{"id":3587,"date":"2018-06-10T00:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T04:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2025-03-26T12:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:14:34","slug":"kn-p-146-how-to-become-a-texas-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2018\/06\/kn-p-146-how-to-become-a-texas-ranger\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 146 “How to Become A Texas Ranger”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The modern Texas Ranger generally dresses in civilian clothes, and most of them wear a western hat and western boots in the course of their daily activities. Badges, still made from a Mexican peso, are pinned to a Rangers\u2019 shirt above the left pocket. Today’s Rangers travel by car, airplane, helicopter, and sometimes by horse. Each Ranger is furnished an automatic, a 12 gauge shotgun, a semi-automatic rifle, and a crime scene kit (with materials for taking fingerprints and making plaster casts of tracks and tool marks, and other test kits)<\/span><\/p>\n

Specialized equipment (sniper rifles, night vision scopes, tear gas guns, grenades, black lights, surveillance equipment, and gas masks) are on hand if needed. Their duties vary by assignment, but Rangers still have criminal investigative responsibilities while supporting local law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read \u201cWho are the Texas Rangers?<\/span>\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Read \u201cWhat does a Texas Ranger do?<\/span>\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read the previous two articles, you\u2019ve seen what an interesting job the Rangers have. You may even wish you could become one, since there is no maximum age for a potential candidate to apply. Yup, that\u2019s right. If you\u2019re 55 or 60 or even older, have a law enforcement background and can score better than all those young kids applying, the Ranger organization just might take you on. But first, you\u2019d better check out the things you have to do in order to qualify.<\/span><\/p>\n

First things, first\u2026<\/span><\/h1>\n

Potential Texas Ranger applicants are always<\/strong> selected from the ranks of the Texas Department of Public Safety. There has never been a need to do any recruiting because 200 people often apply for one opening.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basic Requirements For the DPS Trooper Academy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n