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Training Courses

The Law Enforcement Liaison Grant is proud to offer the Child Occupant Restraint Enforcement Course along with the Distracted Driving Course. Registration for the courses is ongoing and information on the courses is below.

Distracted Driving Courses

CORE Courses

Upcoming Trainings

What We Do...

The Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS), the law enforcement community, training agencies, associations, prosecutors, the judiciary and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) work together to decrease crashes, fatalities, and injuries. To achieve this goal, the program combines a concerted local and statewide media campaign with additional law enforcement activities to reinforce the message. Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs (STEPs) are grants provided by TxDOT to law enforcement agencies to enforce traffic safety laws such as speed and safety belt use. In these grants, Texas peace officers work primarily overtime and regular time in several cases to issue citations and arrest DWI offenders in order to reduce fatalities, injuries, and crashes within their local jurisdiction.

Traffic Safety Newstories from around Texas

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In the News...

Driver in traffic stop charged with theft

LEAGUE CITY — A traffic stop turned into a felony charge for a Texas City man.At 2:33 a.m. Sunday, Daniel Fontenot, 38, was pulled over for speeding in the 1800 block of Interstate 45 South, League City police Sgt. Tamara Spencer said.

MoPac traffic stop turns up stolen car

AUSTIN (KXAN) - A traffic stop Monday morning led to the recovery of a stolen car.

Motorcyclist found dead in bayou after wreck

Police say it appears a motorcycle rider was traveling east on Memorial Drive at a very high rate of speed when he lost control.

Corpus Christi police: Driver of truck thrown out in early Thursday rollover, dies

CORPUS CHRISTI — A 27-year-old man died at the hospital after being thrown from his pickup when it rolled over on Crosstown Expressway early Thursday, Corpus Christi police said.

Amarillo Traffic Commission pushes citywide texting ban

The idea of a citywide ban against texting while driving gained steam Wednesday with an endorsement by the Amarillo Traffic Commission.

Lubbock man killed in Lynn County crash

A Lubbock man was pronounced dead at the scene of a Lynn County crash Wednesday.

Driver sent or got 11 texts in 11 min before crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 19-year-old pickup truck driver involved in a deadly highway pileup in Missouri last year sent or received 11 texts in the 11 minutes immediately before the accident, federal investigators said Tuesday.

Car Safety: Child Safety Seats

A website with helpful car seat information sent to us by After School Kids.

Distracted driving a 'major problem,' US officials warn

Most U.S. motorists surveyed acknowledged few situations in which they would not use a cell phone or text while behind the wheel although they support measures to curb both practices, data released on Thursday by the Transportation Department showed.

Texting Study Finds Slower Driver Response Times

AUSTIN, Texas -- New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought.

Crime and Crash Statistics

Kids should ride in rear-facing car seats longer, pediatricians say

(CNN) -- New recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics may change the way many parents buckle up their kids.