Funding Secured For New OHP HQ in Clinton

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June 8, 2023

By News Director Jared Atha

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is establishing one of their two new headquarters in Clinton.

The projects will be funded under the newly created Legacy Capital Financing Fund, which allows the state to self-fund major current and future capital needs of state agencies, departments, and subdivisions to avoid high bond interest rates.

House Bill 1012X authorized the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority to utilize $8 million from the fund for the new public safety buildings.

The western Oklahoma headquarters located in Clinton will serve Troops H and I, which cover Clinton and Guymon. The building will house a troop commander and field supervisors and will include a training room, covered parking and also field offices for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

The land will be provided in partnership with the City of Clinton.

The other headquarters will be built in Owasso and will serve Troop B, which covers all of Tulsa.

It is officials hope that the two new headquarters will attract new cadets to the OHP.

Currently, the OHP has 739 troopers with seven retiring this summer, and the agency would like to be closer to 1,000 officers to adequately provide essential law enforcement services statewide. There is an academy in progress with 20 cadets, and another academy will begin in July with an estimated 25 cadets.

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