DPS traffic stop leads to dicovery of 130 pounds of drugs worth $570,000
AMARILLO — The Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday afternoon seized more than 130 pounds of drugs worth more than $570,000 in Carson County, according to a DPS news release.A DPS trooper...
View ArticleBorder Patrol warns truckers about smuggling
BROWNSVILLE — The Border Patrol is warning commercial truck drivers they could lose their licenses for life if convicted of a smuggling-related offense.Representatives of the agency explained to a...
View ArticleDPS: Pampa woman a suspect in suspicious death in Shamrock
A Pampa woman is under investigation for murder after she was found with the infant of a 23-year-old Shamrock woman found dead in her home Monday night, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Daniel...
View Article13-plus years since day with no Texas road deaths
HOUSTON — Lonny Haschel remembers delivering the news to a man that his family had been wiped out in a traffic wreck.“The most difficult job is to go knock on someone’s door and say a loved one is not...
View ArticleQuick Opinion: The Texas DPS comes up with ways to save the time of state...
Kudos to the Texas Department of Public Safety for making driver’s license renewals more user-friendly. Texas residents can go online to reserve a place in line, and people who need to renew driver’s...
View ArticleTexas DPS observes success of AMBER Alert on anniversary
AUSTIN — Texas Department of Public Safety officials have joined law enforcement around the country in observing National AMBER Alert Awareness Day.read more
View ArticleDPS offers $10,000 reward for 'Doughboy' fugitive gang member with Plainview...
Texas Department of Public Safety officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information about an Amarillo fugitive gang member with a violent criminal history and ties to the Plainview area.Officials...
View ArticleWhat about free voter ID cards? Few residents getting them
Opponents of Texas’ voter ID law were supposed to be somewhat placated by a component of that 2011 measure that requires that the Texas Department of Public Safety to issue free IDs to non-drivers...
View ArticleVehicle wreck kills 63-year-old man in Crosby County
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are investigating a Sunday, Jan. 19 one-vehicle wreck that killed a 63-year-old man in Crosby County.Regino Mata Jr. of Crosbyton was pronounced dead at the...
View ArticleTexas state troopers' holiday DWI crackdown yields 1,500 arrests
AUSTIN — Texas troopers made nearly 1,500 drunken driving arrests during the recent holidays.The Texas Department of Public Safety on Friday announced the numbers for the increased enforcement from...
View ArticleDPS traffic stop nets more than 8 pounds of cocaine worth more than $253,000
AMARILLO — A Tuesday traffic stop on IH-40 conducted by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper yielded more than 8 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $253,000.At about 8:21 a.m., a trooper...
View ArticleProposed $60M border security surge pushed back until September
AUSTIN (AP) — The lieutenant governor’s plan to spend $60 million to quickly ramp up security along the Mexican border won’t likely happen until September, raising accusations by his primary opponents...
View ArticleTexas DPS launches crimes against children unit
AUSTIN (AP) — The youngest crime victims in Texas have another law enforcement unit ready to help.The Department of Public Safety has announced creation of the Texas Crimes Against Children Center...
View ArticleTexas DPS launches crimes against children unit
AUSTIN (AP) — The youngest crime victims in Texas have another law enforcement unit ready to help.The Department of Public Safety has announced creation of the Texas Crimes Against Children Center...
View Article1 injured after pickup collides into utility pole east of Lubbock
Texas Department of Public safety troopers were diverting traffic Tuesday afternoon, April 1, for about an hour at a road to the east of Lubbock after a pickup truck hit an electric pole and a gas...
View ArticlePerson if interest in Snyder murder arrested in Ohio
U.S. Marshals arrested a person-of-interest in connection with the murder of a Snyder man, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Bryan Witt said Monday, April 7.Casandra Lopez was arrested...
View ArticleSix officers arrested in illegal horse-racing ring
HOUSTON (AP) — A half-dozen Houston-area law enforcement officers were arrested Saturday for providing security for an illegal horse racing operation that included illicit gambling, authorities...
View ArticleDPS urges online renewal of your driver's license
DPS: Renew your driver’s license online AUSTIN — Renewing a Texas driver’s license doesn’t necessarily mean waiting in long lines or prepping your best photo ID look for the camera.The Department of...
View ArticleTexas won't detail threats behind drug reversal
DALLAS — Texas law enforcement officials are refusing to say what threats were behind a key letter that led the state attorney general to reverse his long-held position that the identity of Texas’...
View ArticleDPS won't disclose details of new border spending
AUSTIN (AP) — State officials won’t reveal exactly how an extra $1.3 million a week in border security funding authorized by Gov. Rick Perry will be spent.Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman...
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