tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6832715518077666796..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: DPS brass gets massive pay hikes, againGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91655246580679201222015-07-15T15:01:21.756-05:002015-07-15T15:01:21.756-05:00Houston Chronicle 6/10/2001:
The head of Gov. Ric...Houston Chronicle 6/10/2001:<br /><br />The head of Gov. Rick Perry's Narcotics Control Program (Bodisch) is being reassigned and possibly demoted after showing "a lack of judgment" while running the anti-drug trafficking effort. <br /><br />Feb. 2014:<br /><br />Public Safety Committee approved the appointment of Robert J. “Duke” Bodisch as the DPS Deputy Director of Homeland Security.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88024496392118434002015-07-14T22:17:56.721-05:002015-07-14T22:17:56.721-05:00Wasn't Duke Bodish involved in the old Texas N...Wasn't Duke Bodish involved in the old Texas Narcotics Program scandal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20395409512535929622015-07-14T13:06:35.443-05:002015-07-14T13:06:35.443-05:00With automated vehicles coming online State Troope...With automated vehicles coming online State Troopers jobs will slowly disappear. No more speeding vehicles, drunk drivers, or accidents caused by human error. Computerized cars will soon take over the highway. DPS over the next decade will be in decline as the next age of technical advances kicks in. The familiar black and whites with lights on top will be a thing of the past. Welcome to the age of cameras, drones, and big brother. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8626098688873003782015-07-14T08:30:32.094-05:002015-07-14T08:30:32.094-05:00WOW... yes well said! I never agree with a system...WOW... yes well said! I never agree with a system where the ranks are paid disparingly less than the equally qualified but less tenured supervisors. This whispers dictatorship.... I would love GFB to list the salary scale of TROOPERS. The required duties of said troopers, to include border protection is something to recognize. Doesn't appear it is being recognized by pay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90793494337417524992015-07-14T06:15:37.870-05:002015-07-14T06:15:37.870-05:00Well said, Anon 10:20:00!!! Sounds like we both f...Well said, Anon 10:20:00!!! Sounds like we both feel the same about the "old" agency, and are not impressed with the changes made in the "new" agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4925258773392877572015-07-13T22:20:36.548-05:002015-07-13T22:20:36.548-05:00Up until McCraw's time, the agency did have a ...Up until McCraw's time, the agency did have a real sense of impartiality and independence. The lege respected the information presented upon request and in return the lege dealt fairly with DPS. Now being a party-represented agency has blotted all that away. By God, you better be a Republican if you want to work there and you better toe the political line as well or you'll be cast into the void of rural Texas. They want team players, not sound reasoning. I respect McCraw as his first LE job was DPS. His return as done nothing but expand the cost that in no reasonable sense of the word can be sustained after his departure. The next Director will likely gut the agency again, just like Steve did, to ensure committed loyal representatives in the ranks could step forward. As much as I love that agency, I know that the house of cards will fall one day. Right, too big to fail? We're seeing that failure present day. Border problems, yes. Armored vehicles, armed aircraft, and militarized troops in the weeds was not the purpose or intent of that agency. Someone should step up and put hem back on task now before all the money is waste in overtime and lawsuits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com