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  Ohio State Highway Patrol
November 13, 2007 - Sergeant Smith to serve as Patrol spokesperson - Sergeant Carlos Smith of the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Medina Post has transferred to the Public Affairs Unit as part of a 90-day program, in which he will temporarily serve as a spokesperson for the Patrol.
November 8, 2007 - Patrol study reveals morning and evening commuting times to be most dangerous - A new report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows from 2005 to 2007 year-to-date, one in five fatal crashes have occurred during commuting times – a total of 730 traffic fatalities in less than three years.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol Flying Wheel emblem is a registered trademark.
www.statepatrol.ohio.gov   (218 words)

  
 Department of Safety Internet - Tennessee Highway Patrol
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is responsible for the enforcement of all federal and state laws relating to traffic.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is responsible for investigating accidents involving property damage, personal injury, and fatalities.
The Highway Patrol is active in criminal interdiction, which involves the suppression of narcotics on the roads, highways, and interstate systems in Tennessee.
www.state.tn.us /safety/thp.htm   (364 words)

  
 SCDPS | South Carolina Highway Patrol
The Highway Patrol’s mission is to make our highways safer through strong, high visibility enforcement and public education.
The Highway Patrol has a team of community relations officers throughout the state dedicated to educating the media and public about safe driving behaviors.
It is the Highway Patrol’s privilege to serve the traveling public in our state.
www.schp.org /message.asp   (440 words)

  
  Ohio State Highway Patrol
The Patrol is asking motorists that are partaking in holiday celebrations to designate a sober driver or call a taxi to assure that you arrive at your destination safely.
July 2, 2007 - Patrol announces plans for a low-manpower OVI checkpoint this week - The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that troopers will operate a low-manpower OVI checkpoint to deter and intercept impaired drivers this week.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol Flying Wheel emblem is a registered trademark.
www.state.oh.us /ohiostatepatrol   (204 words)

  
  Ohio State Highway Patrol -- History
The state highway patrol and the superintendent thereof shall be furnished by the state with such vehicles, equipment and supplies as the director of highways may deem necessary, all of which shall remain the property of the state and be strictly accounted for by each member of the patrol.
The state highway patrol may be equipped with standardized and tested devices for weighing vehicles, and may stop and weigh, or cause to be weighed, any vehicle which appears to weigh in excess of the amounts permitted by the laws of the state.
All salaries and expenses of members of the state highway patrol and all expenditures for vehicles, equipment, supplies, and salaries of clerical forces and all other expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the patrol shall be paid by the state treasurer out of the state highway maintenance and repair fund.
www.statepatrol.ohio.gov /aboutus/history/HB270.HTM   (1263 words)

  
 History of the Montana Highway Patrol - MT Dept of Justice
The Highway Patrol's efforts led to an increased demand for continued enforcement and education to reduce fatalities.
The Montana Highway Patrol was reorganized as a bureau within the Montana Department of Justice, resulting in the elimination of the Highway Patrol Board.
The Patrol initiated a Special Events Support Unit to assist other law enforcement agencies throughout Montana and the nation in situations in which the safety or health of the public is at risk, including disasters, civil disturbances, riots and demonstrations.
doj.mt.gov /enforcement/highwaypatrol/history.asp   (1130 words)

  
 Kansas Highway Patrol
The term "Highway Patrol" was first used in the statutes in 1935 to identify the vehicle inspectors.
Their main objective, then as now, was to reduce accidents and the patrol attacked the problem with firm, courteous, and impartial enforcement and services.
Today, the patrol is vested with the full power and authority of law enforcement officers anywhere in the state irrespective of county jurisdictions.
www.kshs.org /portraits/kansas_highway_patrol.htm   (302 words)

  
 Sheriff's Office Highway Patrol: Lake County, IL
The Highway Patrol Division is staffed by 1 deputy chief, 12 command officers, 67 deputies, 1 executive secretary, 1 senior utility worker, and 1 utility worker.
Last year, the highway patrol division responded to 397,621 calls for service, which is an increase of 96,849 calls from the previous year.
Highway Patrol Deputies handled 5,203 traffic accidents, 28 of which included fatalities, and, issued a total of 25,777 traffic citations.
www.co.lake.il.us /sheriff/divisions/high.asp   (838 words)

