The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) on Friday, Aug. 23, commissioned 101 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class A-2024 during a graduation ceremony at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin. Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered the keynote address.
A-2024 is the department’s 175th recruit class. One-hundred-and-thirty Trooper Trainees were originally selected to begin the DPS Academy on Jan. 29, and of those 130 only 101 successfully completed the entire 30-week school to graduate.
“These 101 graduates represent the best and brightest there is,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “We are proud to welcome a new generation of leaders into the ranks of DPS, and we look forward to all they will bring to this department and this great state.”
During the 30-week in-resident Academy, Trooper Trainees receive more than 12-hundred hours of instruction. This exceeds the mandatory licensing requirement of 720 hours established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE). The comprehensive training comes from experts on various topics, including criminal and traffic law enforcement, crash investigation, crisis intervention, use of force, criminal investigations, communications, cultural diversity, fitness and wellness and emergency medical assistance.
Trooper Trainees also receive components of the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care training to include trauma assessment, bleeding control and treatment of shock. The training prepares them to work as a Highway Patrol Trooper anywhere in the state, including in remote areas and extreme terrains.
Trooper Trainees conclude their rigorous training with what’s called the Joint Field Training Exercise (JFTX) – a culmination of scenarios and training events that simulate a potential day in the life of a Texas State Trooper. Utilizing the skills and knowledge obtained throughout the academy, Trooper Trainees participate in approximately 25 scenarios ranging from vehicle pursuits to compliant driver traffic stops. It finishes with a Legacy Run from DPS HQ to the State Capitol Peace Officer Memorial.
Other class highlights include:
- 86 males, 15 females
- Ages ranging from 21 to 54
- 36 military veterans
The newly commissioned Troopers will report to their individual duty stations across Texas on Sept. 15.
Man in uniform paid for by tax payers, driving car paid for by tax payers, carrying gun and ammunition paid for by tax payers, pulls tax payer over and treats tax payer like a convict, talks down to tax payer and violates tax payers constitutional rights, and takes tax payers money for speeding/failing to use turn signals etc… the exact same thing the cop does all day long. So if you’re going 90 in a school zone that’s one thing, and when you are going 5 or 10 over the speed limit in little or no traffic, then that is just being a pure POS Thief.
That’s right. Just got a ticket the other day for a minor traffic infraction. Yet when I call the police over a house full of illegals next to me drunk, blasting music at 3am, and shooting an AK-47 for hours in a residential neighborhood- the dispatcher says they are “having a busy night” and will send the next officer. No one ever showed up.
F*ck the taxpayer is the name of the game, the government no longer represents the citizens.
It’s always been that way, just ask a cop…why did you beat that man who was in handcuffs and take his money ??? Because it’s always been that way!!! Public feed pigs.