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The headquarters of DPS are in Austin. For a period prior to 1989, the headquarters of the Austin Independent School District were adjacent to the DPS headquarters. In 1989, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill allowing DPS to acquire the former Austin ISD headquarters. [16]
The statewide headquarters of the Texas Rangers is located in Austin at the Texas DPS headquarters. As of 1 October 2014, the Chief of the Texas Rangers is Assistant Director of DPS Randall Prince. The District Companies' headquarters are distributed in six geographical locations: [74] Houston is the headquarters for Company A
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.
Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw attends an Austin City Council working session on the impacts of the recent collaboration between the Austin Police Department and the Department ...
May 16—AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) on Thursday dedicated the new DPS Fallen Officers Memorial and display during the department's annual Peace Officers Memorial ...
Rippee's promotion was approved by the Public Safety Commission (PSC) during its October meeting, and it took effect Dec. 1, 2023. He is stationed at DPS Headquarters in Austin. Jason Hester ...
With the transition from DPS to the Texas A&M University System, TDEM received money to build a new headquarters and state operations center. [24] [25] Being built just east of Austin–Bergstrom International Airport and the Travis County Jail, cost of the new facility is in the range of $300 to $423 million USD. [26] [27]
Austin Police Department (APD) is the principal law enforcement agency serving Austin, Texas. As of fiscal year 2022, the agency had an annual budget of $443.1 million [5] and employed around 2,484 personnel, including approximately 1,809 officers. [6] The department also employs 24 K-9 police dogs and 16 horses. [6]