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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By James Barragán and Jasper Scherer

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw retiring after 15 years as state’s top law enforcement officer

Steven C. McCraw, the Director and Colonel of the Texas Department of Public Safety, speaks at a border security bill signing session at the state Capitol in Austin on June 8, 2023.
Steve McCraw, the director and colonel of the Texas Department of Public Safety, at the state Capitol on June 8, 2023. (Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune)

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw announced Friday he will retire at the end of the year, marking an end to a 15-year tenure defined in recent years by his agency’s flawed response to the Uvalde school shooting and its role in the state’s border crackdown, Operation Lone Star.

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