Georgia Department of Public Safety

Georgia Department of Public Safety
Abbreviation GDPS

Georgia Department of Public Safety seal
Agency overview
Formed 1937
Employees 1,268 (as of 2004) [1]
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of Georgia, U.S.
Georgia State Patrol Troop Map
Size 59,425 square miles (153,910 km2)
Population 9,544,750 (2007 est.)[2]
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia
Troopers 856 (as of 2004) [3]
Civilians 412 (as of 2004) [4]
Agency executive Colonel Mark McDonough[5], Commissioner
Child agencies
Website
Official Site
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Georgia Department of Public Safety is a state body that is responsible for statewide law enforcement and public safety within the American state of Georgia. The current Commissioner of the department is Mark W. McDonough, who is also Colonel of the Georgia State Patrol.

Divisions

On February 28, 1974, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) was made an independent agency separate from the Georgia Department of Public Safety.

Georgia State Patrol

The Georgia State Patrol is the highway patrol agency for the U.S. state of Georgia, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. GSP Troopers primarily operate on the long stretches of Interstate highway as well as providing SWAT team response to rural areas of the state.

A Major serves as Commanding Officer over Field Operations, The current Major is Eddie Grier [6]

Georgia Capitol Police

Georgia Capitol Police is one of the divisions of the Georgia Department of Public Safety responsible for law enforcement of the Capitol Hill area of Atlanta, Georgia.

The Division is split into two units

Georgia Motor Carrier Compliance Division

The Motor Carrier Compliance Division is responsible for the enforcement of the laws and rules of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This division conducts safety inspections of commercial motor vehicles especially buses and trucks, inspects highway shipments of hazardous materials, and performs compliance reviews (aka safety performance audits) on motor carriers. It also enforces laws and regulations that govern vehicle size (height, width, and length) and weight. It operates the 19 weigh stations in the state of Georgia and also performs roadside inspections on Commercial Motor Vehicles. Lastly the MCCD also enforces the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes through the city of Atlanta.

See also

References

  1. ↑ USDOJ Statistics
  2. ↑ http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html 2007 Population Estimates
  3. ↑ USDOJ Statistics
  4. ↑ USDOJ Statistics
  5. ↑ http://prod.dps.georgia.gov/profiles/colonel-mark-w-mcdonough
  6. ↑ http://prod.dps.georgia.gov/georgia-state-patrol-0

External links

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