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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.
The Texas Public Safety Commission appointed New Deal native Freeman F. Martin as director of the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. Pictured are, from left ...
Henry J. Schultz, a special agent in the Criminal Investigations Division of DPS, was recognized by the Texas Public Safety Commission and DPS Director Steve McCraw at the PSC meeting in April for ...
Siegel — formerly the City of Austin’s assistant city attorney — has a background in public education, nonprofit and legal work, according to his campaign website. Siegel has run for state ...
Since 1935, the organization has been a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS); it fulfills the role of Texas' state bureau of investigation. As of 2019, there are 166 commissioned members of the Ranger force. [2]
County jailers and public security officers are also regulated by TCOLE. With the passage of Senate Bill 686 in the 83rd Legislative Session, the commission's name was changed from "Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education" to "Texas Commission on Law Enforcement" on January 1, 2014.
The Texas State Police was disbanded on April 22, 1873. In 1935, the Texas Department of Public Safety was formed to serve as one of the several state police forces (the TDPS predecessor was the Texas Ranger Division formed by the Texas Legislature as McNelly's "Special Force of Rangers" and the "Frontier Battalion" in July 1874). [citation needed]
One year ago, the Public Safety Commission awarded McCraw a 15% pay raise, bringing his annual salary to $345,250 and ranking him among the highest paid department heads in state government.