 person recruitment class for "lateral hires" poached from local police and sheriff's departments, but DPS only plans to hold six of those 8-week academies, which would bring in 240 extra, new troopers.So where do the rest come from? [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 9:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Before the operation was launched, DPS said the checkpoints were conducted to improve roadway safety.But an American-Statesman analysis this month found that the locations where DPS set up the roadblocks were far less dangerous than other parts of the state. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 5:34 am by Gritsforbreakfast
DPS' real salary shortfall is with frontline troopers, not top brass. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 9:17 am
Further concerns reported by the Institute of Insurance Brokers (IIB) on the DP can be read in our previous blog post (See: IIB Sees Demise of Small Brokers if Commission Disclosure becomes Mandatory).Responses to the DP can still be submitted. [read post]
12 Feb 2018, 9:28 am by Ben Rubin
  The Western DPS includes Steller sea lions that reside in the central and western Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, as well as those that inhabit coastal waters in Asia. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 1:53 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(See more from the Dallas Morning News.)I'm not a betting man but, if I were, I'd wager a sweet sum that DPS won't get the post hoc authorization they're looking for. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 12:20 pm
DPS head honcho Tommy Davis told the House Appropriations Criminal Justice Subcommittee this afternoon that it would cost Texas taxpayers $268 million dollars over two years for Texas to implement the federal REAL ID Act, including 737 new full-time employees for at least the next five years.That's a huge sum of money - a LOT more than the $13 million the House Law Enforcement Committee estimated it would cost to implement. [read post]
5 May 2009, 4:42 am
Stanley Clark, resigned abruptly over allegations of sexual harassment.It's hard to ignore how the decision to force out long-time DPS Col. [read post]
5 Sep 2018, 9:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Evidence for that view is becoming increasingly hard to ignore.See prior, related Grits posts:Texas DPS acknowledges short-staffed call center in budget request to reduce license-center linesTexas DPS getting a bum rap over proposed driver-license center closuresHow the Driver Responsibility Surcharge contributes to long lines at DPS license centers [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 9:03 am by Ben Rubin
   The West Coast DPS of fisher is located in California, Oregon, and Washington. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 5:09 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Could DPS' hesitation stem from fear of lost licensure revenues? [read post]