State Police, Division of
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Mission
The primary mission of the Division of State Police is to protect the citizens of the State, prevent and detect crime and other violations of law and promote highway safety. The Division’s many responsibilities include patrolling roads and highways outside major urban areas, providing specialty and investigative police services, conducting sophisticated investigations of criminal activities such as drug trafficking and child endangerment, and working cooperatively with various levels of law enforcement throughout the State.
Budget Highlights
The Executive Budget recommends $704.2 million in All Funds for the Division ($609.4 million in the General Fund; $7.7 million in Special Revenue Funds - Federal; $55.6 million in Special Revenue Funds - Other; and $31.5 million in Capital Funds), an increase of $22.3 million from the prior year. This change reflects an increase of $6.8 million in State Operations and a $15.5 million increase in new Capital Projects Appropriations. The increased Capital Projects appropriations will permit the replacement of essential equipment including laboratory instruments and patrol vehicles.
The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 5,537 FTEs for the Division. This reflects an decrease of 95 FTEs from SFY 2014-2015, with 11 FTEs associated with the transfer of human resource functions to the Business Services Center in the Office of General Services.
| Category | Available 2014-15 |
Appropriations Recommended 2015-16 |
Change From 2014-15 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2015-16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 665,911,000 | 672,711,000 | 6,800,000 | 14,400,000 |
| Capital Projects | 16,000,000 | 31,500,000 | 15,500,000 | 72,145,000 |
| Total | 681,911,000 | 704,211,000 | 22,300,000 | 86,545,000 |
| Program | 2014-15 Estimated FTEs 03/31/15 |
2015-16 Estimated FTEs 03/31/16 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administration | |||
| General Fund | 245 | 234 | (11) |
| Criminal Investigation Activities | |||
| General Fund | 1,204 | 1,195 | (9) |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 49 | 49 | 0 |
| Patrol Activities | |||
| General Fund | 3,632 | 3,557 | (75) |
| Governor's Traffic Safety Committee | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Patrol Activities | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| Technical Police Services | |||
| General Fund | 473 | 473 | 0 |
| Total | 5,632 | 5,537 | (95) |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/21/2015