THPA meaning in Community ?

Texas Highway Patrol Association and Museum (THPA or THPM) is a charity group with its administrative offices in Austin, Texas. It maintains a museum in San Antonio and raises a very small amount of money, relative to the amounts donated, for deceased patrol officers. It is not affiliated with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

According to the THPA website, the organization began in 1991. The papers filed with the Texas Attorney General state that the date of incorporation was July 8, 1992, with the organization doing business beginning on the following day. KPRC-TV stated that it was founded in 1993. Lane Denton, the founder, used to be the executive director of the DPS Officer's Association. A jury ruled that Denton used $67,211 of the money from that association to give to a personal friend. This resulted in two felony convictions. Denton was given a six-year probation sentence. During that period he started the THPA family of organizations.