Arkansas Highway Patrol

Arkansas Highway Patrol
Abbreviation	HPD
Agency overview
Formed	March 19, 1935
Employees	400 (as of 2009)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
AHP Troop Map
Size	53,179 square miles (137,730 km2)
Population	2,834,797 (2007 est.)[1]
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Little Rock, Arkansas
Agency executive	Colonel Winford E. Phillips, Director
Parent agency	Arkansas State Police
Facilities
Stations	Troop
Website
http://www.asp.arkansas.gov/divisions/hp/hp_commanders.html

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.

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.^[2]
• 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.^[3]

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,^[4]

Western region with G, H, I, J, K & L Troops, is headed by Major Les Braunns.^[4]

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.^[5]

See also

• Arkansas Highway Police
• List of law enforcement agencies in Arkansas
• State police (United States)
• State patrol
• Highway patrol

References

1. ↑ 2007 Population Estimates
2. ↑ http://www.asp.arkansas.gov/divisions/hp/hp_drivers.html
3. ↑ http://www.asp.state.ar.us/fatal/index.php
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.asp.arkansas.gov/divisions/hp/hp_commanders.html
5. ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page

External links

• Highway Patrol Division official site
• Arkansas State Police