Welcome to the Idaho State Police website
ISP provides law enforcement services to Idaho including patrol, investigations, forensics, training and support activities. Additionally, the ISP maintains the state's criminal history records and a number of registries required by law as well as the statewide Public Safety and Security Information System and connectivity to national criminal justice databases.
Key programs of the ISP are: Patrol, Investigations (including the Alcohol Beverage Control function which provides licensing and enforcement services for over 4,000 liquor licenses in Idaho), Police Services (Forensics, Support Services) and Management Services. Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is a division within the ISP, with curriculum oversight by the POST Council.
Formerly known as the Department of Law Enforcement, the agency reorganized in 1999 and took the name of its former division, the Idaho State Police, carrying on a proud history of service since the Bureau of Constabulary was organized in 1919.
A Message From Colonel G. Jerry Russell
Providing statewide law enforcement and public safety services is often a daunting task, affected by world, national and local economic changes, and by legislative, governmental and court activity at the local, state and federal levels. Our partners in state government - the Idaho Legislature and Supreme Court - also can alter, both fiscally and operationally, the course of the department.
Societal and cultural changes, whether resulting from a single catastrophic event or occurring over time, have the ability to redirect ISP's efforts in the short term. Crime rates are likewise historically sensitive to population increases and economic activity. Any change can impact the volume of crime and ISP's ability to provide timely services.
It is in this dynamic arena that I am proud to serve and to lead the men and women of ISP. In addition to our public safety responsibilities we also have a strong commitment to modeling fiduciary leadership, respect for others, and consistently high hiring, training and performance standards.
We rely on our Strategic Plan as our road map to the future, reviewing our progress quarterly. This allows the ISP to be responsive to the public safety needs of Idaho's citizens and those traveling through this great state.
I believe the ISP mission statement says it all:
Providing public safety across the State of Idaho
through law enforcement excellence.
Contact Colonel Russell - 208.884.7003
