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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Smugglers
Mexican drug cartels are luring young students into the narco-trade with promises of cars, cash and celebrity, say state police who want parents to intervene.“It is more important than ever that...
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Department of Public Stimulus
The Texas Department of Public Safety is planning to use federal stimulus dollars that Gov. Rick Perry begrudgingly accepted from Washington to plug a hole in the border security budget.The decision...
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Rick Perry vs. the DPS
Gov. Rick Perry and his chosen leader of the state Department of Public Safety fundamentally disagree about how to secure the Capitol in the wake of a January shooting that rattled those who work under...
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TribBlog: Leaders OK Capitol Security Upgrades
The big three state leaders approved seven new security measures for the Capitol, and none of them are X-ray machines or metal detectors that the director of the top Texas police agency said are...
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TribBlog: McCraw Says Mexico Worse Than Colombia
The situation in Mexico is worse now than the Colombian drug war of the 1980s and 1990s ever was, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told state lawmakers today."Colombia was never...
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Worse Than Colombia
The violence raging in Mexico’s drug war is worse now than the terror that enveloped Colombia during the 1980s and 1990s ever was, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told state...
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TribBlog: DPS: No, Really, Don't Go to Mexico
In case you were planning any trips to violence-ridden Mexico, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety says don't — again.Today, DPS Director Steve McCraw issued a warning against...
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Dewhurst Tasks Lawmakers With Border Security Efforts
Following a three-week initiative led by the Texas Department of Public Safety to combat crime in the Rio Grande Valley, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has called on a state Senate committee to make...
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Perry Sending Guard Troops to the Border
*Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.Gov. Rick Perry, leaping again into the national spotlight on illegal immigration, announced Monday he is sending up to 1,000 National Guard...
View ArticleVideo: Perry Discusses E-Verify Order, Border Security
Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday announced an executive order requiring all state agencies to use E-Verify, a federal electronic employee verification system that aims to prevent the hiring of illegal...
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Bland Arrest, Death Prompt Legislative Hearing
Following the controversial arrest and death of Sandra Bland in Waller County, a Houston lawmaker will convene a Texas House committee hearing Thursday to look at trooper arrest procedures and state...
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Trooper in Sandra Bland Case Plans to Appeal Firing
Department of Public Safety Trooper Brian Encinia will appeal his firing and disputes the allegation that he perjured himself, his attorney told The Texas Tribune.DPS began the process of firing the...
View ArticleVideo: A Conversation with Steve McCraw
Full video of our 1/19 conversation with Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Topics discussed: guns, Sandra Bland, race and policing, and border security.
View ArticleVideo: McCraw on Sandra Bland
At our 1/19 conversation, Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, talked about the Sandra Bland case and his decision to begin termination proceedings against Trooper Brian...
View ArticleVideo: McCraw on Race and Policing
At our 1/19 conversation, Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, explained why racial profiling is only a "perception" problem in Texas and how the agency is handling traffic...
View ArticleVideo: McCraw on Border Security
At our 1/19 conversation, Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, explained why the border isn't secure, who's responsible, and what can be done about it.
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Police Group Upset After DPS Director Says Cops Should "Just Take" Being Spit At
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a response from Department of Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger.A state law enforcement officers association Tuesday accused Department of Public...
View ArticleTexas Legislature faces a shift in border security funding debate (video)
In 2015, state lawmakers approved $800 million for border security efforts. But the election of Donald Trump as president has some thinking there will be a change in spending plans this session. This...
View ArticlePlanned Texas jail reforms draw fears of unfunded mandates (video)
A year and a half after Sandra Bland was found dead in the Waller County Jail, Texas lawmakers are expected to consider new jail reforms. But rural sheriffs worry the state’s tight budget situation...
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