Ohio Department of Public Safety OSHP Mission Review Task Force

April 1, 2009

The Ohio State Highway Patrol Mission Review Task Force was established by Ohio Revised Code Section 754.40 as part of House Bill 2, the Transportation Budget.

The Task Force was established to review the operations and functions of the State Highway Patrol to explore opportunities to improve operational efficiency, identify overlapping services, and consolidate current operations.

The Task Force will compile a written report with findings and recommendations to be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. At that point, the Task Force shall cease to exist.

Task Force Members include: the Director of Public Safety or the Director's designee, the Superintendent of the State Highway Patrol, two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate, two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, one member who represents the County Commissioners' Association of Ohio appointed by the Association, one member who represents the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association appointed by the Association, one member who represents the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio appointed by the Order, one member who represents the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police appointed by the Association, one member who is a State Highway Patrol trooper appointed by the Ohio State Troopers Association to represent the troopers of the State Highway Patrol, one member appointed by the President of the Senate to represent the public, one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to represent the public, and two members appointed by the Governor to represent the public, at least one of whom is not affiliated with any law enforcement agency or public safety force or agency of any kind.