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Website. www.dps.texas.gov. The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, commonly known as the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), is a department of the state government of Texas. The DPS is responsible for statewide law enforcement and driver license administration. The Public Safety Commission oversees the DPS.
The Texas Highway Patrol is a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety and is the largest state-level law enforcement agency in the U.S. state of Texas.The patrol's primary duties are enforcement of state traffic laws and commercial vehicle regulation, but it is a fully empowered police agency with authority to enforce criminal law anywhere in the state.
Texas state troopers encountered 36 illegal immigrants near the southern border Friday, ... the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Fifteen of the migrants, from Brazil, Peru, ...
August 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM. After a 15-year tenure as Texas' top law enforcement officer that put him front and center in the state's response to more than a half-dozen mass shootings and to the ...
Texas Attorney General. Texas Comptroller - Criminal Investigation Division (State Police) Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (regulatory agency) Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Texas Department of Insurance. State Fire Marshal's Office. Fraud Unit. Texas Department of Public Safety. Texas Highway Patrol.
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Texas Animal Health Commission. Texas Apiary Inspection Service. Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Texas Attorney General. Texas Board of Architectural Examiners. Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Texas Board of Nursing. Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
The TDEM was founded in August 1981 as a division under the Texas Department of Public Safety. [11] In 2019, the 86th Texas Legislature transferred TDEM from Texas Department of Public Safety to Texas A&M University as a stand alone state agency. [12] In April 2022, the TDEM was used to transport processed immigrants. It was used again in ...
The Texas Capitol Police (or properly, Region VII - Capitol of the Texas Highway Patrol) provide law enforcement and security for state property within the Texas Capitol Complex. The Department of Public Safety assumed the responsibilities of the Capitol Police by legislative mandate in 1991. [1] The previous Capitol Police department was a ...