WSP was awarded the National Safety Councils Grand Award, being recognized as one of the finest law enforcement organizations in the nation.
The first radars were used on stationary devices.
Four door sedans began to replace the old “paddy wagons”. The sedans came with improved police equipment, special engines, transmissions and ready for high speed rear ends.
District 6 was formed, taking the north central counties from District 4, with headquarters in Wenatchee.
The first WSP academy opened in the old Navy bachelor officers’ quarters near the Shelton Airport.
The Washington State Patrol was number 1 out of 11 Western States regarding traffic safety.
Dwight D. Eisenhower reviewed our patrolmen on the Capitol Campus.
The patrol set up its own communications network, completing the installation of two-way sets in all vehicles. The Motor Vehicle Inspection Division and Weight Division was created, and were responsible for…
Safety Education, which had been started in 1929, was formalized with the formation of the Public Relations Division, staffed by seven men. The Patrol’s first radio station (or communications center) was…
WSP was recognized to have the largest fingerprint files west of the Mississippi.