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Texas Department of Public Safety - 1/4 Century Club (1964)
Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center
Sound | 1964 | B/W | English

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Col. Homer Garrison Jr.
Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center
1960s
Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Rangers
Texas Locations:
Travis County
Austin
On February 7, 1964 the eighth annual meeting of the Quarter Century Club of the Texas Department of Public Safety was held. In this footage from that meeting Colonel Homer Garrison Jr. – the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety – shakes hands with the men and women who had devoted at least twenty five years of service to the Department of Public Safety. Each member of the club shakes Garrison's hand while introducing themselves, telling of the department in which they served, and citing the date when they began working for the Department of Public Safety.

Colonel Homer Garrison Jr.'s lifelong Texas law enforcement career began at age 19 (shortly after graduating from Lufkin High School), when he was appointed deputy sheriff of Angelina County. In 1930, he joined the newly forming Texas Highway Patrol. When the Texas Highway Patrol became part of the Texas Department of Public Safety in 1935, Col. Garrison became the new agency's first assistant director. In 1938, his role changed to director of the DPS and chief of the Texas Rangers, a position he held until his death in 1968. The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum at Fort Fisher is named for him.
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