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Kansas Highway Patrol outlines statewide capabilities, flags radio encryption and interoperability costs
Summary
Colonel Eric Smith told the Committee on Government Efficiency that KHP’s specialized teams, aviation assets, hazardous-device sweeps and license‑plate readers have expanded statewide support to local law enforcement, but federal radio encryption mandates and equipment costs create interoperability barriers.
Colonel Eric Smith, superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, told the Committee on Government Efficiency that six of the Patrol’s seven bureaus are outward-facing and designed to support other law enforcement agencies and public safety missions across Kansas.
“There's only 1 bureau within the Highway Patrol that is responsible for, the Highway Patrol only, and that's the Business Operations Bureau,” Smith said, describing the Patrol’s structure and its role as a statewide resource. He listed the Patrol’s Critical Highway Accident Reconstruction Team (CHRT), hazardous-device unit, patrol-service-dog team, Special Response Team (SRT), air support, mobile field force and a VIN‑inspection…
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