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DPS says Houston repeat-offender initiative removed 135 repeat offenders in 60 days; director highlights statewide border-related enforcement
Summary
Colonel Freeman Martin told the Public Safety Commission that a Houston repeat-offender operation begun in October produced 193 arrests (135 repeat offenders) and substantial seizures; he also described broader Operation Lone Star enforcement and large statewide drug seizures in 2025.
Colonel Freeman Martin, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, told the Public Safety Commission at its December meeting that a Houston-focused repeat-offender initiative begun in October produced 193 arrests in its first 60 days, of which 135 were identified as repeat offenders.
Martin described the operation as a multiagency effort with Harris County and Houston police that prioritized high-threat individuals. "Enforcement operations: 86 criminal arrest, 107 fugitive arrest, for a total of 193 arrests, but 135 of those are repeat offenders," he said, and listed seizures that included 85 drug seizures, 30 weapons and…
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