The Texas Highway Patrol is a very important department of the Texas Government. In this paper I will inform you of the history of the department, where they are located and operate, operations they preform, and more. I will also talk about the Texas Department of Public Safety and how the troopers interact with it. The Texas Highway Patrol is a very interesting department that strives to keep the public safe by enforcing the laws and regulations of the Texas government.
The Texas Highway Patrol was organized in 1926, then called the Highway motor patrol, and then the TxDPS was created in 1935 with the Rangers and Highway Patrol serving as the foundation of the department. The department was gradually given more responsibilities over the years as
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the motor vehicles became more common, and the need for more troopers increased. Currently the Highway Patrol service has over 2,100 commissioned officers with the majority being male and serves to not only enforce the traffic laws but also to enforce all other laws to help keep the peace. The Job duties of a Texas State trooper are to “Apprehend traffic law violators, investigate most rural traffic accidents, recover stolen vehicles and stolen property, apprehend wanted persons, and assist other officers during emergencies.” () The Highway patrol also give various educational sessions on traffic safety and crime prevention and control, these sessions can be anything from visiting a local school, to holding a meet-up where people can get together to support the local agencies while learning new and important things on traffic safety and crime prevention.
Another Interesting thing is that the state troopers are responsible for the security services at the state capitol in Austin, Texas, similar to the secret service. The Texas State Trooper, also known as the Texas Highway Patrol are a very important part to our government and enables the government to fulfil the duty to keep the people safe. The Texas Highway Patrol is divided into several regions and then districts within those regions (as of 2013). Texas A&M University Kingsville is located in the McAllen Region and within the Corpus Christi District. The Highway Patrol officers are split into several units: Tactical Marine, Bicycle Patrol, Motorcycle Patrol, Mounted Horse Patrol, Dive Recovery, Tactical Aviation, Special Response Teams, and K-9. The
Tactical Marine specializes in patrolling the Rio Grande River along with the U.S. Border Patrol, the unit has several boats that they use to move along the river to look for illegal immigrants attempting to swim across. Bicycle Patrol, Motorcycle Patrol, and Mounted Horse Patrol are all exactly what they sound like a Trooper rides a bicycle, motorcycle, or horse around to instead of using a car for his daily patrol. These Officers primarily work around the capitol complex. The Dive Recovery Team specializes in Diving down to recover evidence, bodies and other items from various waterways. The Tactical Aviation unit has many aircraft and many members that are not state troopers (pilots, ground crew, maintenance crews, etc.). Special Response Teams are teams that are created on demand and there is at least one in every region, made up of troopers and criminal investigators they serve out high-risk warrants and assist in other situations similar to what a SWAT team would do. The K-9 Units are the dog units, they use highly trained dogs to find people, drugs and anything else that can be found though smell. The Dogs are also trained to be protective and to attack a criminal in order to keep a trooper out of harm’s way. The TxDPS or Texas Department of Public Safety’s mission is to “Protect and Serve Texas. The DPS was created on August 10, 1935 the Texas Government created the TxDPS, or Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers and Highway Patrol were incorporated into it.
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