Kentucky State Police

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Kentucky State Police
Established 1948
Strength 1,000
Jurisdiction Kentucky
Specialty Units Special Operations, West and East Drug Enforcement, Cannibis Suppression, Aircraft Support, Vehicle Investigations
Chief Rodney Brewer
Commissioner

The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is a department of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and is the full service state police agency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The department was founded in 1948 and replaced the Kentucky Highway Patrol. The department's officers are called troopers and its nickname is The Thin Gray Line. [1]

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[edit] History

In 1948, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted the State Police Act, creating the Kentucky State Police force, and making it the 38th state to create a force whose jurisdiction extends throughout the given state. The act was signed July 1 of that year by Governor Earle C. Clements. The force was an outgrowth of the Kentucky Highway Patrol, and inherited the equipment and officers from that organization. [2] Guthrie F. Crowe served as the force's first commissioner.[3]

[edit] Posts

The Kentucky State Police operate from 16 regional posts:[4]

In addition, the KSP operates the state's system of regional crime labs and is responsible for protecting the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Kentucky General Assembly and state property, including the Kentucky State Capitol Complex. [5]The department's headquarters and training academy are located in Frankfort. The department also operates Trooper Island Camp, a juvenile crime prevention program at Dale Hollow Lake State Park.[3]

[edit] Demographics [6]

  • Male: 97%
  • Female: 3%
  • White: 96%
  • African-American/Black: 3%
  • Asian: 1%

[edit] In popular culture

[edit] See also

Kentucky Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ History of the Kentucky State Police. Kentucky State Police. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
  2. ^ History of the Kentucky State Police. Kentucky State Police. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  3. ^ a b (1992) "Kentucky State Police", in Kleber, John E.: The Kentucky Encyclopedia, Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter, Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813117720. 
  4. ^ Kentucky State Police Posts. Kentucky State Police. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
  5. ^ History of the Kentucky State Police. Kentucky State Police. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
  6. ^ http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas00.pdf U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers

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