CHP

See also: chp and chp-

English

Proper noun

CHP

1. (US, law enforcement) Initialism of California Highway Patrol.

   Synonym: (acronym) CHiP

   • 2024 March 29, Abené Clayton, “California deploys hundreds of freeway surveillance cameras in Oakland to fight crime”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said in a news release that the California highway patrol (CHP) has contracted with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company, to install 480 cameras that can identify and track vehicles by license plate, type, color and even decals and bumper stickers. […] But Newsom, who has deployed state attorneys and CHP officers to assist Oakland in its crackdown on crime, said the surveillance network would give law enforcement tools “to effectively combat criminal activity and hold perpetrators accountable – building safer, stronger communities for all Californians”.

2. Abbreviation of Chiapas: a state of Mexico.

Noun

CHP

1. Initialism of combined heat(ing) and power generation (“cogeneration”).

   Coordinate terms: cogeneration, CCHP

Anagrams

• HCP, HPC, PCH, hcp

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English CHP (“California Highway Patrol”).

Proper noun

CHP f

1. (law enforcement) Patrulla de Caminos de California; CHP
   • 2025 October 22, Mónica De Anda, “Video capta choque mortal en autopista 10 en Ontario; arrestan a conductor”, in KABC-TV‎, archived from the original on 24 October 2025:

     El accidente ocurrió en la autopista 10 en dirección oeste, justo al este de la autopista 15, poco antes de la 1:15 p.m., según la Patrulla de Caminos de California (CHP). […] La CHP dijo que los investigadores inspeccionarán el semirremolque. El incidente sigue bajo investigación.

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Turkish

Proper noun

CHP

1. (politics) initialism of Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (“Republican People's Party”)

See also

• RPP