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Law enforcement agency
Kentucky State Police
Patch of KSP
Flag of Kentucky
Abbreviation
KSP
Motto
The Thin Gray Line
Agency overview
Formed
July 1, 1948
Preceding agency
Kentucky Highway Patrol
Employees
1,630 (as of 2017)[1]
Annual budget
$227 million[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction
Kentucky, USA
Size
40,434 square miles (104,720 km2)
Population
4,241,474 (2007 est.)[3]
Legal jurisdiction
As per operations jurisdiction
General nature
Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters
919 Versailles Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Troopers
940 (as of 13 August 2023)[4]
Civilian employees
764 (as of 2014)[1]
Agency executive
Colonel Phillip Burnett, Jr., KSP Commissioner
Parent agency
Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet
Special Units
Special Operations West and East Drug Enforcement Critical Incident Response Team Cannabis Suppression Aircraft Support Vehicle Investigations Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
Facilities
Posts
16
Website
http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is a department of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the official State Police force of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, responsible for statewide law enforcement. The department was founded in 1948 and replaced the Kentucky Highway Patrol. The department's sworn personnel hold the title State Trooper, and its nickname is The Thin Gray Line.[5]
^ abUSDOJ Statistics Archived November 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"Kentucky State Police: 'Junk' cars and outdated equipment are putting our troopers in danger".
^"Population Estimates". Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved March 2, 2011. 2007 Population Estimates
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