New Hampshire State Police
| New Hampshire State Police | |
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| Abbreviation | NHSP |
Patch of the New Hampshire State Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | June 29, 1937 |
| Employees | 411 (as of 2004) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of New Hampshire, USA |
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| New Hampshire State Police Troops | |
| Size | 9,350 square miles (24,200 km2) |
| Population | 1,316,470 (2010 Census) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Concord, New Hampshire |
| Troopers | 350 (as of 2008) |
| Civilians | 122 (as of 2004) |
| Agency executive | Colonel Christopher Wagner, Director |
| Parent agency | New Hampshire Department of Safety |
| Child agency | New Hampshire Hospital Security |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | Troop |
| Airbases | 7 |
| Website | |
| NH State Police site | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The New Hampshire State Police is a state police agency within the Department of Safety of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Police employees of the State Police are ex officio constables and have the primary role of patrolling the state highways, enforcing the laws and regulations of the highway and motor vehicles, and regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials. The jurisdiction of the State Police is limited to toll roads, interstate highways and towns or cities under 3,000 people.
The State Police utilizes an APCO Project-25 Digital Radio System. Some of the State Police dispatch centers provide primary dispatch for some communities in the state.
New Hampshire RSA 106-B:15 sets out when a State Police trooper may act within a town or city having more than 3,000 people:
Troop A: Epping
Troop B: Bedford
Troop C: Keene
Troop D: Concord
Troop E: Tamworth
Troop F: Twin Mountain
Troop G: Concord (formerly the New Hampshire Highway Patrol)
On July 9, 1869, Governor Stearns was presented with a handwritten piece of legislation that would eventually lead to the formation of the New Hampshire State Police.
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