Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Texas Highway Patrol is a division of the Texas Department of Public Safety and is the largest state-level law enforcement agency in the U.S. state of Texas.The patrol's primary duties are enforcement of state traffic laws and commercial vehicle regulation, but it is a fully empowered police agency with authority to enforce criminal law anywhere in the state.
The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Steven Spielberg in his theatrical film directing debut, following the television film Duel (1971). [3] The film follows a woman (Goldie Hawn) and her husband (William Atherton) as they take a police officer (Michael Sacks) hostage and flee across Texas while they try to get to their child before he is placed in foster care.
Murder of Cara Knott. Cara Evelyn Knott (February 11, 1966 – December 27, 1986) [2] was an American student at San Diego State University who disappeared on December 27, 1986, [3] while driving from her boyfriend's home in Escondido, California, to her parents' house in El Cajon. The following day, December 28, her car was found on a dead-end ...
August 2, 2024 at 2:42 PM. AUSTIN, Texas - Texas DPS will be increasing highway enforcement efforts as part of the SafeDRIVE initiative next week, including in Central Texas. This concentrated ...
On August 10, 1935, the Texas Legislature created the Department of Public Safety, along with 103 other bills. [6] The newly formed department became the new home for the Texas Rangers, The Highway Patrol, and the crime laboratory. [7]
Dec. 20—AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) on Wednesday announced Bryan Rippee as the new Chief of the Texas Highway Patrol (THP), and Jason Hester as the new Chief of the ...
Aug. 2—AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Highway Patrol (THP) is increasing enforcement efforts — along with fellow law enforcement partners in bordering states ...
177. On May 17, 2015, in Waco, Texas, United States, a shootout erupted at a Twin Peaks restaurant where more than 200 persons, including members from motorcycle clubs that included the Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies, had gathered for a meeting about political rights for motorcyclists. [1] Law enforcement, which included 18 Waco Police ...