DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Utah DPS video shows moments a hiker from Florida was rescued from a slot canyon near the Utah-Arizona border. Ed Smith told rescuers what happened to his friends.

The lawyers for some of the Uvalde families say there is “a compelling need” for records into the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary to be publicly released.

Many state-owned vehicles are aging past the standards for replacement. Early budget drafts signal that lawmakers are considering funding some $237.6 million in requests for new ones.

The driver's licenses of thousands of Texas were shipped to a New York criminal gang, officials said Monday

A Chinese crime operation bypassed the password clues of Texas.gov by using stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain replacement driver’s licenses.

Maine officials nominated new leaders for the state's Drug Enforcement Agency and fire marshal. The fire marshal candidate is Rich McCarthy and the MDEA candidate is Rick Desjardins.

A HAZMAT situation in Arizona prompted authorities to close a portion of a freeway.

State police officials in Vermont are investigating alleged racist and misogynistic comments made by off-duty troopers while playing an online game.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to upgrade its current facilities with better technology, dormitories and cafeteria for trainees from across the state.

State officials have repeatedly had to move money from other departments to keep Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border mission running this year.

More than 2,150 flights have been cancelled, with Dallas and Austin airports being the most impacted.

A Texas National Guard soldier patrolling the Texas-Mexico border shot a migrant Sunday morning just west of McAllen.

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

A Texas National Guard soldier patrolling the Texas-Mexico border shot a migrant Sunday morning just west of McAllen, according to an internal Texas Military Department document obtained by Military Times and The Texas Tribune.

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

The driver of a van with eight illegal immigrants tried escaping as the vehicle was moving during a police chase, authorities said.

The Utah Department of Public Safety investigators arrested two men for allegedly shooting and killing a man on Interstate 15, 14 years ago.

After the Texas Department of Public Safety suspended Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell, one of hundreds of officers who responded to the May 24 mass shooting, felony cases he investigated are in jeopardy and experts have questioned the justification for his suspension.

State police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officials’ attacks on each other’s immigration policies.

Texas' Top 10 Most Wanted fugitive Julian Exavier Murillo and sex offenders Catarino Nino Chavez III and Daniel Joe Munoz were arrested between Nov. 15 and 17, according to Texas DPS.

Bottom line, the word for the Department of Public Safety and Uvalde Police Department in not going in to kill the gunman is cowards. None of the officers have once manned up to the accountability and responsibility to what they failed to do — protect and defend — on that horrific day. The young man eating a burger at McDonald’s who was shot multiple times and is fighting for his life. The mother whose son was shot multiple times for reckless driving in Edinburg. I think all the officers who were in Uvalde that day should be fired.

These proposed requirements could take effect this school year after the Texas Education Agency takes public comment into consideration.

Two firefighters have been disciplined for relying on a police officer’s assessment that the woman was ‘obviously dead’ instead of examining her themselves.

Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales calls for the Department of Public Safety's director to resign in the wake of his agency's response to the Uvalde school shooting.

Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who represents Uvalde, called on the state's Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw to resign on Thursday.

A nonprofit group that formed in response to the Robb Elementary massacre in Uvalde has issued a response to Thursday’s Department of Public Safety hearing on the investigation, calling it a ‘bait and switch’ and a ‘glorified press conference.’

The representative called for McCraw’s resignation after the Department of Public Safety director said in a meeting that the agency had not failed the city of Uvalde.

At a public meeting where families that lost children in the school shooting said he should resign, McCraw said members of the Department of Public Safety made mistakes. But he said he’ll step down only “if DPS as an institution failed the families.”

The head of the Department of Public Safety told the families of the Uvalde shooting victims that first responders were “wrong” in their delay to breach the classroom where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.

The head of the Texas Rangers will reportedly leave the agency amid an investigation into the Uvalde school shooting response.

A member of the Texas Rangers has been suspended and is being investigated for his failure to take action during the Uvalde school shooting, sources told CNN.

Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.

The undergraduate student was last seen on campus.

A Stanford University employee said she was raped on the California university's Palo Alto campus on Friday after being dragged into a basement, according to public safety officials.

All of the department’s activities were suspended for an unspecified period of time, and two employees were placed on administrative leave.

