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On April 12, 2024, a man crashed a stolen semi-trailer truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas, killing two people and injuring twelve others. [1] The suspect was arrested at the scene and named as 42-year-old Clenard Parker. [2]
One person was killed and 13 others were injured Friday when a stolen semi careened into a Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Texas. 1 dead, 13 injured after stolen semi-truck is ...
Woods was shot by officers who responded to a 911 call at an apartment in the 5600 block of Bellaire Drive South about 11:45 a.m. on July 24, according to a news release from the Texas Department ...
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.
Through Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, thousands of Texas National Guard soldiers and DPS troopers have been deployed to the Texas-Mexico border since March 2021.
The governing body of the Department of Public Safety is the Public Safety Commission, with all members being appointed by the Governor of Texas. The commission is responsible for appointing the director of the department. The director is assisted in managing the department by three deputy directors and multiple division chiefs.
Nearly 400 police officers responded to the shooting, 91 of which were from DPS. The department has faced continued criticism for its actions in the aftermath of the tragedy.
James Kenneth Crone, often known as Kenneth Crone (August 16, 1941 – February 10, 2011) was a Texas Highway Patrol officer from 1967 to 1978. During his law enforcement career, he was kidnapped on May 2, 1969, by Robert Dent and Ila Fae Holiday and then taken on a slow speed police chase across south Texas involving multiple police jurisdictions.