Tag Archives: Texas Department of Public Safety
To Chip Away at Dan Patrick’s Power, Dems Need a Crashing Blue Wave in SD 17
During the 2013 legislative session, Joan Huffman, a former Harris County felony court judge and prosecutor, worked to scuttle criminal justice reforms in the T...Read More
Lege Hearing Gets Tense Over Racial Profiling
Houston Democrat Garnet Coleman plans to file the Sandra Bland Act to promote statewide law enforcement reforms.
Houston Democrat Garnet Coleman plans to file the Sandra Bland Act to promote statewide law enforcement reforms....Read More
Friends and Poets Remember Sandra Bland on the Anniversary of Her Arrest
One year after a state trooper stopped Sandra Bland on Prairie View’s University Drive, a group gathered for songs, prayers and poetry to honor her and the fi...Read More
The Borderlands, So Far from Austin
Many a Lone Star politician has made, or boosted, his career by treating border communities as a theater of operations, where the normal rules don’t apply....Read More
Resurrecting the Legacy of Selena
When I imagine a present-day Selena, I see the star power packed in her smile, the feminine power in her hips, and I hear the love in her songs. But mostly, whe...Read More
Texas DPS Officer Shoots at Unarmed Vehicle
With increased border militarization, South Texas is becoming a dangerous place for unarmed immigrants. ...Read More
Texas Woman Denied Driver’s License Over Same-Sex Marriage
A woman who recently relocated from California says the Texas Department of Public Safety refused to issue her an accurate driver's license because her last nam...Read More
DPS Goes International
Texas DPS has become the federal government’s newest partner in fighting the global war on drugs....Read More
Fake Lab Results Endanger Thousands of Drug Convictions
Texas DPS discovered that an analyst at its forensics lab in Houston had falsified the results of a drug test. It was hardly just the one. ...Read More