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Texas safety officials stop enforcing handgun age limits for young adults

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is no longer enforcing a state law that bars adults under 21 from carrying handguns in public.

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Death of public safety officer at Texas-Mexico border was preventable, experts say

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The patrol arrived around sunset and entered a stretch of rolling hills dense with cactus, sage and towering carrizo cane. The way into the property was an unlit, narrow dirt road pockmarked with potholes, near a hydroelectric power plant.

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Trump’s SC campaign event closes State House, most of its grounds to the public

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s State House will be closed to the public on Saturday as part of security measures for former President Donald Trump’s campaign visit, the state Department of Public Safety confirmed.

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Migrant shot and injured by National Guard soldier patrolling border

It’s the first-known incident where a soldier has shot a migrant since the mission began. The injury is non-life threatening.

The Texas Tribune

State police terminate another officer for response to Uvalde mass shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw accused the suspended Texas Ranger of failing to perform his duty during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

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Criminal cases in South Texas are unraveling because of a Texas Ranger’s suspension after the Uvalde shooting

After the Texas Department of Public Safety suspended Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell, one of hundreds of officers who responded to the May 24 mass shooting, felony cases he investigated are in jeopardy and experts have questioned the justification for his suspension.

The Texas Tribune

Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint says

State police often rely on federal immigration officials to lock up migrants on state trespassing charges, according to a new complaint by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. The collaboration contradicts federal and Texas officials’ attacks on each other’s immigration policies.

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Uvalde school shooting victims' parents file lawsuit — but what other legal actions have families taken after US gun attacks?

Families of those killed in the May school shooting begin a $US27 billion class action lawsuit against officials, a legal pathway taken by victims' relatives in other US mass shootings.

ABC News

The Uvalde Parents Won’t Back Down

Alongside diligent media members, and despite local divisions, these families aren’t letting Texas move on from the Robb Elementary tragedy.

Texas Observer

Tony Gonzales becomes first major Republican to call for DPS Director Steve McCraw to resign

The representative called for McCraw’s resignation after the Department of Public Safety director said in a meeting that the agency had not failed the city of Uvalde.

The Texas Tribune

Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder

George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest

The Independent UK

Texas state police fire first officer involved in Uvalde shooting response

The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre in May

The Independent UK

Texas state police fire first officer over Uvalde school massacre response

The officer becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May school attack that killed 19 children and two teachers.

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Texas state police fire 1st officer over Uvalde response

The Texas Department of Public Safety fired an officer Friday who was at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre in May

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Texas state trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response

Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde school district suspends its entire Police Department; superintendent to retire

DALLAS — The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced Friday that it is suspending all activities of its Police Department, a move that comes a day after the district fired an officer who — then working as a state trooper — had been one of the first Department of Public…

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Uvalde school district suspends its entire Police Department

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After Uvalde CISD hires former trooper, lawmaker and parents call for DPS chief to resign

The Texas state senator who represents Uvalde, alongside the parents of the children killed in the state’s deadliest school shooting, are calling on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s director to resign following reports a former trooper who responded to the massacre was hired as a school district police officer.

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Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

The Independent UK

Official: Mississippi capital police 'won't be deterred'

Mississippi’s top law enforcement official said police officers in the capital city of Jackson will not change the way they pursue suspects

The Texas Tribune

As fentanyl plagues Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott directs state police to focus on cartels

Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott deploys state troopers to “anti-gang effort” in Uvalde after two juveniles are injured in shooting

The two victims of a Thursday shooting at Uvalde Memorial Park are being treated in San Antonio hospitals. Abbott’s decision to send in DPS comes as the agency faces questions over its role in the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School.

The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune and other newsrooms sue to force Uvalde officials to release shooting records

The Tribune and other news organizations also previously filed suit against the Department of Public Safety over its refusal to release records related to the school shooting.

The Independent UK

Mississippi trooper cleared in probe of chokehold video

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety says its internal investigation has found no criminal conduct by a white Highway Patrol trooper who used physical force against a handcuffed Black man during an arrest

Tribune News Service

State safety officers to be a presence throughout Uvalde school district, Abbott says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the Department of Public Safety will be a law enforcement presence throughout the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in the upcoming school year.

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