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Public Safety outlines State Patrol headquarters request, recruitment needs, and safety‑focused policy proposals
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Cassandra O’Hearn told the House Transportation Committee the Department of Public Safety’s transportation divisions seek roughly $48.0 million in trunk‑highway funds for a consolidated State Patrol metro headquarters, recruitment funding and several DVS rule and fee changes.
Deputy Commissioner Cassandra O’Hearn told the House Transportation Committee that the governor’s budget recommends several transportation‑related items housed at the Department of Public Safety (DPS), including a trunk‑highway funded request to construct a consolidated State Patrol metropolitan headquarters, funding for recruitment and hiring, and multiple Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS) administrative and regulatory changes.
Why it matters: the request would use trunk‑highway fund dollars for a State Patrol capital project (the department notes the Patrol’s mission to patrol highways and its existing trunk‑highway funding), seeks new capacity to recruit troopers as retirements grow, and proposes statutory and administrative changes intended to improve traffic safety and improve DVS operations.
DPS highlighted the following proposals:
- State Patrol metropolitan headquarters: DPS officials said the governor’s package includes about $48.0 million…
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