News & Politics
June 17, 2022
Will We Ever Know the Truth About Uvalde?
Texas authorities bungled the facts about the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School. Then they went silent.
Department of Public Safety
News & Politics
May 27, 2022
Why Does the Official Story of the Uvalde School Killings Keep Changing?
The state’s account of how law enforcement responded to the massacre at Robb Elementary School has shifted as it’s been contradicted by witnesses and video.
Health
November 23, 2016
The Department of Public Safety Wants to Impose New Rules Regarding CBD Oil
This could make the marijuana-derived drug, which the legislature legalized for patients with intractable epilepsy, hard to get.
The Daily Post
May 12, 2015
One in Twenty DPS Officers Is Female and Other Staggering Texas Law Enforcement Statistics
Solid reporting from the University of Texas School of Journalism investigates the gender and racial makeup of law enforcement in Texas.
Politics & Policy
May 5, 2015
Newspaper: DPS Made Just 10 Percent of Border Drug Busts
A report in today’s Austin American-Statesman shows the Texas Department of Public Safety was responsible for just 10 percent of all the drug seizures along the Texas border despite the state surge.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
The Free Texican Air Force
Already running gunboats on the Rio Grande, the Texas Department of Public Safety has now purchased a manned spy plane to police the border.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Texas is Getting Its Own Navy
Walker, Texas Admiral, anyone? DPS will launch six gunboats on the Rio Grande to fight drug trafficking.
Border & Immigration
October 16, 2012
More Border Cameras to Be Installed
The Texas DPS just received $225,000 to put more cameras on private properties along the Mexican border.