"I have always said in lieu of budget problems the patrol should be disbanded and the Sheriff's Office be given State Money to add traffic officers to do the same work the Patrol continually abuses."

Excellent proposal. I have a great deal of respect for my local sheriff and police department and many law enforcement people I know regard the NCHP as a joke and a blot on the work done by competent law enforcement agencies. The Highway Patrol is just institutionally broken; a reorganization alone will not remedy the problems that corrupt it to the core.