The California Highway Patrol's new "Join the CHP 1,000" hiring campaign highlights pay and benefits in attempts to draw potential officer candidates.

Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed California Highway Patrol’s 102 newest graduates Saturday, marking significant progress towards meeting California’s CHP 1000 recruitment campaign.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol is embarking on a multiyear recruiting campaign to fill 1,000 vacant officer positions by hiring qualified individuals from California’s ...

He’s also been promoting a recruiting campaign called CHP 1000 that he launched in 2022 to hire hundreds of new officers. CHP officers got a 7.9% wage increase in 2023, marking their biggest ...

The CHP's annual Christmastime "maximum enforcement period" will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, when all available officers will deploy to catch DUI drivers, speeders and other scofflaws.