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Arkansas Highway Patrol

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Abbreviation
  
HPD

Employees
  
400 (as of 2009)

Formed
  
March 19, 1935

Population
  
2,834,797 (2007 est.)

Arkansas Highway Patrol

Legal personality
  
Governmental: Government agency

Size
  
53,179 square miles (137,730 km)

The Arkansas Highway Patrol, officially known as the Highway Patrol Division, is the uniformed branch of the Arkansas State Police, and is responsible for general police traffic supervision, traffic, and criminal law enforcement on the rural highways of Arkansas. The AHP also assist with other incidents to include riots, prison disturbances, labor related disturbances, and providing security at public events.

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Highway Patrol Division provides the following Services:

  • Driver Licensing & Examination - Each highway patrol troop commander is responsible for establishing a regular schedule of driver’s license testing in each of the troop counties.
  • Fatal Crash Summaries - Information obtained from an Arkansas State Police fatal crash summary represents only the initial findings by an investigating law enforcement officer. The summaries are not considered official reports of a highway crash investigation, but merely a summary of preliminary information presented to an investigating officer. The information contained in a summary may not represent the facts eventually placed on file in the official final report.

    • Organization

    The Highway Patrol Division is divided into two regions both located at One State Police Plaza Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas

    Eastern region with A, B, C, D, E & F Troops, is heade by Major J.R. Hankins,

    Western region with G, H, I, J, K & L Troops, is headed by Major Les Braunns.

    Field organization

    The Highway Patrol Division's Troops are as follows:

    Troop A - Little Rock, Counties Served are Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline

    Troop B - Newport, Arkansas, Counties Served are Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp, White

    Troop C - Jonesboro, Arkansas, Counties Served are Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph

    Troop D - Forrest City, Arkansas, Counties Served are Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, Prairie, St. Francis, Woodruff

    Troop E - Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Counties Served are Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln

    Troop F - Warren, Arkansas, Counties Served are Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita, Union

    Troop G - Hope, Arkansas, Counties Served are Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Sevier

    Troop H - Fort Smith, Arkansas, Counties Served are Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian

    Troop I - Harrison, Arkansas, Counties Served are Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Stone

    Troop J - Clarksville, Arkansas, Counties Served are Conway, Johnson, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell

    Troop K - Hot Springs, Arkansas, Counties Served are Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk

    Troop L - Springdale, Arkansas, Counties Served are Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington

    Other units

    ASP Criminal Patrol Unit - A specialty team assigned to work the interstate highways and seek out wanted fugitives and smugglers who may be transporting stolen goods or narcotics.

    Fallen officers

    Since the establishment of the Arkansas State Police, 21 officers have died in the line of duty.

    References

    Arkansas Highway Patrol Wikipedia
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