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Thousands of Asian Texans targeted in driver’s license breach

AUSTIN, Texas — The state shipped thousands of Texas driver's licenses to an international organized crime group in a security lapse that is still under investigation, Department of Public Safety Chief Steve McCraw said Monday.

Tribune News Service

DPS sent at least 3,000 driver’s licenses to organized crime group targeting Asian Texans

A Chinese crime operation bypassed the password clues of Texas.gov by using stolen identity information to fraudulently obtain replacement driver’s licenses.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott starts state task force on street takeovers

During a recent street racing incident, Austin residents faced long 911 wait times. City officials say they need to increase staffing for 911 call takers, but state license and background check requirements make it difficult to fill positions.

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Teen jailed after bomb threat hoax is AirDropped to American Airlines passengers in Texas

DALLAS — A high school student faces criminal charges after sending a false bomb threat through AirDrop to other passengers on an American Airlines plane departing from El Paso.

Tribune News Service

The Border Patrol’s Power Grab

The agency seeks more authority to nab trespassers and others in the state.

Texas Observer

Met police apologise to Caroline Flack’s family over record-keeping

A review found the force did not record why it appealed against CPS advice to caution the TV presenter

The Guardian - UK

Caroline Flack family given police apology over assault charge records

The former Love Island presenter took her own life after learning the Metropolitan Police was charging her with assault rather than proceeding with a caution

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Metropolitan Police apologise to Caroline Flack’s family over lack of records

Flack was found dead in February 2020 at the age of 40.

The Independent UK

Texas state police won't punish more officers over Uvalde

Texas state police say no more of its officers will face discipline over the response to the Uvalde school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

Texas DPS scraps plan for $1.2 billion active-shooter training facility

The Texas Department of Public Safety is instead asking lawmakers for $381.5 million to upgrade its current facilities with better technology, dormitories and cafeteria for trainees from across the state.

The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS won’t discipline any more officers for Uvalde shooting response

The Department of Public Safety has finished its investigation into how officers responded to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. The agency has fired one officer and is in the process of firing another.

The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS review of officer response to Uvalde shooting has ended with no more discipline

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety will not be disciplining any more of its officers over the botched police response to the Uvalde school massacre, agency officials said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Texas safety officials stop enforcing handgun age limits for young adults

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is no longer enforcing a state law that bars adults under 21 from carrying handguns in public.

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Death of public safety officer at Texas-Mexico border was preventable, experts say

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The patrol arrived around sunset and entered a stretch of rolling hills dense with cactus, sage and towering carrizo cane. The way into the property was an unlit, narrow dirt road pockmarked with potholes, near a hydroelectric power plant.

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The Independent UK

Uvalde police chief admitted he chose to prioritise students outside classroom one day after mass shooting

Pete Arredondo told investigators that he wanted to protect students in other classrooms from the gunman

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde DA gets initial state police report on school shooting but doesn’t expect full investigation for months

The preliminary report has not been made public by either the district attorney’s office or the state. The Texas Rangers are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary.

The Texas Tribune

State police terminate another officer for response to Uvalde mass shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

The Texas Tribune

Criminal cases in South Texas are unraveling because of a Texas Ranger’s suspension after the Uvalde shooting

After the Texas Department of Public Safety suspended Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell, one of hundreds of officers who responded to the May 24 mass shooting, felony cases he investigated are in jeopardy and experts have questioned the justification for his suspension.

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How Texas senators want to make schools safer after Uvalde

DALLAS — Lawmakers should expand the school marshal program, revisit truancy reforms and allocate more money to campus safety, according to a Senate report on how to make Texas schools safer after the massacre in Uvalde.

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Texas drops its defense of a law that bans young adults from carrying handguns in public

AUSTIN, Texas — Young adults may soon be allowed to carry handguns in public, after the state on Tuesday gave up defending the age-based restrictions in court.

Salon

AG sought list of trans people in Texas

This comes after a year of attacks on LGBTQ rights led by Gov. Greg Abbott and Republicans in the Texas legislature

Tribune News Service

Texas AG Ken Paxton sought data on transgender Texans, report claims

AUSTIN, Texas — Employees in the Texas Department of Public Safety were asked to provide a list of people who changed their sex on state documents in the past two years to the state attorney general’s office, according to the Washington Post.

Tribune News Service

Texas Department of Public Safety renews enhanced vehicle inspections along Mexican border

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday it would renew enhanced vehicle inspections across border points of entry, a move that frustrated business leaders when it was used earlier this year and was soon halted.

The Canberra Times

'Buried': Parliament's secret survey results unearthed after FOI battle

Census results reveal low staff morale and a lack of confidence in leadership.

The Texas Tribune

Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint says

State police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officials’ attacks on each other’s immigration policies.

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