Kentucky State Police

Kentucky State Police
Abbreviation	KSP
Patch of the Kentucky State Police
Agency overview
Formed	1948
Preceding agency	Kentucky Highway Patrol
Employees	1,713 (as of 2004)^[1]
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA

Kentucky State Police Post map
Size	40,434 square miles (104,720 km²)
Population	4,241,474 (2007 est.)^[2]
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	919 Versailles Road, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Troopers	1,100 (as of 1 July 2015)^[1]
Civilians	777 (as of 2004)^[1]
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 officers are called and addressed as State Troopers and its nickname is The Thin Gray Line.^[3]

History

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 Pennsylvania State Police, and Kentucky State Police troopers were trained by the PSP, just like North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers. The force was an outgrowth of the Kentucky Highway Patrol, and inherited the equipment and officers from that organization.^[4] Guthrie F. Crowe served as the force's first commissioner.^[5]

Posts

Kentucky State Police troopers operate from 16 regional posts:^[6]

West Troop

Post 1: Mayfield
Post 2: Madisonville
Post 3: Bowling Green
Post 4: Elizabethtown
Post 5: Campbellsburg
Post 12: Frankfort
Post 15: Columbia
Post 16: Henderson

East Troop

Post 6: Dry Ridge
Post 7: Richmond
Post 8: Morehead
Post 9: Pikeville
Post 10: Harlan
Post 11: London
Post 13: Hazard
Post 14: Ashland

The KSP Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement operates from 6 regional offices:^[7]

West Troop

Region 1 Henderson
Region 2 Louisville
Region 3 Georgetown

East Troop

Region 4 London
Region 5 Morehead
Region 6 Pikeville

In addition, the Special Enforcement Troop includes the following branches:

Cannabis Suppression
West Drug Enforcement
East Drug Enforcement
Aircraft Support
Vehicle Investigations
Special Operations

Organization

Uniforms of the KSP

Troopers wear the standard French gray KSP uniform, consisting of a short sleeve and long sleeve Flying Cross by Fecheimer button down shirt, charcoal gray trousers with a 1" black stripe down the side, and patent leather chukka high top shoes. 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. Unlike other police forces, the 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.

Vehicles

The Kentucky State Police use a variety of police cruisers and patrol vehicles. The current fleet consists of:

Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors (CVPI)
Chevrolet Caprice PPV's (based on the Holden Caprice)
Dodge Charger R/T Police Interceptors
Ford Super Duty Crime Scene Response vehicle (one unit per post)

The CVPI currently serves as the primary KSP fleet vehicle. Due to Ford's discontinuation of the CVPI in 2011 and as the CVPI fleet is retired, the Caprice & the Charger will become the primary road and patrol fleet vehicle for troopers. The KSP Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement will switch to Chevrolet Tahoes, Ford Explorer Police Interceptor SSV's, and Chevrolet Caprice PPV's as they retire their CVPI's . The KSP Facilities Security Branch will replace their CVPI's with Ford Taurus-based Police Interceptors.

Overview

The department's headquarters are located at 919 Versailles Road in Frankfort while its training academy is located in the former Frankfort Career Development Center on Coffee Tree Road in Frankfort. Cadets training to become troopers undergo a 23-week, paramilitary-style training program.^[8] Sworn Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officers undergo a 26-week training program at the KSP Academy that includes specialized training on commercial vehicle compliance and highway safety.^[9] After graduation, probationary troopers & CVE officers must complete field training under the supervision of a training trooper/officer at their assigned post (troopers) or region (CVE officers). Officers with the KSP Facilities Security Branch must meet the requirements for and receive a Special Law Enforcement Officer (SLEO) commission under KRS 61.900-930 as well as undergo specialized training, including firearms training.^[10] KSP telecommunicators (dispatchers) must complete a five-week training program at the KSP Academy.^[11]

The KSP operates the state's system of regional crime labs. In addition, the KSP Facilities Security Branch, along with specially assigned state troopers, is responsible for protecting the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Kentucky General Assembly and state property, including the Kentucky State Capitol Complex.^[3]

On July 14, 2008, the Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement department, which is responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement, became an operational division of the KSP.^[12]

The department also operates Trooper Island Camp, a juvenile crime prevention program at Dale Hollow Lake State Park.^[5]

Structure

Commissioner of the State Police
- Executive Security Branch
- Legal Office
- Administration Division
  - Programs
    - Drivers Testing Branch
    - Facilities Security Branch
    - Financial and Grant Management Branch
    - Highway Safety Branch
    - Inspections and Evaluation Section
    - Legislative Security Branch
    - Media Relations Branch
    - Strategic Planning Branch
  - Internal Operations
    - Academy Branch
    - Human Resources Branch
    - Internal Affairs Branch
    - Properties Management and Supply Branch
    - Recruitment Branch
- Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division
  - West Troop
    - Region 1
    - Region 2
    - Region 3
  - East Troop
    - Region 4
    - Region 5
    - Region 6
- Operations Division
  - West Troop
    - Post 1
    - Post 2
    - Post 3
    - Post 4
    - Post 5
    - Post 12
    - Post 15
    - Post 16
  - East Troop
    - Post 6
    - Post 7
    - Post 8
    - Post 9
    - Post 10
    - Post 11
    - Post 13
    - Post 14
  - Special Enforcement Troop
    - Cannabis Suppression
    - West Drug Enforcement
    - East Drug Enforcement
    - Aircraft Support
    - Vehicle Investigations
    - Special Operations
- Technical Services Division
  - Forensic Division
    - Central Laboratory – (Frankfort)
    - Eastern Laboratory – (Ashland)
    - Jefferson Laboratory – (Louisville)
    - Northern Laboratory – (Cold Spring)
    - Southeast Laboratory – (London)
    - Western Laboratory – (Madisonville)
  - Office of the Chief Information Officer
    - Communications and Computer Technologies Branch
    - Criminal Identification and Records Branch
    - Headquarters Communications Branch
    - Intelligence Branch

