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Missouri State Highway Patrol
Patch of Missouri State Highway Patrol
Abbreviation
MSHP
Motto
Together Protecting Missouri's Citizens Simul protegens Missouri scriptor Cives (Latin)
Agency overview
Formed
April 24, 1931; 93 years ago (1931-04-24)
Employees
2,336.00 (as of 2021)[1]
Annual budget
$366,805,718 (2021)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction
Missouri, U.S.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Troops
Size
69,704 square miles (180,530 km2)
Population
6,083,672 (2016)[2]
Legal jurisdiction
Statewide
Governing body
Missouri Department of Public Safety
General nature
Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters
1510 East Elm Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Troopers
971 (as of 2020)[3]
Civilian employees
1,289 (as of 2020)[1]
Director of MO DPS responsible
Sandy K. Karsten
Agency executives
Colonel Eric T. Olson[4], Superintendent
Lieutenant Colonel David A. Flannigan, Assistant Superintendent
Parent agency
Missouri Department of Public Safety
Facilities
Troops
9
Dogs
11 German Shepherds
Notables
Anniversary
April 24, 1931
Website
MSHP Website
The Missouri State Highway Patrol(MSHP) is the highway patrol agency for Missouri and has jurisdiction all across the state. It is a division of the Missouri Department of Public Safety. Colonel Eric T. Olson has been serving as the 24th superintendent since March 15, 2019.[4]
In 1992, MSHP became the 10th state law enforcement agency to receive accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
^ abUSDOJ Statistics Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
^Bureau, US Census. "Search Results". www.census.gov.
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