North Dakota Highway Patrol

North Dakota State Highway Patrol
Abbreviation NDHP
Agency overview
Formed 1935
Superseding agency North Dakota Highway Police
Employees 192 (as of 2004) [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction North Dakota, USA
Size 70,762 square miles (183,270 km2)
Population 639,715 (2007 est.)[2]
Headquarters Bismarck, North Dakota

Troopers 135 (as of 2004) [3]
Civilians 57 (as of 2004) [4]
Agency executive
  • Major Brandon Solberg, Superintendent
Regions 4
Facilities
Districts 8
Airplanes 2007 Cessna T 206
Website
http://www.state.nd.us/ndhp/general.html

The North Dakota State Highway Patrol is the state patrol agency for the state of North Dakota. It was established in 1935 by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly.

North Dakota state troopers, when hired, attend the Law Enforcement Training Academy at Bismarck. It is a 22-week program in which the recruits learn all Peace Officer Standards and Training as well as advanced traffic information.

Major activities of the State Patrol include: traffic enforcement, crash investigation, reporting road conditions, and enforcement of laws where state property is involved. A major duty of a North Dakota state trooper is the ability to work independently and exercise good judgement accordingly. This may differ from other peace officer agencies where operations are teamwork oriented.

Regions

North Dakota Highway Patrol Crown Victoria, K-9 Unit

There are four newly formed regions for the North Dakota Highway Patrol, which combine the former eight districts:

  • Northeast Region: Grand Forks and Devils Lake
  • Southeast Region: Fargo and Jamestown
  • Southwest Region: Bismarck and Dickinson
  • Northwest Region: Minot and Williston

Troopers work within their regions, however they have equal jurisdiction throughout the state.

Highway Patrol symbol

The North Dakota Highway Patrol symbol is a profile of Red Tomahawk, a Teton Dakotah (Sioux) Indian who lived on his land near the Cannonball River on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Mandan, North Dakota and who is famous for shooting Sitting Bull in the head. The North Dakota Highway Patrol officially adopted the profile of Red Tomahawk as the patrol vehicle door emblem and department symbol in 1951.[5]

Superintendents of the North Dakota Highway Patrol

North Dakota Highway Patrol Dodge Chargers
#NameTerm
1Frank Putman1935–1937
2H.G. Lund1937–1938
3Archie O’Connor1939
4Frank Putman1939–1941
5John Jeffery1941–1943
6E.M. Klein1943–1953
7Clark J. Monroe1953–1961
8Ralph M. Wood1961–1978
9James D. Martin1978–1981
10Norman D. Evans1981–1985
11Brian C. Berg1985–1992
12James M. Hughes1993–2003
13Bryan R. Klipfel2003– 2007
14Mark Nelson2007–2009
15James Prochniak2009–[6]
16 Michael Gerhart, Jr.

Fallen officers

Since the organization was established, one North Dakota Highway Patrol officer has died while on duty.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistices Census of Law Enforcement Agencies 2004
  2. ↑ https://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html 2007 Population Estimates
  3. ↑ USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistices Census of Law Enforcement Agencies 2004
  4. ↑ USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistices Census of Law Enforcement Agencies 2004
  5. ↑ NDHP History page
  6. ↑ "James Prochniak Superintendent, North Dakota Highway Patrol". governor.nd.gov. The State of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  7. ↑ The Officer Down Memorial Page
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