Demographics^[13]

Male: 87%
Female: 13%
White: 96%
African-American/Black: 3%
Asian: 1%

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Kentucky State Police, 27 troopers and 1 commercial vehicle enforcement officer (who was killed prior to CVE's merger with KSP) have died in the line of duty. In addition, 6 Kentucky Highway Patrol officers died in the line of duty prior to the establishment of the KSP.^[14]

Officer	Date of Death	Details
James Powell Hays+	Saturday, December 21, 1935	Gunfire
Robert Rowland+	Sunday, December 22, 1935	Gunfire
Vernon C. Snellen+	Saturday, February 20, 1937	Automobile accident
Mose Hurt Littrell+	Monday, March 14, 1938	Gunfire
Houston Greene+	Thursday, May 18, 1944	Gunfire
Vadas G. Richardson+	Saturday, October 7, 1944	Gunfire
Harold J. Toll	Sunday, November 14, 1948	Gunfire
Robert Ranaker Miller	Wednesday, February 14, 1951	Automobile accident
Lee Trebu Huffman	Tuesday, May 19, 1953	Struck by vehicle
Herbert C. Bush	Saturday, October 11, 1958	Automobile accident
William Everett Tevis	Saturday, May 26, 1963	Gunfire
Cecil Walter Uzzle	Thursday, May 28, 1964	Automobile accident
Elmer Mobley, Jr.	Thursday, May 28, 1964	Automobile accident
Delano G. Powell	Tuesday, July 8, 1965	Gunfire
Mack Edward Brady	Wednesday, November 9, 1966	Automobile accident
William Harrel Barrett	Sunday, December 19, 1971	Gunfire
James Willard McNeely	Saturday, April 8, 1972	Drowned
Walter Orville Thurtell	Friday, September 29, 1972	Automobile accident
Joe Ward, Jr.	Monday, April 23, 1973	Struck by vehicle
William Carter Smith	Thursday, April 26, 1973	Gunfire
John Wayne Hutchinson	Wednesday, June 4, 1975	Gunfire
Bobby Allen McCoun, Jr.	Sunday, September 1, 1975	Gunfire (Accidental)
William Francis Pickard	Wednesday, January 21, 1976	Gunfire
Willis Durwood Martin	Tuesday, April 26, 1977	Vehicular assault
Clinton Eugene "Clint" Cunningham	Sunday, February 11, 1979	Gunfire
Edward Ray Harris	Wednesday, November 7, 1979	Gunfire
Jerome Scott Clifton	Wednesday, October 1, 1980	Gunfire
Darrell Vendl Phelps	Friday, August 2, 1981	Gunfire
Johnny Montague Edrington	Wednesday, December 21, 1988	Gunfire
Johnny Gordon Adkins	Friday, November 24, 1995	Heart attack
Jason Wayne Cammack++	Sunday, April 23, 2000	Automobile accident
Jonathan Kyle Leonard	Tuesday, December 19, 2006	Automobile accident
Eric K. Chrisman	Tuesday, June 23, 2015	Automobile accident
Joseph Cameron Ponder	Sunday, September 13, 2015	Gunfire

+ indicates an officer with the Kentucky Highway Patrol
++ indicates a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officer

In popular culture

The alternate-timeline historical fiction author Harry Turtledove has used a fictionalized Kentucky State Police as a plot device in his Southern Victory Series.
The Kentucky State Police were featured throughout the 1998 movie U.S. Marshals which starred Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr. and Joe Pantoliano.
The Kentucky State Police was featured as the agency conducting the investigation into the death of an EPA agent in the 1997 movie Fire Down Below starring Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Harry Dean Stanton, and Levon Helm.
The Kentucky State Police are featured in the FX drama Justified. Peter Murnick plays Kentucky State Trooper Tom Bergen, who assists Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens throughout season 2.

References

1 2 3 USDOJ Statistics
↑ http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html 2007 Population Estimates
1 2 "History of the Kentucky State Police". Kentucky State Police. Retrieved July 19, 2007.
↑ "History of the Kentucky State Police". Kentucky State Police. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
1 2 Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Kentucky State Police". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
↑ "Kentucky State Police Posts". Kentucky State Police. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
↑ "Kentucky State Police CVE Region Locations". Kentucky State Police. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
↑ Kentucky State Police Academy
↑ Recruits report to Kentucky State Police Academy
↑ Kentucky State Police Facilities Security Branch
↑ Kentucky State Police Telecommunications Academy Graduates Fourth Class
↑ "Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement to become a division of KSP". Office of Communications of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
↑ 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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External links

Official Website for the Kentucky State Police

Highway patrol/state police in the United States

See also: Law enforcement in the United States and Highway patrol

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