The latest Department of Public Safety news from The Texas Tribune. By Carlos Nogueras Ramos June 20, 2025 Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses ...

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety has a new leader. Freeman Martin was sworn in Monday morning as the new DPS director, replacing Steven McCraw, who retired in November after ...

Play Live Radio Next Up: 0:00. 0:00. ... The Texas Department of Public Safety announced in a social media post that the outage forced the agency to close all driver's license offices on Monday ...

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is expanding its K-9 training program, deploying highly trained dogs to assist with drug interdiction, explosive detection, and ...

Texas Rangers and 'swivel-chair johnnies' Sam Houston State University professor Mitchel Roth, who wrote "Courtesy, Service, and Protection: The History of the Texas Department of Public Safety ...

With the holiday weekend near, Texas DPS is ramping up patrols against drunk driving and speeding, reminding everyone to ...

A January 2024 report by State Auditor Lisa R. Collier found that the Texas Department of Public Safety was one of only three agencies with 1,000 or more employees whose turnover rate increased ...