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DPS creates Homeland Security Division, names leadership and approves multiple promotions
Summary
The Public Safety Commission on Aug. 7 approved creation of a Homeland Security Division at the Texas Department of Public Safety, confirmed Gerald Brown as chief and Mike George as assistant chief, and ratified a series of internal promotions filling training, regional and investigative leadership posts.
The Public Safety Commission voted Aug. 7 to create a Homeland Security Division within the Texas Department of Public Safety and to combine homeland security functions and intelligence/counterterrorism under a single organizational structure.
Colonel Steven Martin described Senate Bill 36 as the statutory basis for the division and said the new unit will consolidate statewide intelligence, critical‑infrastructure protection, threat assessment and exercise planning. "This division is designed to do that," Martin said, describing the need to co‑locate analysis, planning and operations to better coordinate responses to…
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