/tags/dps DPS en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:10:20 GMT /transportation/2025-01-08/vehicle-inspections-austin-texas-emissions-travis-williamson-county Mandatory vehicle safety inspections have been eliminated for many Texas drivers, but if you live in one of these 17 counties, you will still need to get an emissions test before renewing your car registration. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:10:20 GMT /transportation/2025-01-08/vehicle-inspections-austin-texas-emissions-travis-williamson-county Nathan Bernier /politics/2024-09-19/spam-texas-transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-policy-lgbtq LGBTQ rights advocates targeted the Department of Public Safety with dozens of messages after the agency announced a new policy that blocks transgender Texans from changing the sex listed on their driver's licenses. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:44:42 GMT /politics/2024-09-19/spam-texas-transgender-drivers-license-birth-certificate-policy-lgbtq Lauren McGaughy /crime-justice/2023-12-22/texas-dps-will-stop-patrolling-austin-streets-for-violent-crime State troopers are headed to the southern border to implement a new law that makes illegal border crossings a state crime. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:59:01 GMT /crime-justice/2023-12-22/texas-dps-will-stop-patrolling-austin-streets-for-violent-crime Haya Panjwani /texas/2023-08-31/border-security-immigration-texas-budget-hb-1 HB 1, the state’s next two-year budget, goes into effect on September 1. In addition to appropriating more than $5 billion for border security, lawmakers also passed several bills that expand the state’s border and immigration-enforcement powers. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:58:43 GMT /texas/2023-08-31/border-security-immigration-texas-budget-hb-1 Julián Aguilar /crime-justice/2022-09-30/former-warden-arrested-for-shooting-migrants-in-string-of-anti-immigrant-violence-in-texas Mike Sheppard was a jail warden for the West Texas Detention Center in Sierra Blanca � a privately owned detention facility that used to contract with the federal government to detain migrants. Louisiana-based LaSalle Corrections confirmed that he no longer worked with the company. Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:00:03 GMT /crime-justice/2022-09-30/former-warden-arrested-for-shooting-migrants-in-string-of-anti-immigrant-violence-in-texas Yvette Benavides , Dan Katz /crime-justice/2022-09-07/five-dps-officers-face-probe-over-response-to-uvalde-shooting The Texas Department of Public Safety had 91 officers responding to the shooting at Robb Elementary School � the second highest number of officers on scene. Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:25:03 GMT /crime-justice/2022-09-07/five-dps-officers-face-probe-over-response-to-uvalde-shooting Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /crime-justice/2022-08-11/dozens-of-dps-officers-will-be-in-uvalde-during-the-upcoming-school-year Gov. Greg Abbott said the request for additional resources came from the school district superintendent. The announcement comes the same day a state district judge denied a lawmaker’s request for information about law enforcement’s response to the shooting. Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:59:59 GMT /crime-justice/2022-08-11/dozens-of-dps-officers-will-be-in-uvalde-during-the-upcoming-school-year Julian Aguilar /politics/2022-06-08/the-texas-house-kicks-off-its-uvalde-shooting-investigation-this-week-not-much-will-be-public State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, who represents Uvalde, told The Texas Newsroom he thinks the decision to allow witnesses to testify in private was “just another lack of transparency.� Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:48:03 GMT /politics/2022-06-08/the-texas-house-kicks-off-its-uvalde-shooting-investigation-this-week-not-much-will-be-public Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /crime-justice/2022-05-27/dps-director-it-was-the-wrong-decision-not-to-engage-uvalde-shooter-sooner Texas of Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said a commander on the scene at the elementary school in Uvalde chose not to engage the shooter because it was believed children were no longer at risk. Fri, 27 May 2022 17:32:05 GMT /crime-justice/2022-05-27/dps-director-it-was-the-wrong-decision-not-to-engage-uvalde-shooter-sooner Julián Aguilar /texas/2019-12-11/little-known-surveillance-centers-keep-close-eye-on-texans From Texas Standard:More money is about to flow into eight surveillance centers located across across the state. The Texas Department of Public Safety� Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:55:53 GMT /texas/2019-12-11/little-known-surveillance-centers-keep-close-eye-on-texans Laura Rice