Georgia State Patrol
| Georgia State Patrol | |
| Abbreviation | GSP |
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| Formed | 1937 |
| Employees | 1,268 (as of 2004) [1] |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Georgia, USA |
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| Size | 59,425 square miles (153,910 km2) |
| Population | 9,544,750 (2007 est.)[2] |
| Legal jurisdiction | State Wide |
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| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Troopers | 856 (as of 2004) [3] |
| Civilians | 412 (as of 2004) [4] |
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| Parent agency | Georgia Department of Public Safety |
| Troops | 10 |
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| Posts | 48 |
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The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) is the highway patrol agency for the U.S. state of Georgia. The GSP has statewide jurisdiction with the exception of federal military installations. The Georgia State Patrol is a division of the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
GSP troopers primarily operate on the long stretches of interstate highway and provide SWAT team response to rural areas of the state. A Major serves as the commanding officer of field operations. Commissioner Bill Hitchens is the Chief Executive of the Department of Public Safety and holds the rank of Colonel in the Georgia State Patrol. The units assigned to the Commissioner for direct supervision are Legal Services and Special Investigations.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety was created in 1937 and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), Capitol Police and the Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD). GSP troopers investigate traffic crashes and enforce traffic and criminal laws on the state's roads. Capitol Police officers prevent and detect criminal acts, and enforce traffic regulations throughout Capitol Hill. MCCD officers conduct safety inspections of commercial motor vehicles and inspect highway shipments of hazardous materials.
The Georgia State Patrol provides the security of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House and their families.
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[edit] Rank Structure
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| Commissioner |
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| Deputy Commissioner |
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| Major |
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| Captain |
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| Lieutenant |
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| Sergeant First Class |
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[edit] Patrol Troops and Posts
- Troops (A-I) and Posts (1-48)
- Troop A - Includes the following counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield.
- Post 3 - Cartersville, Post 5 - Dalton, Post 28 - Jasper, Post 29 - Cedartown, Post 38 - Rome, Post 41 - LaFayette, Post 43 - Calhoun.
- Troop B - Includes the following counties: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Oconee, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White.
- Post 6 - Gainesville, Post 7 - Toccoa, Post 27 - Blue Ridge, Post 32 - Athens, Post 37 - Cumming
- Troop C - Includes the following counties: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett
- Post 9 - Marietta, (Cobb and Fulton north of I-20 and I-285), Post 47 - Forest Park (Outside I-285), Post 48 - Atlanta (Inside and including I-285)
- Troop D - Includes the following counties: Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Crawford, Coweta, Douglas, Harris, Heard, Henry, Fayette, Lamar, Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson
- Post 1 - Griffin, Post 2 - LaGrange, Post 4 - Villa Rica, Post 24 - Newnan, Post 26 - Thomaston, Post 34 - Manchester, Post 44 - Forsyth
- Troop E - Includes the following counties: Baldwin, Columbia, Elbert, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Lincoln, Putnam, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Rockdale, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes
- Post 8 - Madison, Post 17 - Washington, Post 25 - Grovetown, Post 33 - Milledgeville, Post 46 - Conyers
- Troop F - Includes the following counties: Appling, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Davis, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Twiggs, Wheeler, Wilkinson
- Post 16 - Helena, Post 18 - Reidsville, Post 19 - Swainsboro, Post 20 - Dublin, Post 21 - Sylvania, Post 45 - Statesboro
- Troop G - Includes the following counties: Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Marion, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Thomas, Webster, Worth
- Post 10 - Americus, Post 12 - Thomasville, Post 14 - Donalsonville, Post 39 - Cuthbert, Post 40 - Albany
- Troop H - Includes the following counties: Atkinson, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Crisp, Coffee, Cook, Dooly, Echols, Houston, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Macon, Peach, Pulaski, Tift, Turner, Wilcox
- Post 13 - Tifton, Post 15 - Perry, Post 30 - Cordele, Post 31 - Valdosta, Post 36 - Douglas
- Troop I - Includes the following counties: Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Ware, Wayne
- Post 11 - Hinesville, Post 22 - Waycross, Post 23 - Brunswick, , Post 35 - Jekyll Island, Post 42 - Rincon
- Troop A - Includes the following counties: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield.
- Troop J (Safety Education and Implied Consent) - Troop J contains two units:
- Safety Education Unit - Promotes the safe operation of motor vehicles.
- Implied Consent Unit - Provides support to the Forensics Science Division of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) by overseeing and maintaining the breath-alcohol program for the State of Georgia.
- Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) includes the Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT)
- Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT)
- Commercial Motor Vehicle - Criminal Interdiction Unit (CMV-CIU)
- Aviation Unit - Operates 14 helicopters from six locations throughout the State. These are located in Kennesaw, Thomson, Athens, Albany, Reidsville, and Perry.
- Nighthawks DUI Task Force - A 10 member DUI Task Force which patrols Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties during peak DUI related hours.
- Motorcycle Unit - Patrols the Interstate Highways of metropolitan Atlanta with 30 motorcycles.
[edit] Capitol Police
Officers with the Capitol Police Division investigate criminal incidents and traffic crashes; manage street closures for events; patrol the streets on Capitol Square and those adjacent to other state buildings; provide courtroom security for Georgia's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; conduct security assessments and surveillance detection; and deliver personal safety training for state employees and others.
[edit] Executive Security
The Executive Security Division is, by law, responsible for two distinct functions: executive security and executive protection.
Executive Security The Executive Security Unit provides facility security for the Governor's Mansion and provides personal security for the residents.
Executive Protection Operating under the Lt. Colonel, this unit provides continual security for the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House and their families.
[edit] Motor Carrier Compliance
The Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) performs driver and vehicle inspections of commercial motor vehicles at roadsides, inspection stations, and at carriers' terminals. The inspections range from "full" vehicle and driver inspections, which includes mechanical components, to "driver only" inspections. These may also include inspections of vehicles transporting hazardous materials.
This division consists of the following units and programs:
- HOV Unit - responsible for the enforcement of High Occupancy Lane restrictions and communications.
- School Bus Safety Unit - responsible for the annual safety inspection of the state's 17,000 public school buses
- Compliance Review Program/Safety Audit - consists of 20 officers who conduct interstate and intrastate compliance reviews.
- Size and Weight Enforcement - the operation of 19 permanent weight/inspection stations provides enforcment coverage on the interstates and related by-pass routes.
- Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Program - contains five federally funded and required program areas, Driver/Vehicle Inspections, Traffic Enforcement, Compliance Reviews, Public Information and Education and Data Collection.
[edit] Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Georgia State Patrol, 26 officers have died in the line of duty.[5]
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ USDOJ Statistics
- ^ http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html 2007 Population Estimates
- ^ USDOJ Statistics
- ^ USDOJ Statistics
- ^ The Officer Down Memorial Page
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