AUSTIN – This week, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) personnel traveled from across the state to Corpus Christi to compete in the 34th annual Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) Texas Challenge – demonstrating their knowledge and skills in enforcing federal motor carrier safety regulations.
Corporal Kaleb Rains (Eastland) was named DPS Grand Champion and Houston Police Department’s Scott Henderson was named Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Grand Champion. Each was selected to compete at the North America Inspectors Championship (NAIC) in August. Corporal Dillon Steadman (Georgetown) earned the title of DPS Reserve Grand Champion and Carrollton Police Department’s Ed Clark earned the title of MCSAP Reserve Grand Champion.
Atotal of 21 DPS personnel competed in the 2026 Texas Challenge, as well as 9 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) Ofare law enforcement from various agencies throughout the state who have received DPS CVE Training and certi Over three days of competition, participants were required to inspect multiple types of commercial vehicles and take a written exam to test their knowledge of rules, regulations and operational procedures. Events were judged by industry personnel and current DPS CVE/ MCSAP agency supervisors. During the event, DPS provided a variety of safety training presentations to transportation industry safety professionals in attendance.
