AUSTIN - A ceremony will be held to swear in the new leader of the Texas Department of Public Safety on Monday. Lt. Col. Freeman F. Martin will be sworn in as the new director at DPS headquarters in Austin. Martin replaces Colonel Steven McCraw, who retired after 15 years as the director of DPS.

Freeman Martin was sworn in by Gov. Greg Abbott as the agency’s 14th director. He worked his way up from Highway Patrol trooper in 1990.