On September 5, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 104 newly graduated Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit Class B-2025 at a ceremony in Austin. This is the department’s 179 th graduating class.

Former Deputy Director Robert J. “Duke” Bodisch Sr. delivered the keynote address to the class and their families. Bodisch retired from DPS in 2018 after serving as chief of staff, Assistant Director of Texas Homeland Security, and ultimately Deputy Director.

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1,158 people applied for this class, and of those, only 129 people were offered a spot in Class B-2025, which began on June 1. Just 119 people started the class, and only 104 completed the 14-week Training Academy to graduate and become Troopers.

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