I have spent several weeks debating whether I should put these thoughts into words. If you are reading this, you know what I decided. I have been in law enforcement since 2010. I started at 22 years old in a small rural Midwestern city of about 4,500 people. From...
Why I’m Job Hunting I’ve been with the Wyoming Highway Patrol for a number of years. Some would describe me as being about halfway through a “typical” duration law enforcement career. Someone else wrote that the Highway Patrol is “bleeding.” Many of us used to say we...
To the Citizens and Leaders of Wyoming, The State of Wyoming finds itself at a crossroads regarding how it supports its employees. While the people of Wyoming take great pride in our rich heritage of Western lifestyles and traditions, there is an opportunity for us to...
I am the wife of a Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper. For years, I’ve watched my husband pour his heart into this badge. Nights away from our children, missed family moments, the quiet dread before every call out because he believed in what it stood for. Honor. Service....
I have been married to a WHP Trooper for eight years, and he has faithfully served the agency for far longer than that. When we were dating, he quite literally almost died on the job, and even as his girlfriend, I found myself face-to-face with the reality that I...
I am writing to you as a former Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper, a graduate of WHP Class 91, and someone who proudly began my law enforcement career serving the people of Wyoming. I served in Jackson Hole and later Gillette, and I did so with...