The Division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is a division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles , formerly the Florida Department of Public Safety, is a state agency of Florida. The agency handles the issuing of drivers licenses and handles the registration and titling of automobiles, boats, and mobile homes...

 and the law enforcement agency

Law enforcement agency

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 charged with ensuring the safety of the highway

Highway

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s and road

Road

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s of the state

U.S. state

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The Department of Public Safety

Department of Public Safety

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 was created in 1939 and later in 1970 was reorganized and renamed the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. On November 23, 1931, at the request of the Chairman of the State Road Department (Florida Attorney General

Florida Attorney General

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 Cary D. Landis) to Governor Doyle E.