All of the police department’s activities were suspended for an unspecified period of time and two employees were placed on administrative leave.

A letter from July shows that the Department of Public Safety let a Uvalde CISD police official know the job candidate was under investigation.

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

There was no word early on his identity or what caused the fall.

A court had ruled that the state’s ban was unconstitutional. The attorney general’s office — usually a supporter of gun rights — said it will appeal but didn’t explain why.

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Governor Greg Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.

Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.

The state’s top law enforcement agency also told USA Today that seven officers have now been referred to its internal affairs division, including two who are command staff.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers from several local, state and federal agencies have been heavily criticized for the delayed response in confronting the gunman during the worst school shooting in Texas history.

KSAT 12 and more than a dozen media organizations have filed a lawsuit against the City of Uvalde, the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District seeking access to records related to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Uvalde trustees are unsure if officers who will provide school security this year were part of the delayed response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.

Maine's public safety department said the metal likely came from a plane flying an international route, and that the FAA is investigating.

Felony drug arrests and DUI arrests are up, according to the latest Sturgis Motorcycle Rally data.

More than 30 Department of Public Safety officers will patrol the campuses of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District as students and teachers head back to class in the wake of the school shooting.

The ruling sidestepped the question of whether the state police can withhold records concerning their response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School. The judge concluded that state Sen. Roland Gutierrez had not properly filed his request under Texas’ public records law.

KSAT 12 and more than a dozen media organizations on Monday filed a lawsuit in state district court in Austin asking a judge to order the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to release records regarding the law enforcement response to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

The lawsuit alleges that the state police have unlawfully withheld records, including body camera footage and emergency communications, during the Robb Elementary shooting.

Two civil rights groups have expanded their request for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Operation Lone Star, citing evidence of risky pursuits and more frequent traffic stops of Hispanic drivers.

A 9-year-old boy who was camping at an Iowa state park with his parents and 6-year-old sister survived a shooting that killed the rest of his family.

Iowa Department of Public SafetyA 23-year-old gunned down three campers at an Iowa state park early Friday morning before fatally shooting himself nearby, authorities say.Anthony Orlando Sherwin has been identified by the Iowa Department of Public Safety as the shooter, accused of killing three people at the Maquoketa Caves State Park campground—a popular attraction in Iowa that draws 300,000 visitors annually.Sherwin is accused of killing three before heading just west of the park to take his o

The report issued Sunday blamed all law enforcement agencies at the scene for failing to swiftly rescue those in the school, and said some could have survived had they moved more quickly.

The department’s officers made up nearly one-fourth of the 376 law enforcement members who responded to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. Announcement of the inquiry came one day after a report criticized police response to the massacre.

Residents and victims’ families say the way local and state leaders are handling details about the state’s deadliest shooting is compounding their trauma and grief.

Security footage from inside Robb Elementary School was scheduled to be released to the Uvalde community in the near future, but was leaked Tuesday.

Hallway video from Robb Elementary School has been obtained by the Austin American-Statesman.

"Justice Department is investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for alleged civil rights violations" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The Department of Justice is investigating alleged civil rights violations under Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar border initiative announced last year by Gov. The Legislature last year directed more than $3 billion to border measures over the next two years, a bulk of which has gone to Operation Lone Star. In a letter sent Friday to the state’s attorney general, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice also cited a “formal investigation” of Operation Lone Star by the DOJ. State and federal lawmakers as well as civil rights and immigrant groups have repeatedly called for investigations into Operation Lone Star.

Gutierrez said there needs to be transparency in the investigation because he doesn’t believe fault for the botched response to the May 24 shooting lies solely with Pete Arredondo.

DPS said the checkpoints won’t occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police. The order snarled trade with Mexico at the time.

Texas had claimed sovereign immunity when a former state trooper filed a lawsuit accusing the state of not giving him an accommodation when he returned from military service.

Almost half the money is going toward bullet-resistant shields for school police officers, a move that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on fellow state leaders to support.

State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators.

New information released by law enforcement sources and the director of the Department of Public Safety tells a different story about police response to the shooting than Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo.

Steve McCraw testified before a Texas Senate committee, laying blame on local police officers in Uvalde for not acting faster to save children during the school shooting.

