Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...the resources to hire an undercover narc. The Texas DPS has an entire unit of narco officers able to..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin police, the Texas DPS, and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission are all probing..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

ACLU Blasts Drug Task Forces

Yet more charges of impropriety against Texas' much-maligned supernarcs

"...force operations before turning over that responsibility to the DPS – ranks the efficacy of each task force, and..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Killer D's Come Home, But the Saga Goes On

The Ardmore walkout reverberates at the Capitol.

"...take some comfort in knowing that neither the Texas DPS nor the rest of the barrel of federal acronyms..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...worth of contraband.) Seizures increased by 39% over 2000, DPS reported, with the greatest gains coming from cocaine seizures...."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

"...EAS, which replaced the old Emergency Broadcast System, allows DPS to relay warnings via satellite simultaneously to all of..."

April 12, 2002 News Feature

David Fisher, Butt-inski

A profile of David Fisher, volunteer sleuth in the Rodney Reed murder case

"...Reed questioned the prosecution's motives for "willingly" suppressing a DPS lab report that showed other suspects could not be..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"..."This shouldn't be anything they don't already know," said DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange. "It's just a reminder that things..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...approximately five Texas Department of Public Safety officers. These DPS officers inquired whether I would submit to an interrogation..."

May 18, 2001 Column

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...as a former cop (he served briefly as a DPS trooper in the late 1960s), he objected to the..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...answer, Jensen and two other protestors were arrested by DPS Capitol Police and charged with disrupting a meeting or..."

Nov. 20, 1998 News Feature

Texas Bill Would Require “Biological Sex” on IDs

Critics worry the bill will allow state to form list of trans Texans

"...on official documents. The effort was eventually abandoned after DPS said the data either did not exist or could..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Taking Stock of Texas Bills Aimed at Cracking Down on Immigration

They include a proposed Texas Homeland Security

"...Gov. Greg Abbott has already thrown his support behind..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Maryam Ahmed

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...with active warrants in Texas. It bears mentioning that DPS already looks for, and arrests, people with active warrants,..."

Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature

Labor Unions Split on Mayoral Race

Why Watson lost out on the Central Labor Council endorsement

"...and attributed some of the discontent to Watson’s unpopular DPS partnership and the scandal over a favor he did..."

Oct. 4, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Historic hotels, hummingbirds, and highways

"...had been 14 crashes and one fatality, according to DPS. Local police, DPS, and the sheriff’s department have stepped..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...reported. The partnership between the Austin Police Department and DPS began in March, and APD ended the initiative that..."

Dec. 29, 2023 News Feature

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite

Who’s holding the guns?

"...local jurisdictions fail to report hate crimes to the DPS...."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

The Verde Report: LAFC Hammering Highlights Big Weakness for Austin FC

Does Austin FC have a DP problem?

"...this column) with any regularity, you're well aware what DPs are and what they mean to the clubs to..."

April 14, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Opinion: Online Voter Registration Saves Money and Reduces Fraud. So Why Won’t Texas Allow It?

Travis County's voter registrar explains why online voter registration is good for business

"...identification and audit numbers. Additional security uses signatures on DPS-issued photo identification...."

March 31, 2023 Column by Bruce Elfant

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...a Chinese crime syndicate known to target Asian Texans, DPS Director Steve McCraw told a Texas House committee this..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature

Hardcore-Nazi Austinite Wanted by the Law

After making numerous threats, local white supremacist made a mistake in threatening law enforcement

"...Lloyd, 44, is charged with making terroristic threats after DPS said he promised to "carry a firearm onto the..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...It Ain't Necessarily So: Gov. Greg Abbott and DPS have repeatedly boasted that border initiative Operation Lone Star..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...new information, revealed in a March 16 letter from DPS Director Steven McCraw to Gov. Greg Abbott, doesn't tell..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

ACLU Warns Border Counties: Abbott’s Setting You Up

County officials warned they'll be flouting Constitution and federal law if they follow governor's immigration edict

"...plan calls for immigrants arrested near the border by DPS agents to be detained by TDCJ at its Dolph..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Rise and Fall of Jason Dusterhoft (and His Frenemies)

A trip down APD's Memory Lane, from the Chronicle archives

"...Oct. 12: We first report that Dusterhoft has been..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature

Austin at Large: Carnival of the MAGAnimals

Baroque, sugar-soaked fantasies, fueled by copaganda, litter our streets

"...conservative ones. Their bill would move APD whole-hog to DPS, hand-waving away conflict between Austin's police contract and civil..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...after March 13, 2020. Make a renewal appointment at www.dps.texas.gov/driverlicense/appointments.htm...."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature

The Luv Doc: A White Suit

You can never be underdressed.

"...snatch children in the early morning, or is the DPS just filled with sadists? Anyways, do you have any..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Column

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...21, Jolie McCollough of The Tex­as Tribune reported that DPS agents have spent hundreds of hours and thousands of..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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