New Hampshire State Police

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  • An Act to create State Police in certain cases

    On July 9th, 1869, Governor Stearns was presented a piece of legislation that would lead to the start of the NHSP, which was entitled "An act to create a state police in certain cases". The driving force of this legislation was the enforcement of the anti-drinking laws created by the State Police. This proposed legislation didn't pass due to not having all necessary male voters.

  • Report of State Commision to the legislature

    On January 8th of 1931, the "report of state commission to the legislature" was presented. It offered a comprehensive justification for the necessity of creating the State Police. The commission suggested that criminal investigators became a reality due to the fact that up until that point, most criminal investigators were through private detective agencies. Criminal statistics and other methods of identifying suspects were also recomended as well as well as record of gun purchases and permits.

  • Establishment of headquarters in the Statehouse

    On March 3rd. of 1937, the NHSP established headquarters in the Statehouse. During this time, ranks were established through individuals who were members of the New Hampshire motor vehicle department and criminal investigators, then employed by the state attorney generals office. This same year, the troopers reached an authorized 48 men, which created a tradition of law enforcement reaching national acclamation.

  • An act of creating a department of State Police

    "An act creating a department of State Police" was created on June 29th, 1937 but was not effective until July 1st, 1937. The NHSP were the fifteenth kind of it's organization in the United States.

  • First Female Officer hired

    On May 28th 1943, Mrs. Lee was appointed captain in the New Hampshire State Police, the first woman in the United States to hold such a position. Around the same time, she began work on the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death —a series of eighteen miniature crime-scene dioramas for student analysis.

  • Division of New Hampshire department of safety

    In Decmber 2nd of 1962, the department became a division of the brand new New Hampshire department of safety. Since then, their division has experienced constant growth and expansion.

  • Highway Patrol merged into NHSP

    On October 3rd 2008, the 80 officers of the New Hampshire highway patrol were merged into the NHSP, with now 380 troopers.

  • Colonel Nathan Noyes

    On April 8th, 2020, Colonel Nathan Noyes was sworn in as director of the NHSP. Noyes is the son of NHSP Sergeant James Noyes who was killed in line of duty.