DFPS commissioner: I need troopers to find at-risk children

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The sheer volume of emergencies is shocking: Five hundred high priority calls where a child’s life might be in danger have gone unanswered so far this year. One hundred and seventy-one children died from abuse and neglect last year in Texas.
The head of the Department of Family and Protective Services, Hank Whitman, told lawmakers he doesn’t have the manpower to fix this. Now he wants the Department of Public Safety to dedicate Texas troopers to help.