The Idaho State Police is proud to provide law enforcement services to citizens of the State of Idaho since 1939.

Today, the Idaho State Police consists of Patrol, Investigations, Commercial Vehicle Safety, Alcohol Beverage Control, Regional Communications Centers, Forensic Services, Brand Inspector, Bureau of Criminal Identification including the Idaho State Sex Offender Repository, and the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) as a division of ISP with oversight by the POST Council.

ISP has six locations known as Districts: District 1 – Coeur d’ Alene, District 2 – Lewiston, District 3 – Boise/Meridian, District 4 – Twin Falls, District 5 – Pocatello, and District 6 – Idaho Falls. ISP has Forensic Laboratories in Coeur d’ Alene, Meridian and Pocatello. ISP also has two Regional Communication Centers (RCC), RCCN – Coeur d’ Alene and RCCS – Meridian. ISP has a training unit hosted in Meridian responsible for advanced training of recruit troopers and in-service/refresher training of all staff. The Idaho Criminal Intelligence Center (Fusion Center) is hosted and overseen by ISP.

ISP provides non law enforcement services to the citizens of Idaho with the Racing Commission (licensing and regulation), Planning, Grants and Research, Crime and Statistics, Fingerprinting and Background services, Alcohol Beverage Licensing, and Livestock Brand Registration. Additionally, the ISP maintains criminal history records, a number of registries required by law, the statewide Public Safety and Security Information System (ILETS), and connectivity to national criminal justice databases.

ISP employs support professionals working in Evidence Management, Administrative Support, Human Resources, Purchasing, Financial Services, Facilities Management, Fleet Services, Warehouse Management, and Information Technology.

Colonel Kedrick Wills
Director
208.884.7003

The Department derives its statutory authority from multiple sections of Idaho Code. During the legislative session of 2000, those code sections were amended to reflect the agency’s reorganization from the Idaho Department of Law Enforcement to the Idaho State Police. Idaho Code §67-2901 creates the Department and the position of Director, and provides for any divisions and units “deemed necessary for the administration of its duties.”

• Patrol activity and associated duties are authorized by §67-2901 (c) through (h), 67-2901A and 67-2901B
• Investigations of major crimes, drug, racketeering and liquor violations, carried out by ISP Investigations and the Alcohol Beverage Control Office, are mandated in Titles 18, 37 and 23, respectively.
• Forensic Services’ additional authority specific to drug testing of juveniles resides in §63-2552A.
• Police Services provides law enforcement support through the Bureau of Criminal Identification, created in §67-3003. Maintaining Idaho’s Sex Offender Registry and Juvenile Sex Offender Registry is mandated by Idaho Code Chapters 83 and 84. Additional duties delegated to ISP Police Services are defined in §19-5201 (public safety and security information system).
• POST Council activities are authorized in §19-5101 through 19-5117.