Mississippi Highway Patrol - Courtesy - Service

Mississippi Highway Patrol
On April 1, 1938, the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol was created. From 3,300 applicants, 633 were selected for testing, and 97 were selected as class recruits. Upon graduation, 53 were selected for patrol, and 13 were placed as reserves. 35 Harley Davidson motorcycles and 20 patrol cars were ready for their use in patrolling the Magnolia State's roadways. Today, the Mississippi Highway Patrol is comprised of 581 sworn officers. The MHP is charged with the responsibility of enforcing traffic laws on state and federal highways. The MHP has three patrol regions (North, Central and South) with three District Offices each. Mississippi's state troopers must be prepared to assist local law enforcement agencies and to respond to statewide emergencies at the request of the governor. The officers of the patrol exemplify the agency's motto of Courtesy, Service and Safety.
Mississippi State Flag The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag. The committee recommended for the flag "one with width two-thirds of its length; with the union square, in width two-thirds of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue saltier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen (13) mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union; the field to be divided into three bars of equal width, the upper one blue, the center one white, and the lower one extending the whole length of the flag.
1948 issue- Embossed Steel Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol	Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol
1949 issue- Embossed Steel Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol	Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol
1951 issue- Embossed Steel Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol	Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol
Circa mid 1950's light over dark with MHP prefix Picture courtesy of the Mississippi Highway Patrol
1958 issue- Embossed Steel	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1964 issue- Embossed steel	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1966 issue- Issued to MHP Major	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1967 issue- Embossed steel	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1969 issue- This plate was issued to Trooper Charles "Tag" Williams who patrolled out of Houston MS. "Tag" was a massive man, and the MHP's expert competition marksman at the time, and he was issued the 357 plates in honor of his proficiency with the .357 magnum revolver! This plate was fastened to the back of his 1969 Ford LTD 429 as he chased moonshiners and other scofflaws throughout Chickasaw County, from what his son told me when I got the plate. This is the stuff that makes this hobby so great! "Tag" is seen here in this MHP file photo	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1970 issue-This plate was issued to Trooper Charles "Tag" Williams who patrolled out of Houston MS. "Tag" was a massive man, and the MHP's expert competition marksman at the time, and he was issued the 357 plates in honor of his proficiency with the .357 magnum revolver! This plate was fastened to the back of his 1969 Ford LTD 429 as he chased moonshiners and other scofflaws throughout Chickasaw County, from what his son told me when I got the plate. This is the stuff that makes this hobby so great! "Tag" is seen here in this MHP file photo	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1971 issue- Embossed steel	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
*1974 issue- This plate looks like it scraped the pavement along the bottom. I'd love to know the story behind it!*	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1975 issue- Embossed steel. Assigned to Trooper Grist out of Troop E (Batesville)	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1976 issue- Embossed steel. Assigned to Trooper Collins out of Troop E (Batesville)	Picture courtesy of Captain Art Richardson (Retired) Mississippi Highway Patrol
1977-1981 issue- Embossed galvanized steel. Has "77" debossed under year decals. Assigned to Trooper Grist out of Troop E (Batesville)	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
Circa 1982-1986 issue- Embossed galvanized steel. Lt. Colonel's plate	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
Circa 1982-1986 issue- Error plate ("State" missing) Plate courtesy of the Robert Ward Collection
1987-1992 issue- Colonel of the MHP- Although the "sagging scroll S's" of the state name were first used on this layout of Mississippi license plate as early as 1982, the MONTH YEAR titles in the upper sticker navels only began appearing in 1987. This particular plate has 1991 holograms running vertically down the center sheeting of the plate.	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
1992-1997 issue- G= Starkville Troop Car 1 (Troop Commander)	Picture courtesy of Jay Weinstein
*1992-1997 issue- Front plate (used well into 2000)*	Picture courtesy of Jay Weinstein
1997-2002 issue- C= Jackson Troop car 28 (Plate use stretched into 2003 for some)	Picture courtesy of Jay Weinstein
1997 issue front plate for Headquarters in Jackson Courtesy of the Bob Bruce Collection	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
*2003-Current issue* Picture courtesy of Bill Ceravola
2008 issue. All-flat silkscreened. Lighthouse base
*2003-2008 issue cycle plate* (picture courtesy of the Miss. DMV web site)	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
Current issue cycle plate Flat, screened cycle plate. Type used by the MHP Picture courtesy of Bill Ceravola	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
50th Anniversary issue front plate. Flat screened vinyl/plastic.	We are looking for a picture showing this type plate on duty.... *Can you help us?*
Current Issue Front Plate	Picture courtesy of the Mississippi State Troopers Association Visit their web site by clicking here
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National Troopers Coalition Plate Picture courtesy of Bill Ceravola
2004-Current Mississippi Retired State Trooper issue. County 61= county code Picture courtesy of the Mississippi State Troopers Association Visit their web site by clicking here