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In 2010, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper Mark DeArza, 39, of Houston, and DPS clerk Lidia Gutierrez, 37, of Galena Park, Texas, were convicted of conspiring to sell Texas driver's licenses to unqualified applicants for a fee after pleading guilty to the charge before United States District Judge Gray Miller. [11]
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.
Houston was founded by brothers Augustus and John Kirby Allen in 1836 and incorporated as a city in 1837. As the capital city of the Republic of Texas, it quickly grew, and so did the need for a cohesive law enforcement agency. The Houston Police Department was founded in 1841. The first HPD badge issued bore the number "1."
DPS troopers deployed a tire deflation device to eventually stop him. Inside the vehicle were 10 people being smuggled into the country, after they’d already illegally crossed the border.
(The Center Square) – The Houston Police Officer’s Union and lawmakers are calling out judges who continue to release some of the most violent offenders on bond, including cop killers, in ...
The Department of Public Safety has one of the longest reaches in state government. Last year, the Legislature appropriated $2.3 billion in state and federal funds to operated the agency for the ...
The Houston Police Department announced the discontinuation of their "baby blue" livery that was painted on their Chevrolet Caprice Police vehicle and on their popular fleet of 1997, 1998 and a small percentage of some 1999 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor patrol cars. The paint was a special order and cost significantly higher and the ...
Texas judge slammed for setting bond for capital murder suspect accused of killing a deputy in 2024, just one day after his co-defendant walked free.