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The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) is the functional equivalent of state police for the State of Utah in the United States. Its sworn members, known as Troopers, are certified law enforcement officers and have statewide jurisdiction. [4] It was created to "patrol or police the highways within this state of Utah and to enforce the state statutes as ...
Canada operated a port of entry at this location until the late 1950s and the building is now a private residence. The US never had a border station at this location. This crossing has been barricaded since the 1970s. Starting in 2017, thousands of migrants made unauthorized entry into Canada on foot at this location so they could request ...
Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a law enforcement agency in the State of Utah, headquartered in Taylorsville. [2] Utah Department of Public Safety is under the direction of Commissioner Jess L. Anderson. The agency is headquartered at South 4501 South 2700 West in Taylorsville. [3]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Utah.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 136 law enforcement agencies employing 4,782 sworn police officers, about 175 for each 100,000 residents.
The border patrol station at Portal was established in 1924. [3] The Gateway Cities Golf Club course, which was created in 1931, is adjacent to this crossing. While eight of the nine holes are in Canada, the ninth green (along with the clubhouse) is in the US, requiring golfers to hit a shot across an international border. [4]
The longest contiguous highway signed as a Utah State Route is State Route 24 at 160.243 miles (257.886 km), but State Route 30 is longer at 223 miles (359 km) when unsigned concurrencies are included. The longest highway of any type in Utah is U.S. Route 89 at 502.577 miles (808.819 km).
The highway was decommissioned in c. 1964 when Montgomery and Bowness were annexed by the City of Calgary. In the mid 1970s, Alberta introduced its Secondary Highway system (present day 500-900 series highways), and Richmond Road west of Calgary was designated as Secondary Highway 559, but was renumbered in 1979 to Highway 8.
The highway currently serves as a connection between the Cache Valley area of Utah and Idaho to the Salt Lake and Pocatello population centers. [12] [13] US 160 — — US 6 / US 50 at Crescent Junction: Colorado state line near Monticello — 1970 Replaced by US 163/US 666 (modern US 191 and US 491) [14] US 163: 41.405: 66.635