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. It is responsible for 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.

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 headed by J. R. Hankins.^[2]
Western region with G, H, I, J, K & L Troops, is headed by Les Braunns.^[2]

Field organization

The Highway Patrol Division's troops are as follows:

Troop A - Little Rock serves Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline counties.
Troop B - Newport, Arkansas serves Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp, White counties.
Troop C - Jonesboro, Arkansas serves Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph counties.
Troop D - Forrest City, Arkansas serves Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, Prairie, St. Francis, Woodruff counties.
Troop E - Pine Bluff, Arkansas serves Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln counties.
Troop F - Warren, Arkansas serves Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Ouachita, Union counties.
Troop G - Hope, Arkansas serves Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Sevier counties.
Troop H - Fort Smith, Arkansas serves Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Scott, Sebastian counties.
Troop I - Harrison, Arkansas serves Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Stone counties.
Troop J - Clarksville, Arkansas serves Conway, Johnson, Perry, Pope, Van Buren, Yell counties.
Troop K - Hot Springs, Arkansas serves Clark, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk counties.
Troop L - Springdale, Arkansas serves Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington counties.

Other units

ASP Criminal Patrol Unit is 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 while on duty.^[3]

References

External links

Highway patrol/state police in the United States
See also: Law enforcement in the United States and Highway patrol
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Federal district	District of Columbia
Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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