It will come as no surprise that when applying to become a Texas State Trooper, there will be a rigorous application process. In 2021 alone, 145 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers were commissioned by The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). This is the largest — and most diverse — ...
The trooper performed a precision immobilization technique, or PIT maneuver, causing the driver of the SUV to veer off the road and into the brush. The vehicle then caught fire and troopers helped seven people out of the burning vehicle, according to the DPS. ...
On Tuesday night, an incident in West Harris County involving a high-speed pursuit resulted in injuries to a Texas DPS trooper and several others. Dang, this one was hard to watch. Get our free mobile app Thedashcam videoopens with a view of an intersection in Texas at night. An Amazon ...
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Texas DPS Trooper, Kevin Ramirez Vasquez, who was hit by a vehicle on the scene of a crash has died from his injuries. Texas $262.5 million dollars awarded to man injured in drunk driving crash Updated: Sep. 28, 2024 at 12:46 AM GMT+8| By First Alert 7 News Staff A lawsuit was...
Elizondo had responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary as a Texas state trooper. Elizondo resigned from DPS after the attack, but was then subsequently hired by the Uvalde school district as a police officer. According to CNN, Elizondo could be heard in body camera footage from the day of...
Trooper Chad Walker was shot about 7:45 p.m. Friday while stopping to assist a motorist in an apparently disabled vehicle west of Mexia, about 75 miles (121 kilometers) southeast of Dallas, according to the statement from DPS regional director Todd Snyder. ...
The shooter was encountered by and exchanged fire with law enforcement officers including those from Odessa, Midland police and TxDPS near a local movie theater named Cinergy, and "deceased at that location," Gerke said. Three of the injured were law enforcement officers -- a state trooper, an...
Maldonado was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to the May 24 shooting. Body-camera footage released by the Uvalde Police Department shows that at least one DPS officer — Maldonado — was outside of the school within four minutes of the shooting. MORE: ...
Martin, sworn in by Gov. Greg Abbott, became the agency’s 14th director, working his way up from his start as a Highway Patrol trooper in 1990. Martin also held several positions with the Texas Rangers, the elite investigative division of DPS, and in 2018 was appointed deputy director of...