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Greg Abbott activated comprehensive state emergency ... to assist stranded motorists Texas Department of Public Safety helicopters and highway patrol troopers Tactical marine units ready for ...

Text messages show that University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell requested assistance from state troopers to manage ... not seen reports of DPS in tactical gear sent to other campuses.

In this time, the Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the OLS mission, which centers on a massive deployment of state police and soldiers along ...

Texas Highway Patrol Troopers, and the Tactical Marine Unit Texas National Guard: Personnel and high-profile vehicles to assist stranded motorists The Texas State Emergency Operations Center remains ...

A DUI checkpoint was also set up along Fifth Street by Florida Highway Patrol officers and local police ... About 14% of the people arrested have been out-of-state residents, the figures show.

The Texas Department ... of the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care training to include trauma assessment, bleeding control and treatment of shock. The training prepares them to work as a Highway Patrol ...

A RED CAR weaves in and out of traffic on a highway in El Paso, Texas. It’s June 2022 and Texas Department of Public Safety ...