Wyoming Highway Patrol
| Wyoming Highway Patrol | |
|---|---|
Patch of Wyoming Highway Patrol | |
| Abbreviation | WHP |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1933 |
| Employees | 339 (as of 2004) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Wyoming, USA |
| Size | 97,914 square miles (253,600 km2) |
| Population | 585,501 (2016 est.) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Troopers | 208 (authorised, as of 2023) |
| Civilian Employees | 151 (as of 2004) |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Wyoming Department of Transportation |
| Website | |
| Wyoming Highway Patrol website | |
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. The goals of the Wyoming Highway Patrol are to make Wyoming's highways safer by reducing the number of traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries; to apprehend and arrest criminals using Wyoming's highways; and to assist motorists in trouble. It is also tasked with providing security and transportation to the Governor of Wyoming.