What is an Oregon native doing in the middle of West Texas working as a trooper for the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)? Good question; long story. DPS Trooper Steven Vermillion made his way far from home due to two very fortunate accidents: one had to do with a job and the other had to do with love. After graduating in 2010 from high school in Milwaukie, Ore., near Portland, Vermillion had several decisions to make. He was in the process of heading to college when the U.S. Air Force called his name. “I enrolled in college, said it’s not for me,” Vermillion ...