Welcome
Welcome to the website for the California Association of Highway Patrolmen. As the labor organization that represents active and retired CHP officers, we are dedicated to serving their needs on the job and in the community.
The CAHP provides a voice for the CHP in the California Legislature, working to ensure fair pay and benefits, adequate funding and officer safety standards. CAHP members are entitled to exclusive insurance plans and services as well as labor representation.
As part of the “CHP Family,” we are dedicated to enhancing public safety through community programs such as "Impact Teen Drivers," a teen driving safety program in California schools. We also take care of our own — those who protect the public — with our CAHP Widows and Orphans’ Trust Fund and scholarships for children of CHP officers through the CAHP Foundation.
We invite you to take a look around and learn more about our organization and the programs we offer and support. Please enjoy our site and visit often to stay up to date on issues that affect our officers.
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CHP Honors Good Samaritan
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 ~ Bill Lindelof~Sacramento Bee
Jonathan D. Hobson will get a special commendation from the Rancho Cordova CHP office for his help in catching and detaining a hit and run suspect.
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After 57 years, a retired CHP officer gets an award for his heroic act
Monday, February 1, 2010 ~ Larry Mitchell~Mercury News
CHP Officer Jeff Cooley helped save a three year old girl who was the sole survivor of the 1952 Chester Massacre. Last Friday, the survivor, Sondra Jones, attended the award ceremony.
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Marin CHP office recognized for raising money for Haiti
Friday, January 29, 2010 ~ Contra Costa Times
Employees at the Marin CHP office raised $4,000 to donate to the Haiti relief effort in the name of Joseph Gabriel, a custodian in their office, who lost family members in the earthquake.
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Elderly gentleman gets help from CHP
Thursday, January 28, 2010 ~ Colfax Record
In Stanislaus County, a CHP officer is able to help a distraught elderly man by gaining his trust.
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Press Releases
Thirteen of CHP's best get Medal of Valor awards
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 ~ Office of the Governor
On Thursday, December 10, Governor Schwarzenegger awarded the Medal of Valor to 27 California State Employees. Also, to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of this award, he unveiled a new Medal of Valor Award Kiosk, donated by the California Association of Highway Patrolmen.
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Remembering CHP's Finest
CHP Family Mourns the Loss of Officer Killed in Collision
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Officer Jarrod Martinez, I.D. 19081, died on October 29, 2009, after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle while he was on-duty. He was on his personal motorcycle on a rural road near Los Olivos, returning home from court. As he approached an intersection, a man in a Porsche making a left turn, cutting the corner, and drove into Jarrod's lane. Jarrod laid down the bike and slid into the path of the car. He was run over by the Porsche. A medical examiner happened onto the scene shortly after but declared him dead at the scene.
Martinez, 30, graduated from the CHP Academy on October 31, 2008 and was just two days shy of his one-year anniversary as an officer.
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Officer Sanders Struck by Car on Rain-Slicked Freeway
Monday, December 15, 2008
On Monday, December 15, 2008, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Officer Joseph Paul Sanders, I.D. 18781, of Santa Fe Springs Area, was struck by a car while laying a flare pattern in heavy rain. He was life-flighted to USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
Sanders, age 29, was at the scene of a collision on eastbound State Route 60, near Azusa Avenue, in the City of Hacienda Heights, when a vehicle not associated with the original collision struck a third vehicle, which went out of control and struck him. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the collision. There have been no charges filed in the case.
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Officer Miller Dies During Search for DUI Suspect
Friday, November 16, 2007
Officer John P. Miller, I.D. 18414, was killed Nov. 16, 2007, while responding to a pursuit involving a suspected drunken driver. He was on a county road in Livermore when his patrol car hit a tree.
Three CHP units were responding to a call to be on the lookout for a suspected drunken driver. Livermore Police Dept. located the driver and Miller was en route to the freeway to engage in pursuit.
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Officer Douglas “Scott” Russell Struck and Killed by Driver Involved in Pursuit
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Officer Douglas “Scott” Russell, I.D. 11619, died July 31, 2007, after being hit by a car that was being pursued on Highway 50 near Shingle Springs, Calif.
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