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The Texas Department of Public Safety said that a woman has died and two others are injured after a pickup truck rolled over and off the interstate in Atascosa County.
A devastating attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter on New Year’s Day has prompted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to order state police to investigate because the attacker was a Texas resident.
After 15 years of leading the Texas Department of Public Safety, Col. Steven C. McCraw departed the DPS Headquarters in Austin for the final time on Wednesday. His retirement marks the conclusion of a law enforcement career spanning more than four decades.
Freeman Martin, a senior official at the Texas Department of Public Safety, will serve as the agency’s new executive director beginning next month after the retirement of current DPS director Steve McCraw.
Two migrants were found by a Texas trooper last week inside a gas tank along the southwestern Texas border, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson.
Three people are dead after a multi-vehicle crash in Kendall County, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said they have found no evidence tied to missing Olmos Park woman Suzanne Clark Simpson after four days of searching at a southeast Bexar County landfill.
A man is dead after losing control of a vehicle and crashing into a tractor-trailer in Atascosa County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Texas Department of Public Safety set up a mobile command center at a landfill on the Southeast Side amid the search for Suzanne Clark Simpson.
Starting in 2025, Texans will no longer need a safety inspection before registering a car for most vehicles, except commercial ones, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Texas Department of Public Safety troopers with Operation Lone Star found more than 300 people attempting to cross into the United States illegally in just one week.
Tren de Aragua is a Venezuelan gang that started in a prison in the state of Aragua and has since expanded into Central America and the United States, including Texas.
A man who accelerated his vehicle toward Texas Department of Public Safety troopers attempting to pull him over was arrested early Tuesday morning, according to San Antonio police.
An officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety shot at a driver who they say accelerated toward them on the Northwest Side on Tuesday.
A driver was extricated from a vehicle following a wrong-way collision in Comal County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Texas Department of Public Safety found 17 migrants hidden in a fake Lowe’s Home Improvement store truck. Texas DPS South video shows the moment those 13 men and 4 women were found.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating a crash in Wise County that left four people dead and 10 others injured.
Fifteen people were arrested in Uvalde on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine, according to the United States Department of Justice.
A family of three, including a 3-month-old, were rescued by a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter from a high mountain in West Texas after they ran into trouble during a hike.
A manhunt ended Saturday night with the arrest of a suspect in Castroville, according to the Medina County Sheriff’s Office.
The former Uvalde schools police chief says he thinks he's been “scapegoated” as the one to blame for the botched law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Federal safety authorities say they are seeking information on a crash and fire involving a Tesla Cybertruck that killed a driver of the futuristic new pickup.
A member of the Texas Rangers who was suspended following the Uvalde school shooting has been reinstated by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A Texas Department of Public Safety K-9 Tracking Team arrested a man wanted for murder after a two-mile, three-hour manhunt in Frio County earlier this month.
An hours-long standoff at a motel in Pearsall ended peacefully late Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
An hours-long standoff at a motel in Pearsall ended peacefully late Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Some students were relieved they were offered a type of academic probation that would allow them to remain in classes.
The arrests were the result of the second police crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrations at UT-Austin. The first protest, on April 24, resulted in 57 arrests, which were also dismissed.
One man is dead, and several people are injured after a major crash in Blanco County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old girl last seen on the far North Side, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
DPS Trooper Apolonio Gomez opened fire on Luis Navarro after a chase that ended up in a crash in Converse, according to a copy of the investigation report obtained by KSAT.
The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a male driver Friday accused in a possible kidnapping case out of Oklahoma.
University officials banned all students arrested from campus, except for “academic reasons.”
Authorities say a second person has died from injuries after a Texas semitrailer driver plowed a stolen 18-wheeler into a public safety office recently.
A commercial vehicle crashed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in a rural town west of Houston on Friday, seriously injuring several people, according to the agency.
A Clear Alert has been issued for a missing teenager last seen near downtown, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Officials said Angel Quinonez Maldonado, 19, was last seen in the 400 block of Denver Boulevard.
McCraw, the state police chief, traveled to Uvalde to appear before a grand jury considering criminal charges against officers for their botched response to the 2022 school shooting.
The U.S. Department of Justice just released its investigation into law enforcement’s response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But at least three other investigations have not yet been released to the public.
A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter patrolling the state’s border with Mexico has crashed, injuring at least one person.
A CLEAR Alert is designed to help find adults who are missing or kidnapped and believed to be in harm's way. The alert system is much like the AMBER Alert for children under 18 and Silver Alert designed to help find seniors.
The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
The Texas Highway Patrol will be increasing their enforcement this holiday season.
After more than a year of back and forth in the courtroom, a state district court judge in Austin has ruled the Texas Department of Public Safety must release records from the Uvalde school shooting.
Eight people died in a South Texas car crash Wednesday while police chased a driver suspected of smuggling migrants.
Mexico's president says he is going to send a diplomatic note to the United States protesting Texas truck inspections that have caused major delays at border crossings.
A state district court judge in Austin has blocked Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell from intervening in an ongoing lawsuit filed by more than a dozen media organizations against the Texas Department of Public Safety over records from last year’s Uvalde school massacre.
Following a week-long closure caused by a system upgrade, driver’s license offices will reopen for regular business hours statewide on Monday. Online services will also be available.
Anyone with a driver’s license appointment on Thursday morning needs to reschedule their appointment because the Texas Department of Public Safety has canceled it.
Texas Department of Public Safety and the Military Department would not confirm the status of National Guard member who is accused of shooting across the Rio Grande and wounding a man.
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s vehicle inspection system has been down for two days due to an outage, and it’s unknown when repairs will be complete.
Mexican authorities say a Honduran migrant has identified one of the two bodies recovered from the Rio Grande as her son.
Texas has started rolling out what is set to become a new floating barrier on the Rio Grande.
Texas Department of Public Safety officers were criticized for the disparate number of Latino and Black residents arrested during the first iteration of a partnership to help Austin with policing duties.
A 75-year-old man was killed during a shootout with law enforcement officers in Kerr County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
UPDATE (8:31 p.m. Monday): The Texas Department of Public Safety has discontinued the AMBER Alert for two San Antonio children that was issued late last month.
TxDOT warned of an emergency road closure on Loop 1604 near La Cantera Parkway due to a downed electrical line in the area.
Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday thanked Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers for protecting the Texas-Mexico border.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle threw their support behind a new requirement that the unit use only commissioned peace officers for enforcement actions.
Truckers have reported waiting up to 24 hours to cross the border because of the inspections. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered similar inspections last year to stop smuggling, but troopers found no contraband after checking more than 4,000 vehicles.
A month after the Texas Department of Public Safety began patrolling Austin streets, city officials have both praised a drop in violent crime and condemned the operation’s disparate impact on Latino and Black residents. In 2019, Dallas faced the same challenges.
