37 Tex. Admin. Code § 1.11 - Basic Doctrines
(a) The department
of public safety accepts its responsibilities as a public trust. It is our
policy to discharge with dispatch any responsibility to the fullest extent with
maximum benefit for the public.
(b)
It is the policy of the department to afford maximum courtesy, service, and
protection to all citizens and visitors in this state.
(c) The department recognizes that government
exists for the benefit of the governed-the people. Enforcement and regulatory
actions against persons are carried out for the benefit of society as a whole.
The department does not act to adjudicate or rectify injustices, inequities, or
wrongs between individuals, but acts only to maintain order for the
preservation and protection of society as a whole.
(d) It is a solemn obligation of members of
the department to uphold the constitutions of the United States and the State
of Texas as well as to enforce the statutory enactments. Constitutional
provisions take precedence over statutory enactments. In the enforcement of the
provisions of a statute, personnel of the department of public safety will
refrain from infringing upon any rights or privileges guaranteed by the
constitutions.
(e) The department
recognizes that the basic responsibility for the enforcement of the criminal
laws rests with the local officers in their respective jurisdictions. It is the
policy of the department to cooperate with and assist local officers fully in
these matters but to leave the basic responsibility to them unless specifically
assigned to do otherwise.
(f) It is
the policy of the department to assume primary responsibility for traffic
supervision on the rural highways of this state, including the regulation of
commercial traffic.
(g) The
department will cooperate with all governmental agencies discharging statutory
duties when assistance complies with state law and departmental policies and
regulations.
(h) It is the policy
of the department to assign available manpower in any field service to the
areas of the state in proportion to the amount of the statewide problem of that
service existing in any particular area so that the department may, as nearly
as practicable, render to all citizens their equitable share of the service
available.
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