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safety, as DPS representatives on the State Emergency Management Council, for
management of security and law enforcement operations for all State Capitol Complex
buildings, grounds and parking facilities, liaison with federal, state, and local public
officials, testimony as expert witnesses in civil or criminal cases, response to perceived
or reported violations of law, roadside assistance to citizens, and incidents involving
death or serious injury to DPS employees. In responding to an emergency, command
officers are able to monitor, communicate with, and direct resources through digital
voice privacy or other police channels as required to mitigate an event.
Emergency Management State Coordinator
(1 vehicle, $1516 average annual operating cost)
The noncommissioned Emergency Management State Coordinator is required to
respond 24 hours per day statewide to all man made and natural disaster or
emergency situations acting for the Governor and DPS Director. This position must
ensure that the State Emergency Operating Center is operational and that necessary
state disaster response is coordinated. The capability to respond to the needs of
citizens in times of emergency relies upon an uninterrupted sequence of events.
Accordingly, the State Coordinator is required to implement actions expeditiously and
follow through to see that an effective plan is executed. This requires the availability
of a police radio equipped vehicle at all times.
Chief Inspector
Inspector (13)
(14 vehicles, $21,224 average total annual operating cost)
Inspectors are responsible for administering a program of on-site monitoring and
evaluation of statewide DPS operations and for reporting findings to the Director.
While traveling throughout the state in police equipped vehicles, inspectors monitor
activities of operational units, perform routine police activities, assist citizens and take
other appropriate police actions as required. As part of this program, one uniformed
noncommissioned Inspector evaluates the DPS Communications Service.
Chief Pilot
Assistant Chief Pilot
Senior Pilot (5)
Pilot Investigator (19)
(26 vehicles, $39,416 average total annual operating cost)
DPS Pilots are on 24 hour call to respond to emergencies, law enforcement activities
or search and rescue operations throughout Texas by reporting to landing sites
appropriate to missions. These missions are time critical and require constant
communication via police radios in assigned DPS vehicles. Further, the nature of
A LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION REVIEW OF
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY PAGE 67AUGUST 1997
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