Col. Homer Garrison, Jr.

Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety and Chief of the Texas Rangers, 1938 - 1968

Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr.'s lifelong Texas law enforcement career began at age nineteen (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 in 1935, the Texas Highway Patrol became part of the Texas Department of Public Safety, 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.

Col. Homer Garrison’s Home Movie Reel Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center	Automobile Thefts - A Police Training Aid Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center
Padre Island Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center This film provides a brief history of South Padre Island and stresses the importance of driver safety both on the highway and the island’s beaches	Department of Public Safety: Christmas Holidays Donor: Gordon Wilkison
Texas Department of Public Safety - Labor Day 1965 Holiday Safety Reminder Donor: Gordon Wilkison Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Homer Garrison, urges safe driving over the Labor Day weekend, 1965.	Rustlers Range Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center
The Goodnight-Loving Trail Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center	Texas Rangers, Company B Headquarters, 1957 Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center
The Motor Vehicle Inspection Program Donor: Texas Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center

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