Editing Highway Emergency Response Operators (section)

== Texas ==
In Texas, the program began in 2010, and is generally operated and funded by local [[Texas Department of Transportation]] districts and other local area organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ads could help expand popular TxDOT roadside service |url=https://www.txdot.gov/about/newsroom/stories/ads-could-help-expand-popular-txdot-roadside-service.html |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.txdot.gov |language=en}}</ref> Initially managed by the Central Texas Mobility Authority, it has been managed by TxDOT since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TxDOT Highway Emergency Response Operator Program |url=https://static.tti.tamu.edu/conferences/traffic-safety20/presentations/safety-service-patrols/nevares.pdf |website=tti.tamu.edu |publisher=Texas Transportation Institute }}</ref>

=== Service Areas ===
Texas HERO's operate in the [[Austin, Texas]] area (covering the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization service area), El Paso (covering the [[El Paso County, Texas]] sections of [[Interstate 10]], [[Texas State Highway Loop 375]] and [[U.S. Route 54]]) and [[San Antonio|San Antonio greater area]] (including but not limited to [[Interstate 35]], [[Interstate 10]], [[Interstate 410]] and [[Interstate 37]]).

=== Acknowledgement Program ===
Launched in 2024, TxDOT's Acknowledgement Program allows for companies or organizations outside TxDOT to donate to Safety Service Patrols. In exchange, donors can be acknowledged for their donations by having their name, logo or image placed on the back of a Safety Service Patrol truck.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ads could help expand popular TxDOT roadside service |url=https://www.txdot.gov/about/newsroom/stories/ads-could-help-expand-popular-txdot-roadside-service.html |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.txdot.gov |language=en}}</ref>