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| Wyoming Highway Patrol | |
|---|---|
 Patch of Wyoming Highway Patrol | |
| Abbreviation | WHP |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1933 |
| Employees | 339 (as of 2004) [needs update][1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Wyoming, USA |
| Size | 97,914 square miles (253,600 km2) |
| Population | 585,501 (2016 est.)[2] |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Troopers | 208 (authorised, as of 2023)[1] |
| Civilian Employees | 151 (as of 2004)[needs update][1] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Wyoming Department of Transportation |
| Website | |
| Wyoming Highway Patrol website | |
The Wyoming Highway Patrol is the highway patrol and de facto state police agency for the U.S. state of Wyoming, and has jurisdiction across the entire state. The goals of the Wyoming Highway Patrol are to make Wyoming's highways safer by reducing the number of traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries; to apprehend and arrest criminals using Wyoming's highways; and to assist motorists in trouble. It is also tasked with providing security and transportation to the Governor of Wyoming.[3]
- ^ a b c USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of Law Enforcement Agencies Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 12, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Wyoming Quick Facts - ^ "Field Operations". Wyoming Highway Patrol. Retrieved June 7, 2021.