ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

'Established:'	1968
' Director:'	Roger Vanderpool
'Deputy Director:'	David A. Felix
'Budget:'	(2005)
'Employees:'	(2005)

'Arizona Department of Public Safety' is a law enforcement agency with its main focus, protection of all Arizona highways. The department is under control of former Sheriff of Pinal County Roger Vanderpool.

Contents

History

Demographics

Specialized Units

See also

References

External links

History

Pursuant to legislation in 1968, the Arizona Department of Public Safety was established by the executive order of Arizona Governor Jack Williams on July 1, 1969. This mandate consolidated the functions and responsibilities of the Arizona Highway Patrol, the Law Enforcement Division of the state Department of Liquor Licenses and Control and the Narcotics Division of the state Department of Law.
In its 30-plus years of sustained progress and service, the Department has accepted many additional responsibilities and has become a multi-faceted organization dedicated to protecting and providing state-level law enforcement services to the public while developing and maintaining close partnerships with other agencies sharing similar missions.
The Department consists of four divisions - Highway Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Agency Support and Criminal Justice Support. Together these four divisions provide an immense and extensive range of vital scientific, technical, operational and regulatory services to Arizona residents and to the state's criminal justice community.
The vehicle of choice for the Arizona DPS/HP is the Ford Crown Victoria with the Police Interceptor package, and the Chevy Tahoe police package SUV.

Demographics

★ Male: 92%

★ Female: 8%

★ White: 82%

★ Hispanic: 14%

★ Native American:2%

★ African-American/Black: 1%

★ Asian: 1%
'Link'
Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers

Specialized Units

Arizona Highway Patrol, Criminal Investigations Division (CID), Agency Support and Criminal Justice Support.

See also

★ List of law enforcement agencies in Arizona

References

External links

★ Arizona Department of Public Safety

★ Arizona Department of Homeland Security

★ Arizona Agencies

★ Arizona Division of Emergency Management

★ Ready.gov