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Highway Patrol credits 2024 career progression plan changes with modest recruitment gains; requests motorist technician pay increase
Summary
Kansas Highway Patrol officials told the committee that 2024 adjustments to the Highway Patrol career progression plan (CPP) — including a 10% pay increase and shortened progression to top pay — have coincided with small staffing gains for sworn officers and dispatchers; the agency asked for a federal‑funded increase to motorist assistance pay.
Merle Bridal, Executive Officer for the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP), briefed the committee on last year’s CPP changes and their early effects, saying the Legislature approved a 10% overall increase to the KHP sworn officer career progression plan for FY2025, a reduction in the years to top‑out pay and a 10% increase for dispatchers.
Why it matters: the Highway Patrol’s CPP pays troopers and Capitol Police law enforcement officers through a tiered matrix that increases wages by years of service and rank; the 2024 changes were intended to improve recruitment and retention…
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