Arkansas Highway Police is a state police division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation. The Arkansas Highway Police is responsible for enforcing motor vehicle laws, traffic laws, and commercial vehicle enforcement. It is the second-largest state law enforcement agency in Arkansas after the Arkansas State Police. It was founded in 1929 and is the oldest law enforcement agency in Arkansas.
| Arkansas Highway Police | |
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| Common name | State Highway Police |
| Abbreviation | AHP |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1929 |
| Annual budget | $4.9 Million |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Arkansas, USA |
| Size | 53,179 square miles (137,730 km2) |
| Population | 2,834,797 (2007 est.)[1] |
| Legal jurisdiction |  Arkansas |
| Governing body | Government of Arkansas |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Officers | 210 |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Arkansas Department of Transportation |
| Website | |
| Arkansas Highway Police | |
- ^ https://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html Archived 2010-11-08 at the Library of Congress Web Archives 2007 Population Estimates