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Ohio State Highway Patrol | |
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Abbreviation | OSHP |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1933 |
Employees | 2,402 (as of 2014)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Ohio, US |
Ohio State Highway Patrol districts and posts | |
Size | 44,825 square miles (116,100 km2) |
Population | 11,689,442 (July 1, 2018) |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio |
Troopers | 1,598 (as of 2014) [1] |
Civilian Members | 804 (as of 2014)[1] |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ohio Department of Public Safety |
Districts | 9 |
Website | |
http://statepatrol.ohio.gov/ |
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety and has the primary responsibility of traffic enforcement in the U.S. state of Ohio.