CHP Appoints First Black Female Deputy Commissioner In 91-Year History
The California Highway Patrol has just appointed its first female African American deputy commissioner in the agency's 91-year history.
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The California Highway Patrol has just appointed its first female African American deputy commissioner in the agency's 91-year history.
With New Year's Eve fast approaching, the California Highway Patrol said they are prepping for another holiday maximum enforcement period after the Christmas holiday saw nearly a dozen people killed in crashes and over 270 arrests made.
California Highway Patrol says their officers arrested more than 1,000 people on suspicion of DUI this past Labor Day weekend.
California Highway Patrol says they will be stepping up enforcement after a spike in brake fires.
Bells tolled Wednesday during a solemn CHP ceremony for an officer killed this week when a motorist he pulled over grabbed a rifle and opened fire during a traffic stop.
Authorities are looking for the person who allegedly kicked a dog out of their car on Highway 50 and sped off.
Officers stopped a man Thursday after contents of his pickup truck's load spilled onto the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A three-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon resulted in one person being taken to a nearby hospital, according to California Highway Patrol.
Local CHP divisions have every available officer patrolling I-80 from Nevada to the Bay Area. Just Friday, one officer wrote a ticket to someone going 105 miles per hour on I-80.
California Highway Patrol says they have arrested a driver coming from Nevada carrying a load of illegal fireworks.
California Highway Patrol is stepping up enforcement efforts along Interstate 80 for the Fourth of July holiday.
Police say shootings on freeways in the Sacramento area are on the rise.
The California Highway Patrol headquarters building in Sacramento has been evacuated due to a suspicious smell.
We've all seen those signs on the freeway urging us to report drunk drivers, but when a local woman did just that, she says she was ultimately scolded by a dispatcher and ignored by the CHP.
Officers are trying to bring a little more light into the life of a young boy whose mother was killed in a head-on crash with a DUI suspect.
A CHP officer went above and beyond Monday, helping deliver a baby off of Highway 99.
In the spirit of the holiday season, the California Highway Patrol shared an emotional video with a powerful message for drivers.
No punch line here! A bear had no trouble opening a door as it strolled into a California Highway Patrol office in a Truckee.
Rain is on the way and it's just in time for one of the busiest travel days in the country.
A man was arrested for the Sacramento hit and run that left a 14-year-old bicyclist dead on September 19.
Officer Sean Poore took his life inside of his patrol vehicle. His death has sparked a conversation about alarming suicide rates among law enforcement officers.
Officials say Poore was found in his patrol car with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, CHP says.
A California Highway Patrol officer apparently took his own life while on duty in his patrol car, officials say.
It was a close call for a school bus driver and a student in Auburn when the bus veered off the road and crashed.
A young teen hit by a car, and the left to die. It happened early Wednesday morning on Watt Avenue near Whitney Avenue.
