Nebraska State Patrol

Nebraska State Patrol
Abbreviation NSP

Patch of the Nebraska State Patrol
Motto Pro Bono Publico
"for the good of the public"
Agency overview
Formed 1937
Employees 729 (as of 2006) [1]
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of Nebraska, U.S.
Nebraska State Patrol Troops
Size 77,421 square miles (200,520 km2)
Population 1,774,571 (2007 est.)[2]
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Lincoln, Nebraska
Troopers 529 (as of 2007) [3]
Civilians 219 (as of 2007) [4]
Agency executive Colonel Brad Rice, Superintendent
Troops 6
Website
http://www.statepatrol.nebraska.gov
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Nebraska State Patrol is Nebraska's only statewide full-service law enforcement agency. Serving Nebraska since 1937, State Patrol troopers perform a wide variety of duties. Those include working with communities to improve public safety, enforcing traffic laws and drug laws, investigating crimes, and enforcing the laws and regulations pertaining to motor carriers.

The current NSP commander is Colonel David Sankey.

NSP is divided into six districts including:

Divisions

NSP has several divisions which operate within the department, they include:[5]

Training academy

NSP runs their own 24 week in-resident training academy in lieu of sending recruits through the standard Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center's 13 week course.

The new Nebraska State Patrol Training Academy is co-located with the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. The collocation of agencies upgraded the facilities for virtually every officer completing law enforcement certification in the State of Nebraska. The Training Academy includes: barracks to house up to 208 officers, state-of-the-art classrooms, a defensive tactics room, a fitness room, a training tank, a gymnasium, a recreation area, 2 ranges (1 static shooting, 1 combat), an inspection bay and training room for commercial vehicle inspections, a police service dog training grounds/boarding area, a driving range, and a cafeteria.

The State Patrol's style of instruction balances a para-military environment with an academic environment. The curriculum includes instruction in officer survival, investigations, patrolling, legal, administrative, tactical, human understanding, traffic (motor vehicle laws), and carrier enforcement.

The Training Academy staff is well-versed in educational theories such as state-to-state training and adult learning guidelines. The recruits undergo nearly one thousand hours of instruction during camp. The challenge is to ensure they are absorbing and retaining the information. In accordance with the adult learning theory, classes run into the evening rather than starting too early in the morning and much of the instruction involves hands-on and scenario-based training. State-to-state training means the staff tries to present the instruction in the same conditions and environments the recruits will actually experience on the street.[6]

The Nebraska State Patrol does not accept any who have visible tattoos, including those with military service.[7]

Fallen officers

Since the creation of the Nebraska State Patrol, 11 officers have died in the line of duty.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ USDOJ Statistics
  2. ↑ 2007 Population Estimates
  3. ↑ USDOJ Statistics
  4. ↑ USDOJ Statistics
  5. ↑ Nebraska State Patrol
  6. ↑ Nebraska State Patrol
  7. ↑ Nelson, Robert. "Nelson: Tattoo not always stain on quality of law officers." The Omaha World Herald, 30 December 2011.
  8. ↑ Nebraska State Patrol web page

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