A resolution recognizing the 90th anniversary of the Alabama Highway Patrol and commemorating its history of excellence.

Commemorating the Alabama Highway Patrol’s 90th anniversary and thanking its troopers is the resolution’s main purpose. It would recount the Patrol’s creation on December 5, 1935 as Alabama’s first statewide agency focused on enforcing motor vehicle laws and investigating traffic on rural roads. The text would note the Patrol’s 1939 incorporation into the Alabama Department of Public Safety, the 1953 opening of the Alabama Police Academy, the 1963 change of title to State trooper, and a later training partnership that offers college credit. The resolution would formally extend gratitude and commendation to the Patrol for nine decades of service under the motto “Country, Service, Protection.”