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Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet

The Department of Public Safety has acquired an army of unmanned aerial vehicles—nearly as large as the U.S. Border Patrol's.

Texas Observer

'Premeditated and Corny': LeBron James Calls Out Texas Cop in Viral Confrontation With South Carolina's Nyck Harbor

A video of a Texas trooper aggressively confronting South Carolina player Nyck Harbor during a college football game went viral and drew widespread criticism, including from LeBron James.

International Business Times UK

Shane Beamer Thanks Texas A&M for Sending State Trooper Home After Strange Move

A Texas state trooper was dismissed from Saturday's game after he bumped into South Carolina players in the tunnel, then seemed to rebuke them.

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Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump

The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.

Texas Observer

Driver causes school bus full of children to flip onto its roof in horrifying accident. What they did next is even worse

Those are kids, how can they do that?

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Gov. Abbott activates Texas National Guard ahead of “No Kings” protest in Austin

Austin's mayor clarified in a statement later Thursday that the troops would not be on the streets unless there was “emergency need.”

The Texas Tribune

Hero delivery driver alerts cops to hostage situation after customer orders hatchet and zip ties to motel, report says

A Texas delivery driver called police after a suspicious delivery to the Sweetwater Inn, leading to the arrests of a man and the person initially believed to be his hostage

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Greg Abbott Deploys State Troopers As Dozens Of Texas Democrats Flee To Stall GOP-Favored Maps

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to "locate, arrest and return" Democratic state representatives who left Austin to break quorum and block a mid-cycle congressional map that could hand Republicans five more U.S. House seats in 2026.

Benzinga

Who Is Benjamin Song? Why Did Texas Issue A Blue Alert Because Of Him?

A coordinated attack at a Texas detention centre involves a military-trained suspect, prompting a nationwide manhunt and a Blue Alert.

International Business Times UK

Texas Quietly Downsizes Border Security Spending

But outlays remain far above state funding prior to the Operation Lone Star era.

Texas Observer

ICE Arrests 25 Undocumented Immigrants at Texas Construction Sites as Raids Intensify Nationwide

ICE agents, with support from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the U.S. Marshals Service, arrested 25 migrants at two construction sites in South Padre Island and Brownsville.

Latin Times

Texas Law Enforcement Arrests 40 Suspected 'Tren de Aragua' Members in ICE-Led Raid

Authorities said that the raid occurred after more than a year of investigation by the FBI, ICE, the San Antonio Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety

Latin Times

3 Arrested In El Paso Drug Bust; Firearms And Cocaine Seized

The suspects were identified as Arturo Ramirez Manzano, 27, also known as Tadeo, Mario Ivan Ramirez, 21, and Corina Hernandez, 30, all from El Paso. Officers seized two rifles and nearly one kilogram of cocaine during the operation.

Latin Times

Freeman Martin selected to lead the Texas Department of Public Safety

Martin, a senior official, takes the helm of the agency on Dec. 1, replacing retiring director Steve McCraw.

The Texas Tribune

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High-speed chase captures armed human smuggler near Texas-Mexico border

Learn about a dangerous high-speed chase involving an alleged human smuggler in Texas. The Texas Department of Public Safety shares footage and highlights ...

The Independent UK

Eight killed in crash involving suspected people smuggling gang

Fatalities happened when a car being used for suspected human smuggling crashed trying to evade police

The Texas Tribune

Driverless cars are multiplying on Texas roads. Here’s what you should know.

Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are here. Tribune journalists took a ride in one recently and answer the biggest questions about who’s driving the driverless trend and how the state regulates them.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton empathized with Nate Paul’s distrust of law enforcement because of his own indictment, whistleblower testifies

Mark Penley testified that Paxton made numerous negative comments about the Texas Department of Public Safety because of his 2015 securities fraud case. “He doesn’t trust the [DPS] director and he feels like they ran a corrupt investigation on him,” he said.

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In video, Rep. Ronny Jackson yells profanities at Texas trooper, is put on ground

"I'm gonna call the governor tomorrow," Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, said as he shouted obscenities at a trooper during an altercation at a rodeo.

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