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8 Feb 2013, 7:28 am
Steve McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety yesterday told the Senate Finance Committee that his agency is currently short of budgeted capacity by around 400 state troopers, with 10-15 more leaving every month. [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]
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]
8 Sep 2014, 1:30 pm
Steve McCraw had an op ed recently (Sept. 4) in the Dallas Morning News attempting to justify the agency's decision this year to begin collecting all ten fingerprints of driver license applicants and on renewals instead of merely a thumbprint as in the past.The Colonel claims that "the only reliable way to establish a person’s identity is to collect all 10 fingerprints," which seems an unlikely assertion at best. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 5:05 pm
Steve McCraw affirmed to the committee what anyone with access to Google already knew: That "there is 'no credible information that a terrorist has crossed or will cross' the Texas-Mexico border. [read post]
8 Aug 2011, 5:51 am
A pair of recent stories about Congressional testimony last week, including from Texas DPS chief Steve McCraw related to Mexican drug cartels provided new information and deserve Grits readers' attention:El Paso Times: Report: Mexican Drug cartels adopting military tactics New York Times: US widens its role in battle against Mexican drug cartels Relatedly several other stories about the battle against Mexican drug smuggling merit mention: Reuters: Top Mexico trafficker claims… [read post]
11 Jul 2018, 7:44 pm
McCraw, 35, of Idaho Falls, was travelling southbound on Interstate 15 in a 2002 Volvo V70 when her vehicle collided with an ITD tractor and mower, driven by Steve J. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 9:24 pm
What DPS director Steve McCraw calls the Texas “paradigm of border security” began coalescing in 2005, as Governor Perry was preparing his election campaign and as the national immigration debate was heating up. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 8:13 pm
I thought it curious that it was buried in the Opinion section of the Statesman, as "Commentary" by "Steve McCraw, Local Contributor. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 11:41 am
Steve McCraw's testimony yesterday to the Texas Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security.According to McCraw, in the last three months local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have seized more than 350,000 pounds of marijuana in Texas' border region, as well as more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 125 pounds of heroin and more than 1,800 pounds of cocaine.The logic behind drug interdiction is to remove illegal drugs from… [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 3:32 am
McCraw told Sen. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 9:37 am
Steve McCraw and the Waller County Sheriff calling on them to:Ensure use of force is only applied as a last resortEnd racial profilingImplement pre-booking diversion End arrests for non-jailable offensesReform the bail systemProvide sufficient defendants attorneys at magistrationImprove mental health training for law enforcement and jailers to prevent suicideBetter fund the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to inspect more jails more oftenObviously, different suggestions apply to… [read post]
12 Jul 2015, 10:02 am
Reported the Dallas News, "DPS Director Steve McCraw and 56 agency executives have been given double-digit raises, with most increases reaching 17 percent. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 4:59 pm
Stephen Frost asked Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw whether there is any evidence that Texas' Driver Responsibility Program (DRP) improves public safety or has increased the number of drivers with insurance. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 8:28 am
Steve McCraw if he could be made "some sort of Special Ranger." [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 6:43 am
Reported Nolan Hicks, "DPS Director Steve McCraw testified that it could cost as much as $125 million per biennium to provide southbound operations for all of the checkpoints. [read post]
24 Dec 2012, 5:48 am
“I have confidence in Steve McCraw — I know he’s trying to professionalize the department. [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 5:42 am
Steve McCraw informed us in a column in the McAllen Monitor (Sept. 30):This short-term effort was conceived as a response to various criminal activities and unsafe driving behaviors identified in South Texas. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 3:13 pm
Nelson, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw announced today that six San Antonio-based members and associates of the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) have been arrested based on two federal drug indictments. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 3:13 pm
Nelson, and Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw announced today that six San Antonio-based members and associates of the Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) have been arrested based on two federal drug indictments. [read post]
