Showing posts with label Texas DPS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas DPS. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

More breath test shenanigans

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If you have been a long time follower of this blog the name Dee Wallace should ring a bell. She was the technical supervisor in charge of b...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

More problems with breath tests up in Conroe

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Earlier this month I posted an article about how the Montgomery County DA's Office and the Texas DPS were trying to paper over a colossa...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Something's rotten up in Conroe

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Texas DPS Standard Operating Guidelines for Technical Supervisors   1.1 An official inspection by a Technical Supervisor can only be ...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Bill would impose moratorium on driver surcharges in Texas

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Anyone who has dealt with the world of low-level traffic offenses knows the consequences of the Texas Driver Responsibility Program. The DRP...
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Friday, April 5, 2013

Shielding the truth

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Later today the Texas Forensic Science Commission will meet in Austin. One of the items on the agenda will be the scandal at the DPS crime l...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Texas DPS sued over roadside cavity search

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On a sultry July evening in Dallas Angel and Ashley Dobbs were cruising around when one of them tossed a cigarette out of the car. The state...
Monday, May 7, 2012

DPS makes it harder for immigrants to obtain a driver's license

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Starting today anyone who wishes to obtain a Texas driver's license must present proof that they have been residing in the State of Texa...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

Who needs a sworn report anyway?

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Score one for the Department of Public Safety. Whenever a motorist is arrested for driving while intoxicated in Texas, the arresting offic...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

A demotion

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Now, lest anyone think I'm biased with regard to the unmitigated disaster known as the HPD breath alcohol testing van (BAT van) program...
Friday, September 2, 2011

Into the belly of the beast

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The other day I had the opportunity to go on a tour of the DPS Houston Crime Lab up on the northwest side of town. I would like to thank Mr....
Thursday, August 4, 2011

The sky is falling! Not.

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Last night I ran across a blog post from a criminal defense attorney in North Texas. The post was written in reaction to the Scillitani  cas...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

DPS offers new way to request ALR hearings in Texas

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It looks like we have a new method of requesting ALR hearings to contest license suspensions in Texas. The Department of Public Safety has a...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

DPS policy now law

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A controversial DPS policy is now law thanks to an amendment to the education funding bill added by Rep. Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie). Back in...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Contaminated with bias

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After you consume alcohol, your body begins the process of absorption and then elimination. The alcohol is absorbed by the blood through the...
Saturday, March 5, 2011

Holy piece of junk, Batman!

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There were some folks who thought I was a bit off the mark when I dared to criticize HPD's BATmobiles . Turns out I was right . We...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Is proposal to end ALR system in the works?

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Could the Administrative License Revocation system in Texas be coming to an end? A little bird told me that State Senator Dan Patrick (R-...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Lawyer files suit to end surcharge program

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I've written in the past of Texans caught in the Kafka-esque nightmare of the DPS Driver Responsibility Program that imposes surcharges...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Welcome to the 21st century

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The Texas Department of Public Safety has discovered what a wonderful thing the internet can be -- if you know how to use it. For years a mo...
Friday, October 22, 2010

State changes course on driver surcharges

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The Texas Department of Public Safety has finally come to the conclusion that hitting motorists with surcharge after surcharge is not workin...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

A new wrinkle in ALR practice?

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I spent part of my morning at the State Office of Administrative Hearings on an ALR hearing for a DWI client. While observing some of the ot...