  
 Florida Monitor: Highway Patrol
The Florida Highway Patrol’s (FHP) purpose is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on Florida's roadways; reduce criminal activities on Florida’s highways; investigate crashes resulting in deaths, injuries and property damage; and respond to calls for service in a timely manner.
Highway Patrol troopers patrol the state’s highways, investigate traffic crashes, make arrests, assist other law enforcement officers, and provide safety education and training.
For Fiscal Year 2005-06, the Florida Highway Patrol had 1,813 authorized sworn law enforcement positions of which 1,659 were filled as of August 31, 2006.
www.oppaga.state.fl.us /profiles/6080/print.asp   (714 words)

  
 LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: California Highway Patrol (2720)
The California Highway Patrol's (CHP) core mission is to ensure safety and enforce traffic laws on state highways and county roads in unincorporated areas.
The California Highway Patrol shall (1) investigate the reasons for the difference in industrial disability retirement (IDR) rates between high-ranking uniformed personnel (including chiefs, deputy and assistant chiefs) and lower-ranking personnel, and (2) report its findings to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by December 1, 2005.
The California Highway Patrol shall report by December 1, 2005 on the goals and performance measures it will use to assess the success of its efforts to reduce workers' compensation and industrial disability retirement claims and costs.
www.lao.ca.gov /analysis_2005/transportation/tran_04_2720_anl05.htm   (3858 words)

  
 New York City Police Department Transit Bureau Highway District   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Highway District is a citywide command that is comprised of the following units: Highway Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, the Accident Investigation Squad, Motor Carrier Safety Unit, and Driver Training Unit.
Highway Unit #1 is located in the Bronx, Unit #2 in Brooklyn, Unit #3 in Queens, Unit #4 in Manhattan, and Highway Unit #5 in Staten Island
The Highway District’s primary mission is to ensure the safe and expeditious movement of vehicular traffic that travels the City’s 186 miles of limited access highways.
www.nyc.gov /html/nypd/html/transportation/highway.html   (251 words)

  
 Arbitration Award: Ohio Highway Patrol
Grievant was commissioned as Highway Patrol Trooper in September of 1988 and assigned to the Bucyrus post.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol stringently maintained that Grievant’s actions were in direct conflict with the primary purpose of the organization -- ensuring traffic safety and enforcing the DUI law.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol cannot be expected to endure further injury to its reputation or its mission from Grievant’s abuse of alcohol.
www.aele.org /law/2004FPJUL/ohp91.html   (3542 words)

  
 SCDPS | South Carolina Highway Patrol
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is South Carolina’s largest law enforcement agency with more than 1,000 uniform and civilian personnel including uniformed officers, telecommunications officers and civilian personnel dedicated to highway safety and eliminating the flow of illegal narcotics on the state’s 66,000 miles of highways.
Highway Patrol applicants are forbidden to have tattoos, body art or brands that are visible while in uniform or on duty.
If you have additional questions concerning employment opportunities with the South Carolina Highway Patrol contact the Employment Office at SCHP Recruiter or call toll free 1-877-349-2096 or local 803-896-8135.
www.schp.org /employment.asp   (856 words)

  
 South Dakota Highway Patrol Welcome Page
Keeping citizens informed about the varying services that the South Dakota Highway Patrol provides is vital to our effectiveness as a law enforcement agency.
As the Internet and the World Wide Web continue to grow, the South Dakota Highway Patrol will use this means of communication to inform, educate, and aid our communication with the public.
It is the mission of the South Dakota Highway Patrol to serve the citizens of South Dakota with pride and distinction.
hp.state.sd.us   (449 words)

  
 NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol's primary mission is to reduce collisions and make the highways of North Carolina as safe as possible.
In 2005, the State Highway Patrol arrested 25,286 people for driving while impaired, seized $10 million worth of drugs, and investigated 1,160 fatal collisions on North Carolina highways.
The Highway Patrol continues to promote highway safety through education and enforcement.
www.nccrimecontrol.org /Index2.cfm?a=000003,000014   (212 words)

  
 Department of Safety Internet - Tennessee Highway Patrol
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is responsible for the enforcement of all federal and state laws relating to traffic.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is responsible for investigating accidents involving property damage, personal injury, and fatalities.
The Highway Patrol is active in criminal interdiction, which involves the suppression of narcotics on the roads, highways, and interstate systems in Tennessee.
www.tennessee.gov /safety/thp.htm   (224 words)

  
 THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL
The Patrol's sworn officers were down to 100 and were kept busy escorting military convoys, including gasoline tankers filled with fuel for military installations, and patrolling Florida's 1,197 statute miles of coastline looking for illegal aliens trying to slip ashore.
Highway and airport construction accelerated so that, by war's end, Florida had an up-to-date transportation network ready for use by residents and the visitors who seemed to arrive in an endless stream.
Patrol cars of the past were as fast but did not have the high speed handling capabilities of the Mustang.
members.tripod.com /foburke/id18.htm   (7497 words)

