House Committee on Public Safety - 81st R.S. (2009)

Committee:	House Public Safety
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Public Safety, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Border drug trafficking | Border security | Concealed weapons | Driver Responsibility Program | Drug trafficking | Drug-related crimes | Peace officers | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Statutory revision |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 P96h
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [106 pages  File size: 10,402 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the recruitment and retention practices that the Department of Public Safety currently employs and make recommendations on how to make improvements. Specifically, examine the current officer shortage in Texas and the effect it is having on the state's public safety.
2.	Investigate best practices to process concealed hand gun licenses in order to alleviate backlog and make recommendations for implementation, if appropriate.
3.	Monitor the Driver Responsibility Program and consider methods for overall improvement of the program.
4.	Study the statutory definition, duties, and authority of a Texas peace officer.
5.	Evaluate the effectiveness of state operations at controlling drug-related crimes and other violence along the Texas-Mexico border. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Border and Intergovernmental Affairs
6.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.

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