Chief Frank G. Snook
California Div. of Motor Vehicles
Excerpt from 1929 letter by Chief Snook of the California Department of Motor Vehicles to California Peace Officers' Assoc.. "I believe every member of the Peace Officers' Association will regard provisions of the new law creating the California Highway Patrol, under state control, a welcome change. The new law gives California a distinct highway patrol, quite similar to the organizations that have been so successful in Pennsylvania, New York, and other eastern states. We are now engaged in working out the plan of organization for the new patrol. Few changes in the present personnel are contemplated. The various county squads will be taken over and become part of the statewide plan. Among our first steps will be the division of the state into traffic districts and the establishement of training schools for our officers."
