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DPS' anticlimactic Sunset report

Of the several criminal justice agencies under Sunset Review this year, the Department of Public Safety is among the first for which the Sunset Advisory Commission has already issued their final report (pdf) with their official legislative recommendations. (See the agency's self-evaluation report-pdf released last year, and go here to view public comments received.)Without having read the entire, massive document, from a quick overview the Sunset report appears most notable for the kennel-full of dogs that didn't bark. After Colonel Tommy Davis was hounded out of his post over often-irate criticisms at the Sunset review hearing, I'd expected the Sunset Commission to offer much more sweeping changes. Their big suggestions were to hire a management consultant to consider an agency re-org and to operate the driver's license division on a "civilian business management model" - whoop de do!I half-expected a rash dismantlement of DPS as the buzzards circled over Col...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 13, 2008 (boomark / email).