AUSTIN – Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw today issued the following statement on the death of J.D. Chastain who retired as the DPS Crime Lab Director in 1980 after a 32-year career with the department: “For more than three decades, J.D. Chastain answered the call of duty to serve and protect the State of Texas through his career at DPS, and we are saddened by his passing. It takes hard work, perseverance […]
