Mississippi Highway Patrol
State police agency for the US state of Mississippi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mississippi Highway Patrol is the highway patrol and acting state police agency for the U.S. state of Mississippi, and has law enforcement jurisdiction over the majority of the state.
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Mississippi Highway Patrol | |
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Common name | Mississippi Highway Patrol |
Abbreviation | MHP |
Motto | Courtesy, Service, Safety |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1938; 86 years ago (1938) |
Employees | 1,030 (as of 2004)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Mississippi, US |
Mississippi Highway Patrol District map | |
Size | 48,434 square miles (125,440 km2) |
Population | 2,918,785 (2007 est.)[2] |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Jackson, Mississippi |
Troopers | 650 (authorized), ~500 (actual); as of 2022 [3] |
Civilians | 495 (as of 2004) (Department of Public Safety employees) [1] |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Mississippi Department of Public Safety |
Facilities | |
Stations | District |
Airbases | 9 |
Website | |
Mississippi Highway Patrol website |
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The Mississippi Highway Patrol specializes in the patrol of state and federal highways throughout the state of Mississippi, and was formed in 1938 to enforce traffic laws on state and federal highways.[4] It falls under the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. Sworn officers of the Highway Patrol are known as "State Troopers" and have the power to arrest for any crime committed in their presence statewide.