State police (United States)
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state-police-united-states-168-18038179
title:
State police (United States)
text:
In the United States, the state police is a police body unique to each U.S. state, having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. In general, state police officers or highway patrol officers, known as state troopers, perform functions that do not fall within the jurisdiction of a county’s sheriff, such as enforcing traffic laws on state highways and interstates, overseeing security of state capitol complexes, protecting governors, training new offic
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Police department of a U.S. state
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_police_(United_States)
date created:
2009-09-15T16:58:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T04:22:31Z
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