Kentucky State Police
| Kentucky State Police | |
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| Abbreviation | KSP |
Patch of the Kentucky State Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1948 |
| Preceding agency | Kentucky Highway Patrol |
| Employees | 1,713 (as of 2004) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA |
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| Kentucky State Police Post map | |
| Size | 40,434 square miles (104,720 km2) |
| Population | 4,241,474 (2007 est.) |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 919 Versailles Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 |
| Troopers | 1,100 (as of 1 July 2015) |
| Civilians | 777 (as of 2004) |
| Agency executive | Colonel Richard W. Sanders, Commissioner |
| Parent agency | Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet |
| Special Units | Special Operations West and East Drug Enforcement Cannabis Suppression Aircraft Support Vehicle Investigations Commercial Vehicle Enforcement |
| Facilities | |
| Posts | 16 |
| Website | |
| http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is a department of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the official State Police force of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, responsible for statewide law enforcement. The department was founded in 1948 and replaced the Kentucky Highway Patrol. The department's sworn personnel hold the title State Troopers and are addressed as Trooper (with the exception of sworn Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and Facilities Security Branch personnel, both of which hold the title and are addressed as Officer) and its nickname is The Thin Gray Line.
In 1948, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted the State Police Act, creating the Kentucky State Police and making Kentucky 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 modeled after the Indiana State Police. The force was an outgrowth of the Kentucky Highway Patrol, and inherited the equipment and officers from that organization. Guthrie F. Crowe served as the force's first commissioner.
Kentucky State Police troopers operate from 16 regional posts:
West Troop
East Troop
The KSP Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement operates from 6 regional offices:
West Troop
East Troop
In addition, the Special Enforcement Troop includes the following branches:
Troopers wear the standard French gray KSP uniform, consisting of a short sleeve and long sleeve version. Winter trousers are charcoal gray with a 1" black stripe down the side. Summer trousers are French gray with 1" black stripe. Patent leather chukka high top shoes are worn with both uniforms. The badge is worn on the left side of the shirt, with the Trooper's name plate directly below on the left breast pocket flap. Officers wear their rank insignia on the shirt collar while all other troopers wear their rank, if applicable, on their shirt sleeves. A white crew neck T-shirt is worn under the uniform shirt, per Kentucky uniform regulations. KSP requires a tie with long sleeve shirts, and the tie is to be tucked into the uniform shirt. The campaign hat is synonymous with troopers of the KSP. It is French gray in color, and troopers are issued two hats: straw for summer and felt for winter. A Kentucky State Police full color brass seal is worn on the front of the hat. The hat chord is light gray.
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