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Agency Recommendation Summaries

Washington State Patrol

  Average Annual FTEs Near General Fund State Other Funds Total Funds
  (Dollars in Thousands)
Current Budget 2,599.8 165,546 862,260 1,027,806
2025-27 Maintenance Level 2,599.8 168,550 875,310 1,043,860
Difference from 2025-27 Original 0.0 3,004 13,050 16,054
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.0% 1.8% 1.5% 1.6%

2026 Policy Other Changes

ACCESS Trainer Position (0.5) (100) 0 (100)
Administrative Reduction 0.0 (148) 0 (148)
All-Risk Mobilization 1.5 444 0 444
Background Check Data Link Upgrade 0.0 536 39 575
Communications Infrastructure 0.0 (150) 1,769 1,619
Firearms Staffing (0.5) (168) 0 (168)
Fiscal Services (0.5) (91) 0 (91)
Fleet Vehicle Replacement 0.0 (260) 0 (260)
Government & Media Relations (0.5) (125) 0 (125)
Human Resources (0.5) (192) 0 (192)
JATC Contract 0.0 (150) 0 (150)
Material Analysis Staffing (0.5) (168) 0 (168)
Outsourcing of Death Investigation 0.0 1,250 0 1,250
Procurement & Supply Staffing (0.5) (91) 0 (91)
Vacancy Savings (0.5) (170) 0 (170)
Video Coordinator Staffing 4.5 311 998 1,309
WAN/LAN Lifecycle 0.0 0 4,800 4,800
WSP Cloud Migration 0.0 372 737 1,109
2026 Policy Other Changes Total 2.0 1,100 8,343 9,443

2026 Policy Comp Changes

WPEA General Government 0.0 458 2,135 2,593
2026 Policy Comp Changes Total 0.0 458 2,135 2,593

2026 Policy Central Services Changes

Archives/Records Management 0.0 0 2 2
Audit Services 0.0 0 1 1
DES Central Services 0.0 15 53 68
GOV Central Services 0.0 22 71 93
Legal Services 0.0 11 34 45
OFM Central Services 0.0 993 3,147 4,140
Self-Insurance Liability Premium 0.0 5,906 18,704 24,610
WTS Central Services 0.0 (11) (53) (64)
2026 Policy Central Services Changes Total 0.0 6,936 21,959 28,895
Total Policy Changes 2.0 8,494 32,437 40,931
2026 Policy Level 2,601.8 177,044 907,747 1,084,791
Difference from 2025-27 Original 2.0 11,498 45,487 56,985
% Change from 2025-27 Original 0.08% 6.9% 5.3% 5.5%

Policy Changes

ACCESS Trainer Position

Savings are captured through the reduction of one ACCESS trainer position. (General Fund - State)

Administrative Reduction

Funding is reduced to reflect a reduction in administrative services. (General Fund - State)

All-Risk Mobilization

Funding is provided for three positions to support the all-risk mobilization program. (General Fund - State)

Archives/Records Management

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated share of charges for archives and records management services provided by the Office of the Secretary of State. (State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Audit Services

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of audits performed by the Washington State Auditor. (State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Background Check Data Link Upgrade

One-time funding is provided to upgrade the background check data link as mandated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Communications Infrastructure

Funding is provided to complete the upgrade to the Land Mobile Radio network. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

DES Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Department of Enterprise Services for Capitol Campus costs; real estate, risk management, and small agency services; the Perry Street and Capitol Campus child care centers; enterprise applications, and other items. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Firearms Staffing

Savings are captured through the reduction of one forensic scientist position in the firearms section. (General Fund - State)

Fiscal Services

Savings are captured through the reduction of one fiscal analyst position. (General Fund - State)

Fleet Vehicle Replacement

Funding is reduced for fleet vehicle replacement budget. (General Fund - State)

GOV Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of the Governor for the Office of Equity. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Government & Media Relations

Savings are captured through the reduction of one legislative analyst position. (General Fund - State)

Human Resources

Savings are captured through the reduction of one commissioned polygraph examiner. (General Fund - State)

JATC Contract

Funding is reduced for the joint apprenticeship and training committee contract. (General Fund - State)

Legal Services

Adjustments are made for each agency's anticipated cost of legal services provided by the Office of the Attorney General. Funding provided in the central service model is not all inclusive, as legal services expenditures are based on consumption. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Material Analysis Staffing

Savings are captured through the reduction of one forensic scientist position in the material analysis unit. (General Fund - State)

OFM Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from the Office of Financial Management for existing statewide applications, the One Washington program, and other central services. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Outsourcing of Death Investigation

Funding is provided to outsource death investigation toxicology cases based on the projected caseload increase. (General Fund - State)

Procurement & Supply Staffing

Savings are captured through the reduction of one procurement and supply specialist position. (General Fund - State)

Self-Insurance Liability Premium

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's share of actuarially projected costs of the self-insurance liability premium. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

Vacancy Savings

Savings are captured through the reduction of one vacancy position in laboratory services. (General Fund - State)

Video Coordinator Staffing

Funding is provided for nine positions to support video coordination and processing for discovery and public disclosure requests. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

WAN/LAN Lifecycle

Funding is provided to continue the lifecycle replacement project of the statewide Wide Area Network for district office equipment upgrades. (State Patrol Highway Account - State)

WPEA General Government

Funding is provided for a collective bargaining agreement with the Washington Public Employees Association on behalf of general government employees, which includes a general wage increase of 3 percent, effective July 1, 2025, and of 2 percent effective July 1, 2026; provision of a starting wage of $18 per hour and addressing of compression and inversion, effective July 1, 2025; retroactive wildfire rest and recouperation leave, effective July 1, 2025; a prescribed fire premium, effective July 1, 2025; targeted job classification increases, effective July 1, 2025; annual lump sum payments for employees of CDHR and WSSSB, for the current biennium only; and increased paid bereavement leave. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - Federal, State Patrol Highway Account - State, other funds)

WSP Cloud Migration

Funding is provided to continue the migration of physical servers to the Microsoft Azure cloud environment. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)

WTS Central Services

Adjustments are made to reflect each agency's anticipated share of charges from Washington Technology Solutions for the Office of Cybersecurity, the state network, enterprise services, small agency IT services, enterprise architecture and data management, Microsoft 365 licenses, and other items. (General Fund - State, State Patrol Highway Account - State)