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Produced by DPS Public Information, (512) 424-2080 Slow down or change lanes for stopped emergency vehicles SB 193 requires drivers nearing stopped emergency vehicles—with lights activated —to either slow down or change lanes. The law states a driver must either vacate the lane closest to the stopped emergency vehicle if the road has multiple lanes traveling in the same direction or slow down 20 miles per hour below the speed limit. (If the speed limit is below 25 mph the driver must slow down to 5 mph.) Emergency vehicles include police, emergency medical service and fire vehicles. A violation is punishable by a maximum fine of $200. If the violation results in property damage, the maximum fine increases to $500. If the violation results in bodily injury, the offense is enhanced to a Class B misdemeanor. The new law was passed in the last regular session of the Texas Legislature and went into effect Sept. 1, 2003. DPS issued warnings until Dec. 1, 2003, before troopers started writing citations for this offense. New commissioner appointed; Chairman McHugh re-appointed Gov. Rick Perry re-appointed Colleen McHugh, chairman of the Public Safety Commmission, and appointed a new commissioner. Carlos H. Cascos of Brownsville was named to the Public Safety Commission on Feb. 13. He will serve a six-year term that expires on Dec. 31, 2009. Commissioner Cascos is a partner in the accounting firm of Pattillo, Brown & Hill LLP. He served as DPS online: www.txdps.state.tx.us Cameron County commissioner from 1991 to 2002 and is a member of the Association of Public Accountants. Chairman McHugh, a Corpus Christi resident, has served on the commission since 1998. She is a partner with the law firm Bracewell & Patterson and a former president of the State Bar of Texas. Her term on the Commission expires on Dec. 31, 2005. DPS “on the air”: 512-424-7777 March 2004 Dear Fellow Employee, The Training Academy is full these days: we are running the Highway Patrol inservice, and we have two recruit classes there. One of the recruit classes began in February—I want to welcome aboard those newest recruits. Your career with DPS will be rewarding and interesting. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ I also welcome Mr. Carlos Cascos to the DPS family as our new commissioner. Public Safety Commission chair Colleen McHugh was re-appointed to the commission and she will continue as the chair. We look forward to our new association with Mr. Cascos and our continued association with Ms. McHugh. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ On the back page of this newsletter, there is a complete schedule of the competitive promotional examinations planned so far this year. There are plenty of opportunities for advancement for our commissioned employees. If you are eligible to compete for promotion, I urge you to do so. askthecolonel@txdps.state.tx.us The new service is composed of the Concealed Handgun License Bureau Robert Keith Warrington and and the Private Security Bureau. The new service is headed by James Wesley Warrington of Assistant Chief Valerie Fulmer, Harlingen were both presented who was formerly the deputy adminDirector’s Awards. Since 1983 and without com- istrator of the Crime Records Serpensation, the Warringtons used their vice. expertise to further the Department’s mission in a variety of ways. For ex- DPS Mutual Association The DPS Mutual Association ample, they often donated material held its annual meeting on January 28 and needed repairs for vehicles, such as modifying the back seats of pa- and elected officers and board memtrol cars for new K-9 troopers. They bers. There were 5,101 members in also helped dismantle suspect ve- the Association. The following officers were hicles containing drug contraband. elected: Col. Thomas A. Davis, Jr., The Warringtons were instrumental in negotiating a land agree- president; Lt. Col. David ment for an incinerator that will be McEathron, vice president; Chief of used to destroy seized drugs. They Finance Tom Haas, secretary, and were nominated by retired Sgt. Jose Supervisor of Budget & Planning Douglas W. Noren, treasurer. MaSandoval, Narcotics Harlingen. jors Tim Thompson, Stanley Clark, Artemio Garza, J.R. Allen, Short Shots Morris Arnold, Larry Story, Quarter Century Club Charles Smith and James SandThe 48th Annual DPS Quarter ers were elected to the Board of Century Club meeting and banquet Directors. An Audit Committee was will take place on March 19 at the also appointed, composed of Rick Red Lion Hotel in Austin. Kautz, Debbie Cartwright and The Ladies Luncheon begins at Roger Leathers. 