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Public Safety Commission creates Homeland Security Division, names leadership to unite intelligence and preparedness
Summary
The commission approved formation of a Homeland Security Division created by Senate Bill 36 and appointed Gerald Brown as chief and Mike George as assistant chief of homeland security operations.
The Public Safety Commission approved creation of a Homeland Security Division that consolidates homeland security, intelligence and counterterrorism functions, and appointed leadership to run the new division.
Colonel Martin, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, described Senate Bill 36 as formalizing a division dedicated to statewide homeland security strategy, intelligence analysis, critical infrastructure protection and emergency preparedness. "This division was created to co‑locate and streamline homeland security and intelligence in Texas and put it under one umbrella," Col. Martin said.
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