Public Safety Commission of Texas

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The Public Safety Commission of Texas is a governing body that oversees statewide law enforcement and public safety policy, including the operations of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Public Safety Commission of Texas canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency oversight body ⓘ
state public safety commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Texas ⓘ
appointedBy Governor of Texas ⓘ
canAppoint Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
canRemove Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
confirmedBy Texas Senate ⓘ
linked to: Texas Legislature
country United States ⓘ
follows open meetings requirements under Texas law ⓘ
governs Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Criminal Investigations Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
Driver License Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
Texas Department of Public Safety regulatory services ⓘ
Texas Highway Patrol ⓘ
Texas Rangers (law enforcement agency) ⓘ
linked to: Texas Rangers
hasDuty ensure effective statewide law enforcement in Texas ⓘ
ensure public safety policies comply with Texas law ⓘ
provide policy direction to the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin
hasMemberRole commissioner ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 5 ⓘ
hasScope statewide public safety in Texas ⓘ
isGoverningBodyOf Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes state public safety regulatory programs administered by Texas DPS ⓘ
statewide law enforcement agencies under Texas DPS ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Texas Government Code ⓘ
Texas statutes relating to the Department of Public Safety ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Travis County, Texas ⓘ
meetingLocation Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin
meetsAt Texas Department of Public Safety headquarters ⓘ
oversees statewide law enforcement policy in Texas ⓘ
statewide public safety policy in Texas ⓘ
partOf Government of Texas ⓘ
responsibleFor adopting rules for the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
establishing general policy for the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
oversight of state emergency management functions coordinated through DPS ⓘ
oversight of state law enforcement operations in Texas ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
setsPolicyFor Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
subjectHasRole oversight of driver licensing policy ⓘ
oversight of state criminal information systems policy ⓘ
oversight of state homeland security–related DPS functions ⓘ
oversight of state police services ⓘ
oversight of vehicle safety enforcement policy ⓘ
subordinateTo State of Texas executive branch ⓘ
supervises Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
website https://www.dps.texas.gov ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Department of Public Safety → supervisedBy → Public Safety Commission of Texas ⓘ
Texas Rangers → subordinateTo → Public Safety Commission of Texas ⓘ