11:30 a.m. at the hotel. The business The DPS Mutual Association meeting starts at 3 p.m. in the CLE offers membership in a life insurance Auditorium at Headquarters. New fund, which provides death benefits members will receive certificates and for beneficiaries of deceased mempins during the 7 p.m. banquet at the bers. Beneficiaries of deceased curhotel. If you have questions about rent employees in good standing rethe meeting, please call Jennifer ceive $10,000 and retirees receive Hall, 512-424-7297. $5,000. Assessments, made only on the death of a member, are due within New service created within 30 days of issuance of notice, and Administration Division are the same for active employees A new service has been created and retirees. If payments are not rewithin the Administration Division: ceived within the allotted time, memthe Regulatory Licensing Service. bership is canceled. All current em- Awards DPS online: www.txdps.state.tx.us DPS “on the air”: 512-424-7777 ployees of the DPS are eligible to become members of the Association. Retirees of DPS can join the Association under certain conditions, including payments of all assessments made by the association since the date of their retirement. The membership fee is $10, payable to the DPS Mutual Association. Contact Lorna Meyer in Accounting & Budget Control at (512) 424-2061 for details. Look for newsclippings on the DPS intranet The Public Information Office will be testing a new program on the DPS intranet: newsclippings online. Each week, PIO mails out a clip pack that contains information in the news media about DPS or law enforcement-related issues. We will test putting the clippings on the intranet for two months to evaluate the popularity of the intranet access. To access the intranet, please go to http://dpsnet/ and look for the link to DPS Clip Pack. DPS no longer issues press passes, media credentials As of April 21, 2003, the DPS no longer issues media credentials. A number of factors entered into the decision: On the mend... Great news! Tr. Jack Lawson THP Bowie; Tr. Esther Racus DLD Houston; and Michael Reisen, HP Capitol, have all returned to duty after line-of-duty injuries. askthecolonel@txdps.state.tx.us 1. We could find nothing that statutorily authorized us to issue press passes. 2. The document was insecure, and we could not produce a secure document without going to great expense to produce one. 3. We felt increasingly uncomfortable with determining whether an applicant was a member of the “legitimate” media, since the definition of “legitimate media” has changed so much since the media credentialing program started. Current press passes will remain valid until their expiration date. Cell phone and road rage wrecks increase from 2000 to 2001 The number of cell phone-related and road rage-related collisions both increased in the latest statistical data compiled by DPS. Cell phone-related traffic crashes increased from 716 to 1,032 from 2000 to 2001—a 44 percent increase. In cases where cell phone use was listed as a contributing factor, there were 7 fatalities in 2000 compared to 8 in 2001. Road ragerelated accidents jumped from 90 to 219—a 143 percent increase. One fatality in both 2000 and 2001 was attributed to road rage. It’s important to note that new accident reporting forms listing cell phones and road rage as contributing factors were not available until April 2000, so comparing the two years may not present an accurate picture. DPS urges drivers to minimize cell phone usage in their vehicle and refuse to be drawn into the road rage cycle. DPS online: www.txdps.state.tx.us Mile Markers Promotions THP Kevin Wayne Wood, Sgt., HP Tyler to Lt., HP Austin; Robert Lee Losoya, Cpl., HP Fort Stockton to Sgt., HP Fort Stockton; James Todd Jennings, Cpl., HP Fredericksburg to Sgt., HP Del Rio; Jerome Avery Johnson, Tr., HP Pearsall to Sgt., HP Pearsall; Robert Bernard, Jr., Tr. HP Waxahachie to Sgt., HP Temple; David Shawn Gustafson, Tr., HP Coldspring to Sgt., HP Capitol; Dan Bradley Frye, Tr., HP Orange to Sgt., HP Capitol; Brian Allen Lillie, Tr., HP Eastland to Sgt., HP Capitol; Abel Anthony Martinez, Tr., CVE Kingsville to Sgt., CVE Harlingen; Steven Earl McQuagge, Tr., CVE Freer to Sgt., CVE Laredo; Monty Gene Kea, Tr., CVE Sweetwater to Sgt., CVE Garland; Wade Charles Kimble, Tr., CVE Eagle Pass to Sgt., CVE Eagle Pass. Administration Kelvin Dews, Tr., HR Austin to Sgt., Training Austin. DL Marcus W. Bolden, Tr., DL Houston to Sgt., DL Houston; Cesar Eduardo Torres, Tr., DL McAllen to Sgt., DL Houston; Sharleigh Drake, Tr., DL San Antonio to Sgt., DL Conroe. CLE Larry Pulliam, Tr., HP Orange to Sgt., MVT Laredo. DPS “on the air”: 512-424-7777 Retirements Dorothy Jean Porter, Fingerprint Supv., Crime Records Austin, 28 yrs., 5 mos.; Elda Gutierrez Lopez, Secr., CVE Laredo, 22 yrs., 11 mos., 16 days; Christopher Joel Welty, Sen. Prog. II, IMS Austin, 10 yrs., 6 mos., 12 days; Robert