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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officially has a new class of state troopers. On Friday, 138 new ...

On Friday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KAUZ) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 138 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from ...

A Texas state trooper accused of wrongfully killing a man in Converse after a pursuit exercised his right to remain silent ...

Preliminary investigations indicate that a missing stop sign that had been blown away by high winds Thursday contributed to ...

Troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) intercepted a human smuggling attempt after three individuals tried ...