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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.
On August 10, 1935, the Texas Legislature created the Department of Public Safety, along with 103 other bills. [6] The newly formed department became the new home for the Texas Rangers, The Highway Patrol, and the crime laboratory. [7]
Price made history as one of the first recruits to go to work directly for the CHP’s North Sacramento office, CHP officials said in a 2023 social media post. Cadets who graduate from the CHP’s ...
Dec. 20—AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) on Wednesday announced Bryan Rippee as the new Chief of the Texas Highway Patrol (THP), and Jason Hester as the new Chief of the ...
The Texas Highway Patrol Association Hall of Fame and Museum is a 501(c)(3) public charity, but the Texas Highway Patrol Association is a 501(c)(6) non-profit labor or trade group organization. THPA Services Inc., is a for profit corporation that provides membership and other services to police membership associations and other private law ...
The roadwork is part of a $483.5 million expansion project. Construction on Highway 50 will block drivers from using several major exits in Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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 crash was reported about 6:15 a.m. in the area of Highway 160, also known as River Road, and Scribner Road, just east of the Sacramento River near the town of Clarksburg.