Tribute to Our Fallen Employees


Every day, Texas State Troopers, Agents, and Texas Rangers courageously protect and serve Texas, often risking their lives. We honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice since the agency's inception in 1823 as the Texas Rangers and since 1935 as the Texas Department of Public Safety, when it unified with the Highway Patrol.

Officers Who Have Lost Their Lives In The Line Of Duty

Non-Commissioned Employees Who Have Lost Their Lives In The Line Of Duty

View a monument location list of memorials honoring Texas DPS officers who have died in the line of duty.


DPS Fallen Officers Memorial

Photo credit: Jose C. Rodriguez, III

Dedicated May 16, 2024, by Texas Ranger 2023, the DPS Foundation, and the Texas Ranger Association Foundation to honor all Texas DPS Troopers, Special Agents, and Texas Rangers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

The development of the new Fallen Officers Memorial began in 2015. Over 1 million pounds of granite was quarried from the same quarry in Marble Falls as the state capitol building. The memorial site circle is 77 feet in diameter.

Designed and sculpted by Clint Howard and produced by Pyrology Foundry and Studio.

You can visit the Fallen Officers Memorial at the Texas Department of Public Safety Headquarters, located at 5805 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78752.


GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

Trooper Memorial


The Texas Department of Public Safety is grateful to the Metcalf Family for their commitment to honoring DPS officers who have given their lives in the service to the State of Texas.

In 1991, Trooper Carlos Warren stopped Richard Metcalf for speeding. Mr. Metcalf was impressed with the way the trooper handled the traffic stop. Several weeks later, Trooper Warren was shot to death while interrupting a kidnapping. Mr. Metcalf decided to honor Trooper Warren with a memorial stone at the place where he was killed.

Mr. Metcalf then decided to place memorials—at his own expense—to honor each of the DPS officers who have died in the line of duty. However, he passed away after a lengthy illness and his goal was not realized.

Mr. Metcalf's brother, Don, was touched by his brother's determination to honor all DPS troopers and took up his brother's cause. As of July 2012, each of the 86 DPS troopers killed in the line of duty has been honored with a stone marker.

The Metcalfs will forever hold a special place in the hearts of the entire DPS family.