I’m going to hell for this one. But I had to let the fan club know.
Feb 21, 2018 DPS announces retirement of Duke Bodisch as Deputy Director of DPS in charge of Homeland Security. (announcement was behind Dallas newspaper firewall). I thought I’d highlight some of his unlovely past.
SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2015
DPS brass gets massive pay hikes, again
DPS brass continues to enjoy financial rewards that front-line state employees or managers in the private sector could only dream about. Reported the Dallas News, “DPS Director Steve McCraw and 56 agency executives have been given double-digit raises, with most increases reaching 17 percent.” Some readers may recall that the Austin Statesman reported three years ago:
When Gov. Rick Perry made Steve McCraw the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety in 2009, only a dozen DPS employees earned $100,000 a year or more at the notoriously tight-fisted agency.
[As of 2012, there were] 73, reflecting an enormous growth in DPS management positions and pay since McCraw, an ex-FBI agent who formerly led the governor’s Homeland Security office, took charge of the department in August 2009.
Under the new management pay scheme, though:
McCraw will now be paid $214,672 annually, up from $183,498. Two deputy directors, David Baker and Robert Bodisch, saw their yearly base pay rise from $176,460 to $206,458.
Texas Maritime Regiment Swearing-In Ceremony
Texas Maritime Regiment Swearing-In Ceremony
PO1 George Monnat Jr., PAO, 2nd BN TMAR TXSG TMF
2009/05/06
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New Braunfels, Texas – As one of his first acts as Commander of the Texas Maritime Regiment (TMAR) of the Texas State Guard (TXSG), Brigadier General Robert “Duke” Bodisch swore in the two newest members of TMAR’s Second Battalion (2nd Bn). The ceremony occurred inside the 2nd Bn’s monthly drill facilities, the National Guard armory in New Braunfels, in the early afternoon. BGen Bodisch and 2nd Bn’s Commanding Officer, Commander Joe Cave swore in Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO) Brad Westberry and Petty Officer First Class (PO1) Miriam Lee.
Head of state’s narcotics program reassigned
AUSTIN (AP) – The head of Gov. Rick Perry’s Narcotics Control Program is being reassigned and possibly demoted after showing “a lack of judgment” while running the anti-drug trafficking effort.
An auditor last week reported that while overseeing grants to local law enforcement agencies, Robert J. “Duke” Bodisch Sr. borrowed three cars from a task force that receives money from the program.
The auditor also said that for five years, the narcotics program paid for awards, gifts, alcoholic beverages and entertainment at annual training conferences, according to Saturday’s editions of the Austin American-Statesman.
The spending “appeared to fall outside of the guidelines” set by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, which provides millions of dollars that the narcotics program distributes.
The audit results are being forwarded to the Public Integrity Unit of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office and to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.