The Texas Tribune has reviewed law enforcement transcripts and footage that federal and state investigators are examining after the May 24 tragedy.

Two Texas congressional Democrats are calling on the DPS to provide more Spanish communication about the shooting in in predominantly Hispanic Uvalde.

Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work. In an interview with The Texas Tribune, he said he hadn’t spoken out sooner because he didn’t want to compound his hometown’s grief or point blame.

Patrick said he wants police in as many Texas schools as possible to have bulletproof shields before the fall. He’s asked other state leaders to move around money in the state budget to make it happen.

The gunman who killed 21 people inside a Uvalde elementary school walked into the unlocked building unopposed, the Department of Public Safety said in a revised statement, as reported by the Austin Am[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

State officials provided a timeline of the massacre and have corrected crucial details amid public demands for information on how authorities handled the situation.

Abbott’s press conference follows a morning briefing from top law enforcement who admitted local police made a crucial error as the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde continued.

The rope used in the incident was allegedly one of several that had been tied to the tree for a performance by a student organization years ago.

His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two...

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The governor ordered troopers to thoroughly inspect every commercial truck coming from Mexico in what he described as an effort to stop illegal drugs and migrants from being smuggled into Texas. His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two countries.

The governor ordered troopers to thoroughly inspect every commercial truck coming from Mexico in what he described as an effort to stop illegal drugs and migrants from being smuggled into Texas.

As of late Thursday, roughly 80 percent of commercial truck traffic inbound to Texas from Mexico was still subject to Gov. Greg Abbott’s order requiring the Department of Public Safety to conduct “enhanced inspections” of every northbound truck attempting to cross the border. But Galeazzi noted that the additional level-one inspections being conducted by DPS focus on equipment — lights, mirrors, windshield wipers, etc. “Those safety inspections do not permit DPS to open the trailers, at least as I understand it,” he said. “The difference is they’re conducting inspections on somewhere between 20 to 40 percent of the traffic that’s coming through,” he said.

Commercial vehicle drivers flagged for violations by DPS will not be fined, but repairs must be made on-site before getting back on the road.

The move provides little relief as trade between Texas and Mexico is hampered along the border because of Abbott’s order. The Colombia bridge is just one of 13 commercial crossings between the two countries and the only one connected to Nuevo León.

The governor is pushing for more border security measures, some of which he acknowledges will slow traffic across the Texas-Mexico border.

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Reese and Mitchell about the fallout from sexual abuse allegations at a state-contracted children’s shelter and Russian threats against Texas’ energy infrastructure.

A woman was killed in a rollover accident near Robstown on Monday. Her husband and daughter were injured.

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On March 15, Border Patrol agents dealt with three failed smuggling attempts that led to 32 arrests. This resulted in a pursuit which ended once the driver plowed through a ranch fence. An hour later, a Department of Public Safety trooper was involved in a pursuit with a Chrysler 300 near Mission. The McAllen Border Patrol Station agents were requested to assist and, once engaged, were able to determine that five of the occupants were non-citizens from Mexico. Although DPS troopers attempted to assist and follow protocol, yet another driver embarked on a vehicle pursuit.

The deputy was working with a special unit near the border.

SAPD says it will continue to investigate her disappearance.

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced a lease agreement Monday that will allow the state to build a border wall in Starr County. The commissioner held a news conference in Starr County in July to talk about a lawsuit filed by his office over the unfinished border wall in a property stretching 3,099 acres. Greg Abbott visited Del Río, he announced his plans to create a border wall and barriers. That same day Bush said the construction would receive emergency authorization on state lands. During Bush’s visit to Starr County in July, he announced the General Land Office would be making its 20,000 state-owned border acres available to his plans.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the wall of roughly 20 shipping containers will help prevent migrants from crossing the border.

A proposed chain-link fence by Governor Greg Abbott was unanimously denied by City of...

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The Associated Press projected the ballot measure to create a new Department of Public Safety had been rejected.

The Associated Press projected the ballot measure to create a new Department of Public Safety had been rejected.

The ballot question is to decide whether to replace the local police department with a new Department of Public Safety.

The ballot question is to decide whether to replace the local police department with a new Department of Public Safety.