DPS announces winners of Texas Top Trooper Competition

Winners move on to National Top Trooper Competition being held in Texas

AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is proud to announce the winners of the 13th annual Javier Arana, Jr. Top Trooper Competition: Top male Corporal Kip Staton (Tyler) and Top female Trooper Dani Basye (Amarillo)— who also won the top female spot in 2022 and 2019.

The competition wrapped up Friday, April 4, after several days of fierce competition, and Corporal Staton and Trooper Basye now qualify to represent Texas DPS in the National Top Trooper Competition, which will be hosted by DPS in Florence next month.