Ohio State Highway Patrol

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Ohio State Highway Patrol
Patch of the Ohio State Highway Patrol
Badge of Ohio State Highway Patrol
Abbreviation	OSHP
Agency overview
Formed	1933 (1933)
Employees	2,402 (as of 2014)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Ohio, US
Ohio State Highway Patrol districts and posts
Size	44,825 square miles (116,100 km2)
Population	11,689,442 (July 1, 2018)
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Columbus, Ohio
Troopers	1,598 (as of 2014) [1]
Civilian Members	804 (as of 2014)[1]
Agency executive	Colonel Charles Jones, Superintendent
Parent agency	Ohio Department of Public Safety
Districts	9
Website
http://statepatrol.ohio.gov/

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety and has the primary responsibility of traffic enforcement in the U.S. state of Ohio.