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Article: HIGHWAY PATROL REORGANIZES
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- Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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CHEYENNE -- A plan to reorganize the Wyoming Highway Patrol goes
into effect today. It alters the workings of the patrol but will not
impact services.
"It changes the internal complexion of the highway patrol in an
unprecedented fashion," said Col. John Cox, Wyoming Highway Patrol
administrator.
Plans for the reorganization started a year ago. The change was
designed to help the patrol run more efficiently and to better use
its employees, Cox said.
As a result, numerous positions have been reclassified to higher
ranks. Also, some functions of the patrol were shifted from one
chain of command to another.
Sworn officers will get an average 9 percent salary increase,
partly due to the ...