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The Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) is the highway patrol agency for the U.S. state of Kansas.While the patrol's primary focus is maintaining the safety of State, Federal and Interstate highways, it also is charged with providing support for county agencies when tactical, aerial or other specialized services are needed.
One board member is elected as the chairman of the board by the other four members. The current chairman is David Lindstrom, a Kansas City-area businessman and former Johnson County Commissioner and Kansas City Chiefs defensive end. The KTA board consults with the CEO in approving major contracts, policies and the annual budget.
Former Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent Mark Bruce must be reinstated to the rank of major, a federal judge ruled Friday, after Bruce was terminated by Gov. Laura Kelly.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Kansas. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 371 law enforcement agencies employing 7,450 sworn police officers, about 266 for each 100,000 residents.
A federal judge finalized an injunction against the Kansas Highway Patrol detailing how troopers must comply with an order on unreasonable searches.
Gov. Laura Kelly and top legislative leaders voted to approve the settlement.
The Kansas State Cabinet, under current Governor Laura Kelly, consists of the Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, the Adjutant General, the Superintendent of Highway Patrol, and eleven departments each headed by a Secretary. Lieutenant Governor – chief deputy to the Governor, responsible for acting as Governor during the Governor's absence.
An advisory jury this week is pondering whether Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent Mark Bruce should have been returned to a lower rank when he resigned from the agency in 2019.