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About the Texas
Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers
The Texas
Department of Public Safety has eight major divisions: Administration; Criminal Law Enforcement; Director's Staff; Division
of Emergency Management; Driver License; Public Safety Commission; Texas Highway Patrol; and, Texas Rangers
The Criminal
Law Enforcement Division consists of 1,239 members, including 625 commissioned officers and 614 support personnel. The CLE
Division chief’s office consists of two commissioned officers and seven support personnel, including two program specialists,
a project manager, and an attorney who works directly with the chief and assistant chief.
With the
increase in vehicular traffic in Texas, the Texas Highway Motor Patrol was transferred to the Department of Public Safety
and called the Texas Highway Patrol. The Texas Highway Patrol Service is responsible for police traffic supervision, general
police work on highways, public safety education and police and security functions for the State Capitol building and Capitol
complex. The Highway Patrol Service consists of 2,174 commissioned officers.
According
to the official history of the Texas Rangers, “The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement organization on the
North American continent with statewide jurisdiction. On August 10, 1935, when
the Texas Legislature created the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Rangers and the Texas Highway Patrol became
members of this agency, with statewide law enforcement jurisdiction. The true modern-day Ranger came into being on September
1, 1935.”
Sources:
txdps.state.tx.us
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Captain Daniel Webster Roberts of the Texas Rangers is the author of
Rangers and Sovereignty. According to one reader, "In August, 1873 Dan
W. Roberts and nine other men were on the trail of 27 Indians who had stolen
cattle. They came upon the Indians who started firing from the cover of a
gulley. Dan's brother George was shot through the face in the first volley. A
man was detailed to take care of him. The remaining plainsmen attacked. I won't
steal Dan Roberts' thunder by writing about what happened. Read the book. Dan
would go on to become Captain Dan W. Roberts, Co. D,, Texas Rangers, serving
from 1874 to 1882. He is my great uncle, as I learned through genealogical
research lately.
There would be more fights with Indians, a riot to deal with in Mason,
deployment to the border with Mexico (and frontier diplomacy), and on the trail
of robbers and cattle thieves. This is a good book by a good man, a plainsman
who rode hard, shot straight, told the truth, and served Texas."
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