The Public Safety Commission announced Wednesday that Freeman Martin, a Texas Ranger with decades of service in the Texas DPS, will replace retiring Director Steve McCraw next month.

A surprise announcement during a DPS graduation ceremony in Austin on Friday. Longtime DPS Director Steve McCraw announced he will retire at the end of the year. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero has more.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw will retire at the end of the year after 15 years with the department.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw says he’s retiring at the end of the year after 15 years leading the department.

State leaders are reacting to the Department of Justice report. Texas Director of Public Safety, Steve McCraw, tells NBC 5 the report underscores the failure of law enforcement that day.

Warning: Coarse language. Uvalde parents and Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-Dist. 19) challenged Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw in Austin Thursday during a hearing of the Public Safety Commission, calling for his resignation.

Uvalde parents and Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-Dist. 19) challenged Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw in Austin Thursday during a hearing of the Public Safety Commission, calling for his resignation.

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw said local officers had enough officers to stop the gunman three minutes after he entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. The shooting continued for another hour.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw says it was the wrong decision by police officers to wait and not immediately breach a classroom door inside the Uvalde, Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers Tuesday and injured more than a dozen others.

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw will hold a briefing on the Uvalde school massacre Friday morning at 11 a.m. Watch it live here.