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Wyoming Highway Patrol reorganizes, shifts supervision downward; dispatch and trooper vacancies remain
Summary
The Wyoming Highway Patrol told lawmakers it reorganized districts to reduce mid‑level management and expand sergeant roles, but the patrol still faces 23–25 sworn vacancies and a roughly 36% vacancy rate in its dispatch center.
Colonel Tim Cameron and Highway Patrol command staff told the Joint Transportation Highways Military Affairs Committee on May 1 that the patrol has restructured to move supervision lower in the organization and to create more sergeant positions while acknowledging persistent sworn and dispatcher vacancies.
The patrol consolidated five districts into four to improve supervision efficiency, Captain Sean Dickerson said, and reallocated managerial positions into sergeant slots to increase field supervision. The…
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