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Highway Patrol Association hopes raises will alleviate retention crisis

  By Ivy Secrest Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers made headlines over the past few weeks when an advocacy campaign revealing the agency’s struggles with funding, retaining staff and maintaining a safe…

Wyoming Highway Patrol struggles with staffing; starting salaries rank 44th in nation

    By Amanda Manchester Uinta County Herald Via- Wyoming News Exchange EVANSTON — In early February, the Wyoming Highway Patrol Association launched its first-ever online awareness campaign to draw attention to its ongoing compensation and employee retention crisis.  The…

Redistricting changes enhance highway patrol operations in Lincoln County

  • Lt. Matt Arnell discusses recent redistricting Recent changes in the Wyoming Highway Patrol have restructured the jurisdiction for Lincoln County, now officially part of Troop D, previously under Troop K. This significant shift aims to improve law enforcement…

SVI Radio Interview: Lt. Matt Arnell, Wyoming Highway Patrol

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Chase ends in head-on collision, arrest

———————- EVANSTON (WNE) — Three people were hospitalized on Saturday, Aug. 1, and a Utah man was arrested following a head-on collision on Interstate 80 just east of Evanston. According to a Facebook post by Uinta County Fire and Ambulance,…