CHP Touts ‘Record Hiring’ in 2025, After Years Pushing Recruitment

CHP touts ‘record hiring’ in 2025, after years pushing recruitment

California Highway Patrol uniforms at the CHP Academy in Sacramento on Sept. 13, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, CalMatters The California Highway Patrol graduated 780 new officers this year, including more than 130 cadets on Friday, underscoring the success of the agency’s recruitment push during a once-concerning vacancy rate. Grappling with vacancies that ballooned 94% between 2015 and 2023, the agency in 2022 asked for $2 million from th…

Highway Patrol posts major gains in hiring this year

Including the most recent newly sworn members, the CHP has brought on more than 2,300 officers from January 2022 through December 2025.

California’s next generation of law enforcement officers

SACRAMENTO – As we near the end of 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom today commemorates the last California Highway Patrol (CHP) graduating class of the year with 137 cadets, who will be placed throughout the state to protect and serve communities. This marks a huge achievement for the CHP, which graduated 780 cadets in 2025 alone. The CHP continues its efforts to recruit highly qualified individuals to protect the state’s community safety. I’m proud …