{"id":38524,"date":"2019-08-19T03:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T03:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38524"},"modified":"2019-08-19T03:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T03:30:03","slug":"dps-getting-thrust-into-even-more-dangerous-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38524","title":{"rendered":"DPS getting thrust into even more dangerous work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=Dallascrime%20%23DPS%20%23DallasPD&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/police_shootings_dallas-jpeg-5a9d9_3ae1a6e66a30bed564c0b1476c94aa92.12006307705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38525\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/police_shootings_dallas-jpeg-5a9d9_3ae1a6e66a30bed564c0b1476c94aa92.12006307705-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/police_shootings_dallas-jpeg-5a9d9_3ae1a6e66a30bed564c0b1476c94aa92.12006307705-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/police_shootings_dallas-jpeg-5a9d9_3ae1a6e66a30bed564c0b1476c94aa92.12006307705-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/police_shootings_dallas-jpeg-5a9d9_3ae1a6e66a30bed564c0b1476c94aa92.12006307705-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/police_shootings_dallas-jpeg-5a9d9_3ae1a6e66a30bed564c0b1476c94aa92.12006307705.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have made an important acquaintance. He is a young man who serves as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper.<\/p>\n<p>He also has been tapped to serve &#8212; along with other DPS troopers &#8212; alongside Dallas Police Department officers in some of the high-crime neighborhoods of the state&#8217;s third-largest city.<\/p>\n<p>One of those troopers got involved in a shooting today in South Dallas. Residents are calling for a thorough investigation; they deserve to know what happened and I hope DPS and Dallas PD are forthcoming. A Dallas City Council member wants DPS to pull the troopers out.<\/p>\n<p>Well, count me as a Metroplex resident who endorses DPS&#8217;s presence to assist Dallas PD combat the rash of violent crimes that have struck the city.<\/p>\n<p>My DPS friend told me he and his trooper colleagues work on traffic enforcement, enabling Dallas PD officers to concentrate more fully on the crime wave.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Greg Abbott ordered DPS officers to assist Dallas police, expressing concern about the crime spree that has been taking far too many innocent victims&#8217; lives. The governor should be concerned. So should the residents of those neighborhoods affected most directly by the criminals who are doing them harm.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, I stand with DPS &#8212; especially my young friend &#8212; as they lend a needed hand to quell the spasm of crime that has frightened many Dallas residents.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=Dallascrime%20%23DPS%20%23DallasPD&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have made an important acquaintance. He is a young man who serves as a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper. He also has been tapped to serve &#8212; along with other DPS troopers &#8212; alongside Dallas Police Department officers in some of the high-crime neighborhoods of the state&#8217;s third-largest city. One of those troopers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38524\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DPS getting thrust into even more dangerous work<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8688],"tags":[8872,1244,2006,4608],"class_list":["post-38524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-news","tag-crime-wave","tag-dallas-pd","tag-greg-abbott","tag-texas-dps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38526,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38524\/revisions\/38526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}