Texas DPS

There are breaking developments in our NBC 5 investigation into fake vehicle inspections. The Texas Department of Public Safety says it is ramping up a crackdown on people doing fake inspections.

The Texas Rangers kicked off their season at Globe Life Field in Arlington and DPS Trooper Lt. Reuben T. Mankin threw out the first pitch.

The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Thursday it is ramping up efforts to crack down on state-licensed vehicle inspection stations that are conducting fake inspections.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw is promising to help fix a major security gap in the state’s vehicle inspection program, a gap first exposed in an exclusive report from NBC 5 Investigates.

After exposing the massive number of cars investigators suspect are on Texas roads without a valid inspection, NBC 5 Investigates is now looking into how many of those cars may have been involved in fatal crashes.

Some prominent Texas lawmakers are pushing for change after NBC 5 Investigates raised questions about whether millions of cars were able to get real license plates with fake inspection stickers.

The security breach allowed criminals to get copies of thousands of Texas licenses.

Several thousand Texans may be at risk after the Texas Department of Public Safety was duped into sending replacement driver’s licenses to criminals.

Several thousand Texans may be at risk after the Texas Department of Public Safety was duped into sending replacement driver’s licenses to criminals.

You can change your name, but in many U.S. states you can’t completely shed your old one — something that’s of particular concern to transgender people and that legislators in at least two states are trying to change.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) says he’s launching a statewide task force to target the “rise in dangerous street takeovers happening across Texas.”

A Texas State Trooper was seriously injured Tuesday after being struck by a motorist while investigating a crash.

A Texas National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border as the soldier tried to detain the person, according to records from the state military, which has not publicly disclosed the incident.

A former Texas trooper has been found guilty of assaulting two women while he was on duty in the Houston area in 2020, federal prosecutors said.

Nearly a dozen children were hospitalized Wednesday in Collin County after a pickup truck crashed into the back of a Farmersville ISD school bus, state troopers say.

An alleged intoxicated driver has been arrested after police say he was racing and caused a crash involving two other cars.

An alleged intoxicated driver has been arrested after police say he was racing and caused a crash involving two other cars. It was all caught on camera.

A Texas doctor said Thursday he is working with state police to determine whether any of the 21 people killed in the Uvalde school shooting could have been saved had medical help arrived sooner.

Unheard audio from 911 calls during the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde was released Tuesday.

Families of the victims of the Uvalde school shooting are in Austin calling for the head of the Texas Department Of Public Safety to resign, but he is standing behind his department.