State police agency for the US state of Mississippi
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Patch
Door decal
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
Civilian police
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
Colonel Randy Ginn, Director
Parent agency
Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Facilities
Stations
District
Airbases
9
Website
Mississippi Highway Patrol website
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.
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.
^ abUSDOJ Statistics Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
^2007 Population Estimates Archived 2008-09-18 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
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