Nevada Highway Patrol
Nevada DPS / Highway Patrol
4615 W. Sunset Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89118
Phone: (702) 486-4100
Contact: Captain Pat Gallagher
Web Site: Nevada Highway Patrol

With unwavering respect for the Constitutional rights of all persons to liberty, equality and justice, it is our fundamental duty to serve the citizens and the highway users of Nevada in a manner which assures their protection, safety and opportunity to conduct their lives in an atmosphere of peace. We will respond promptly and with attentiveness to persons and or other agencies with emergencies or needs of assistance; we will be vigilant in identifying and assuring the prompt mitigation of highway hazards; we will continuously seek opportunities to educate and inform the Nevada community about traffic safety; and we will aggressively enforce the laws of Nevada in a caring manner, with courtesy and impartiality. We will nurture a workplace environment which is free of bias and prejudice and will provide every individual the opportunity for self realization and growth. Through the judicious use of the authority and resources granted us be the people of Nevada, we will safeguard their faith and trust.

Mission:
Enforce the traffic laws of the state, investigate traffic collisions, enforce and regulate motor carriers transporting cargo and hazardous materials, maintain Nevada's central Criminal History Repository, and operate statewide message switcher to process criminal justice information.

Goals:

• To improve the quality of service provided to citizens and visitors using Nevada highways.
  
• To gain voluntary public compliance with traffic laws by providing meaningful traffic safety education to the broadest possible segment of citizens and highway users,
  
• To reduce the frequency and severity of collision events through applied enforcement techniques targeting causative violations,
  
• To reduce commercial vehicle collisions and hazardous material releases through inspections and enforcement, targeting safety defects, driver deficiencies, and unsafe motor carrier fleet practices.
  
• To coordinate, audit, and train criminal justice users and maintain criminal history files, wanted persons files, point-of-sale background checks for firearms sales to state, local and authorized private agencies.

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