  
 Highway Patrol - Project Description
They would like you to analyze the safety of Illinois highways by conducting a study of a number of variables which might effect the distance required by a vehicle to skid to a stop before striking either a stationary or mobile obstacle.
The Highway Patrol simulation is designed to provide an environment for the systematic study of highway safety.
That is, think of a variety of highway scenarios which result in a high frequency of accidents (children and objects entering city streets, lowered reaction times due to intoxication, animals entering roads in forest preserves, etc.).
www.glenbrook.k12.il.us /gbssci/phys/projects/q1/hpatover.html   (1457 words)

  
 California Highway Patrol: Enhancing Road Patrol Service Through Efficiencies
Yet, the department maintains that proactive patrols are a vital means of promoting traffic safety because they serve as an effective deterrent to unsafe driving, as well as provide opportunities for officers to identify and address in a timely fashion dangerous situations such as moving violations, debris, and disabled vehicles on the roadways.
The reduction of in-view patrol and miles driven in 2001 is due in part to the temporary redirection of some officers from road patrol to homeland security duties after September 11, 2001.
Road patrol officers are required to communicate frequently with dispatchers and supervisors regarding their whereabouts and activities.
www.lao.ca.gov /2005/chp/chp_013105.htm   (3881 words)

  
 Utah Department of Public Safety - Utah Highway Patrol   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Utah Highway Patrol becomes a separate department under the direction of the Governor.
UHP patrol cars are painted many colors instead of the traditional uniform fl.
A few fl and white patrol cars are implemented for better visibility in an attempt to reduce traffic accidents.
highwaypatrol.utah.gov /history/chapter2/index.html   (379 words)

  
 Highway Patrol Division | Broome County, NY
The Patrol Division is the primary law enforcement for 48% of the residents of Broome County.
The Patrol Division is responsible for patrolling 1008 miles of state highways, 350 miles of county roads and 927 miles of town roads, 24 hours a day.
The Marine Patrol for the Broome County Sheriff's Office now consists of two units that are utilized for water patrols and water rescues.
www.gobroomecounty.com /sheriff/SheriffHwyPatrol.php   (393 words)

  
 Mister state trooper, please don't you stop me | Needlenose   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Iraq's national highway patrol was established largely to stave off insurgent attacks on roadways.
The fl-garbed highway patrol officers rarely attend U.S.-financed police academies aimed at improving professionalism and sensitivity to human rights within Iraq's security forces, police trainers said, and have refused to share information about their activities.
The highway patrol officers were asked, "'Who are you doing this for?'" said a third U.S. military officer who is involved in training Iraqi troops and has knowledge of the interrogations of the suspected death squad.
www.needlenose.com /node/view/2672   (730 words)

  
 Highway patrol Information
Many state police agencies are, for historical reasons, referred to as a highway patrol organization.
For instance, the California Highway Patrol is actually a state police agency, meaning that it is a police body having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations.
The fact that it is named the "California Highway Patrol" is due to the merger of the smaller California State Police with the larger California Highway Patrol and the combination of their functions into one agency.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Highway_patrol   (259 words)

  
 Highway Patrol TV Show - Highway Patrol Television Show - TV.com
Destined to become one of the most popular syndicated television shows of all time, Highway Patrol screamed onto the scene with fast cars and the catch phrase "10-4".
Crawford's Matthews was a tough, no-nonsense Chief of the Highway Patrol, that was in actuality based on the California...
Crawford\'s Matthews was a tough, no-nonsense Chief of the Highway Patrol, that was in actuality based on the California Highway Patrol, though no state is named.
www.tv.com /highway-patrol/show/1036/summary.html   (435 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/highwaypatrolrock
The most important member of Highway Patrol is The Road.
This concept will always be a mystery to me but I have no problem not knowing the secrets that some musicians withhold from the world so that no other, crappier, more irresponsible band or person can exploit and terrorize such a beautiful thing.
Aint nothin like the po po on highway 5 rockin you in the stereo as they chase you down the road.
www.myspace.com /highwaypatrolrock   (1090 words)

  
 Montana Highway Patrol - MT Dept of Justice
The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) is committed to maintaining the safety of Montana's highways.
The Highway Patrol's mission is to safeguard the lives and property of the people using the highway traffic system of Montana through education, service and enforcement.
The Patrol's 200 troopers cover great distances to police our state highways, assist other law enforcement agencies and help motorists in need.
www.doj.mt.gov /enforcement/highwaypatrol.asp   (348 words)

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