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Next DPS leader faces trooper shortages, low morale

On the heels of the announced retirement of Texas Department of Public Safety Colonel Tommy Davis last week, the SA Express News published a story yesterday describing problems of understaffing and declining morale at the agency ("Troopers say they are just fatigued," July 13):Some troopers concede they don't look for illegal drugs during a traffic stop or check to see if the motorist is a convicted sex offender violating his probation. ?I'm not going to look for dope. ... I'm not going to look for anything else because if I do, I'm not going to get enough speeding tickets, I'm not going to get enough seat-belt tickets, and I'm not going to get DWI arrests,? said the North Texas trooper. More complicated violations resulting in arrests means ?you don't have the magic number of speeders and you get hammered (by superiors),? the trooper said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).