Abbreviation WHP Employees 339 (as of 2004) | Formed 1933 Operations jurisdiction* State of Wyoming, USA | |
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Size 253,348 square miles (656,170 km) | ||
The Wyoming Highway Patrol is the highway patrol and de facto state police agency for the U.S. state of Wyoming, and has jurisdiction across the entire state.
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History
The Wyoming Highway Patrol was created in 1933 to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Wyoming. It is also tasked with providing security and transportation to the Governor of Wyoming. As of 2013, it has 208 troopers.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, 2 officers have died while on duty.
References
Wyoming Highway Patrol Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA