Wyoming Highway Patrol


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.

History

The Wyoming Highway Patrol was created in 1933 to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of all people in Wyoming. It is also tasked with providing security and transportation to the Governor of Wyoming. Information from the most recent Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates that as of 2008, the WHP has 208 troopers. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol website, there are Troopers.
The current sidearm is the Glock Model 35 Gen 4.40 which replaced the Smith & Wesson M&P.40

Rank structure

TitleInsignia
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant
Trooper

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, two officers have died while on duty.
https://www.odmp.org/officer/15158-patrolman-chris-s-logsdon
https://www.odmp.org/officer/13678-patrolman-peter-visser