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Kansas Highway Patrol seeks hangar, aircraft replacement and campus reconfiguration; body-worn camera funding partially included
Summary
The Kansas Highway Patrol outlined requests for a Wichita aircraft hangar, aircraft replacement, urgent repairs at the Salina (Celina) training academy, IT upgrades and body-worn-camera rollout; the House included partial funding for several items but the Senate position deleted some ARPA interest line items.
Kyle Anderson, fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Department, reviewed the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) budget and told the committee the agency's FY2026 request had been reduced by legislative motions; House Bill 2007 reflects the current House position.
The patrol requested $2,600,000 in FY2025 supplemental funding for body-worn cameras; federal grant awards reduced the state need and the governor recommended $1,500,000 state highway fund to expand deployment. "The highway patrol does not currently use body worn cameras, which is rather unusual as this is increasingly becoming a professional standard for the use of body worn cameras," Executive Officer Merle Bridal told the committee. The House included $1,500,000 for body-worn…
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