North Carolina State Highway Patrol Recruiter

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol's primary mission is to reduce collisions and make the highways of North Carolina as safe as possible.

Since 1929 the mission of the Highway Patrol has not changed. From a handful of Highway Patrolmen in 1929 the Highway Patrol now employs 1,813 Troopers to cover more than 78,000 miles of North Carolina roadways.

In 2005, the State Highway Patrol arrested 25,286 people for driving while impaired, seized $10 million worth of drugs, and investigated 1,160 fatal collisions on North Carolina highways. The Motor Carrier unit fined thousands of truck drivers for various violations.

Troopers and Motor Carrier Enforcement officers also guide traffic during hurricane evacuations or re-route traffic around hazardous chemical spills. The Patrol stands ready, should any act of terrorism occur, to carry out the directives of the Governor.

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