Milton Skelton, Sen. Tr., CVE Breckenridge, 27 yrs., 4 mos., 16 days; Judy Lee Kenneaster, Sen. Oper., Comm. Corpus Christi, 23 yrs., 8 mos., 12 days; Noe Martinez, Tr., Narcotics Svc. Harlingen, 22 yrs., 7 mos., 21 days; Linda Marie Balyeat, Tech., Narcotics Svc. Kerrville, 22 yrs., 4 mos.; Phillip Ray Jansa, Sen. Oper., Comm. Wichita Falls, 19 yrs., 7 mos.; Michael Barrett O’Donnell, Cpl., HP Van Horn, 25 yrs., 7 mos., 7 days; James Oliver Mitchell, Sec. Worker IV, Capitol Austin, 10 yrs., 11 mos.; Dora Ann Stark, Tech., DL Houston, 5 yrs., 7 mos., 4 days; Margil Maldonado, Custodian, HP McAllen, 5 yrs., 9 mos., 13 days. Deaths Carroll Gene Pfluger, ret. Accountant I, Accounting Austin (March 1953 - Aug. 1983) died January 29, 2004; Delfina Dennett, ret. Custodian III, THP McAllen (April 1978 - Dec. 2002) died January 31, 2004; Chester Lee Davis, ret. Sgt., DL Lufkin (Feb. 1955 - March 1985) died January 15, 2004; Lyndel Wayne Murph, ret. Cpl. V, HP Uvalde (Feb. 1974 - Aug. 2002) died November 20, 2003. askthecolonel@txdps.state.tx.us Competitive promotional examinations announced The competitive examinations for the following posi- Tuesday, April 27, 2004 Captain, Narcotics Service tions will be conducted at the Texas Department of Public Thursday, April 29, 2004 Safety Law Enforcement Academy as follows: Lieutenant, Highway Patrol Service Friday, April 30, 2004 Monday, March 22, 2004 at 8 a.m. Lieutenant, Driver License Division Lieutenant, Texas Ranger Division Wednesday, May 05, 2004 Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 8 a.m. Sergeant, Highway Patrol Service Captain, Texas Ranger Division Monday, May 10, 2004 Sergeant, Driver License Division The competitive examinations for the following positions will be conducted at the Texas Department of Public Wednesday, May 12, 2004 Sergeant, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Safety Regional Headquarters offices as follows: Friday, May 14, 2004 Lieutenant, Motor Vehicle Theft Service Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 8 a.m. Monday, May 17, 2004 Captain, Narcotics Service Lieutenant, Narcotics Service Lieutenant, Highway Patrol Service Wednesday, May 19, 2004 Lieutenant, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Sergeant, Texas Ranger Division Sergeant, Narcotics Service Monday, May 24, 2004 Sergeant, Driver License Division Sergeant, Narcotics Service Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 02, 2004 Captain, Motor Vehicle Theft Service Sergeant, Motor Vehicle Theft Service Lieutenant, Aircraft Section Monday, June 07, 2004 Sergeant, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Sergeant, Special Crimes Service Sergeant, Special Crimes Service Sergeant, Texas Ranger Division The Oral Examining Board will convene at the Texas Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 8 a.m. Department of Public Safety Human Resources ConferCaptain, Driver License Division ence Room beginning at 8 a.m. as follows: Lieutenant, Driver License Division Wednesday, April 28, 2004 Lieutenant, Motor Vehicle Theft Service Captain, Driver License Division Lieutenant, Narcotics Service Thursday, May 06, 2004 Sergeant, Highway Patrol Service Lieutenant, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Sergeant, Motor Vehicle Theft Service The application form HR-106 should be submitted diThe Oral Examining Board will convene at the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Ranger Division Con- rectly to the Human Resources Bureau. Applicants must also submit a copy of form HR-106 to their service comference Room beginning at 8 a.m. as follows: mander through proper channels. Only those candidates who are qualified will be able to compete in the written Tuesday, March 23, 2004 examinations. Applications should be addressed to the HuLieutenant, Texas Ranger Division man Resources Bureau, MSC 0251, Texas Department of Thursday, March 25, 2004 Public Safety, Box 4087, Austin, Texas 78773, faxed to Captain, Texas Ranger Division 512-424-5627, or emailed through DPS email system to The Oral Examining Board will convene at the Texas De- “Tracey Carlile” and should be received no later than 5 p.m. partment of Public Safety Law Enforcement Promotional on Friday, March 12, 2004, for Texas Ranger Lieutenant System Conference Room beginning at 8 a.m. as follows: and Captain and Wednesday, March 31, 2004, for the remaining examinations. An announcement and application form HR-106 can be Friday, April 23, 2004 found in Outlook at Public Folders/All Public Folders/Law Lieutenant, Aircraft Section Monday, April, 26, 2004 Enforcement Promotions. Captain, Motor Vehicle Theft Service DPS online: www.txdps.state.tx.us DPS “on the air”: 512-424-7777 askthecolonel@txdps.state.tx.us
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