DPS pay not competitive – results in 500 vacancies

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DPS pay not competitive – results in 500 vacancies

Driving on our interstates and state routes, you might feel remiss if you fail to spot a Department of Public Safety trooper patrolling. Those troopers must be hiding behind a large ground-mounted billboard or behind a grouping of trees hoping to catch speeders and other scofflaws. But the real reason patrol cars can’t be seen – they just aren’t there. For the first time in my 18-year career, DPS troopers can’t cover 13 of the state’s 15 countie…