Every trooper washes their car at the end of every shift?!? No wonder taxes in CA are so high and water is so scarce. What a highly efficient use of government resources.

as far as the CHP units getting washed 3 times a day(end of each shift) most state troopers/highway patrol officers are assigned a "take home car" so once a day washing is ok- here in georgia all state troopers are assigned take home units and each state patrol barricks has state inmate labor to keep the grounds/building clean and they also wash the patrol cars as needed.

DPS handles crashes in unincorporated areas of most counties, but not ALL. The Harris County Sheriff's Office (surrounding Houston) works over 20,000 crashes a year. Also, contrary to the practice in many of the other western states, TxDPS doesn't work crashes on urban freeways in the big cities like Houston, Dallas, San Antonio etc which in many other areas of the western US would often be worked by the State Highway Patrol.

Texas DPS gets their lightbars custom configured at Whelen to have double takedowns. So like for instance, this Whelen LED bar shown above normally has two takedowns. But on the DPS cars, it has four.

I am sure the DPS in Texas is like the CHP here in CA, they handle ALL accidents and traffic collisions in ALL county areas that are not within a city limit. In CA, county sheriff'd departments DO NOT handle TC in the county, even if it is 30 miles from a paved road, it is the CHPs area.

And we have a policy that we have to wash our units at the end of our shift, EVERY SHIFT, unless it is raining. And all shifts (3 a day) have to do it, so the units are fueled and washed 3 times a day.

On a side note about another photo and the spotlights, takedowns and alley lights are only good for so much, they actually suck unless you are on even ground with and a vehicle is in front of you or on the side of you. I think ALL agencies regardless of their rolls in LE should have spotlights on their vehicles, they can be moved in any direction, and are often used to conduct area checks, maybe you have a vehicle down in a ditch u need to find a 0200 in the morning, headlights and takedowns will only see it 3% of the time. They can also be pointed into the night sky to make a beam for a point of refferance for a lost person/hiker, etc.

Yes... Many dept's have mandatory wash's for inspections and such. This cleaning has to be done off duty here and some agencies have there own motor pool that does this for them.

Will you freaking morons find a different playground?

Now, nice picture, Dave!

There are many people on the Internet who have no idea what we police officers, sheriff deputies and state troopers do or where our job may take us in the course of a tour of duty or that our vehicles might actually get dirty and need a car wash. Don't confuse the thoughtless ramblings of "tater2" with any comments left by me.

How can someone copy and paste someone else's comment and misspell the word "rural"?........unless he doesn't know how to cut & paste?

thanks bill, but don't waste your time with tater. he just needs a girlfriend. i just noticed all the dps cars at this processing point are spotless. i don't drive through as many dusty roads and i can't keep my car clean for more than a day.

Because they work wrecks and assist local sherrif's officers on the back roads. Some of them ain't paved.

"how does dps keep their cars so clean despite all the dusty and rual roads?

They are a highway patrol why would they be patrolling dusty and rual roads to begin with.

easy tater tot, just a comment.

There was one that showed uparound 2300 that looked like it had been on the road all day.

most state or highway patrols have a mandatory policy that they wash there cars every other day or as needed, so as too maintain a standard apperance.

"how does dps keep their cars so clean despite all the dusty and rural roads?"

Brilliant question, pinhead. Ever hear of a car wash?

how does dps keep their cars so clean despite all the dusty and rural roads?