Phil Konstantin's CHP & Cherokee Home Page

days since my retirement from the CHP on May 1, 2005.

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I retired from the CHP in 2005. Then in 2016 I retired from being a TV reporter. While on TV, I covered traffic and breaking news from the studio or a helicopter in San Diego on KUSI, KGTV and KFMB.
Click here to see photos I've taken from helicopters while "Over San Diego."

Click here to see some of my helicopter news videos

Click here to find out more about when I worked at KUSI from May 2005 to May 2010.

The following is the "REQUIRED CHP DISCLAIMER"

THIS PAGE CONTAINS PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS OF THE AUTHOR. IT DOES NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS, NOR REPRESENT AN OFFICIAL POSITION, OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. FURTHER, THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL DOES NOT ENDORSE OR APPROVE THE CONTENT OF, NOR IS IT IN ANY MANNER AFFILIATED WITH OR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THIS WEB SITE.

About My Books

Below is a picture of the cover of my first book "This Day in North American Indian History" Click on the cover to order a copy or to get more info.

Below is a picture of the cover of my second book "Native American History For Dummies" I wrote 6 of the 24 chapters for this book. Click on the cover to order a copy or to get more info.

"The Wacky World of Laws" It was just released in May 2009. The Wacky World of Laws. Click on the cover to order a copy or to get more info. The Wacky World of Laws is a compilation of U.S. and International Laws that are out of the ordinary. With the U.S. churning out 500,000 new laws every year and 2 million regulations annually, this book is the ideal go-to book fro everyone who wants a good laugh at the expense of our legal system. Law so often can be boring! Now with The Wacky World of Laws, you can be the hit of any water cooler conversation, and amaze your friends with precious legal nuggets.

April 6th is "Drowsy Driver Awareness Day" in California
Click here to learn more

Crown Vic vs. Explorer


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My wife was killed in a car crash on April 6, 1999.
Click here to read more about it.



I was a CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL Officer for 20 years from 1985 to 2005.


To the right is the logo of the California Association of Highway Patrolmen (CAHP). Yes, we do have women in the CHP, but the association is not politically correct enough to change the name.

On June 16th, 1998, I started doing traffic reports in the mornings for the CHP on KGTV - Ch.10 in San Diego. I was usually on Monday-Friday between 11:00am and Noon, and 5:00pm and 6:00pm. When I retired from the CHP, I went to work for KUSI until 2010. On June 7, 2010, I returned to KGTV doing news and traffic from their helicopter, Sky10.

If you have any questions about the CHP, I can be reached at the e-mail address below.





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Doonesbury Comic Stip, he CHP and Me	New Traffic Laws for 1999
Lots of CHP Terms Explained	Newspaper Article About My Shooting
My Links Page	CHP Chain of Command (funny)
Statistics from the CHP	My Photos
Current Incidents on California Roads	How to Enroll in the Cherokee Nation
CHP Officers Killed in the Line of Duty	Building your own Web Site Help         (somewhat out of date)
A Glossary of CHP abbreviations I wrote in 1999. They are now used on the CHP "Current Incidents" website