Texas DPS Mourns First African-American Trooper, Adolph Thomas
Style Magazine Newswire | 10/6/2017, 8:17 a.m.
first African-American trooper, Adolph Thomas
Source: Statesman.com
The Texas Department of Public Safety is mourning the death of its first African-American trooper, Adolph Thomas, who died earlier this week. DPS Director Steven McCraw issued a statement about Thomas, who served 27 years in the agency before retiring as chief of staff services in 1995. Thomas, a Seguin native, joined DPS in 1968, first serving as a highway patrol officer, then as a narcotics agent in 1972. He rose through the ranks of the narcotics service and became a search-and-seizure expert witness in state and federal court. He developed expertise in law enforcement policies and procedures, case preparation, undercover drug investigations and other law enforcement disciplines. Thomas became commander of the DPS Training Academy in 1991 and was named chief of staff services two years later. A year after Thomas retired, the Texas Legislature recognized Thomas’ service with a Senate Resolution.
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