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The Montana Highway Patrol was founded in 1935 after Montana led the nation with a 74% increase in highway fatalities. Twenty-four recruits taken from an application pool of over 1500 were selected to attend the first Highway Patrol Recruit Academy, and on May 1, 1935 those recruits took to the highways.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Montana. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 119 law enforcement agencies employing 3,229 [ 1 ] sworn police officers, about 201 for each 100,000 residents.
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Oct. 4—Kalispell native Philip Rhodes was among nine troopers commissioned by the Montana Highway Patrol during a graduation ceremony in Helena on Sept. 29. Rhodes and his eight classmates ...
Sep. 30—Libby native Dietrich Lind is a trooper for the Montana Highway Patrol. Lind was part of a class of 10 new troopers who were commissioned by the Montana Highway Patrol on Monday, Sept ...
The numbers are used on the shoulder patch of the Montana Highway Patrol. The Association of Montana Troopers website says the patch: Is emblematic of the first organized law enforcement in Montana. The Montana Highway Patrol, in adopting this early symbol, honors the first men in the Montana Territory who organized for the safety and welfare ...
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He joined the Montana Highway Patrol in 1937 and was one of the first officers in the Patrol. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II and worked in military intelligence. After returning from military service, Stephenson was promoted to sergeant in the Highway Patrol and became Director of Safety and Education in 1954. [1]