These are simply the names of the TYPES of agencies who enforce the laws of your state.
Municipal POLICE officers jurisdiction is usually limited to within the city limits of their municipality.
SHERIFF's deputies jurisdiction extends over their entire county and all municipalities within that county.
STATE troopers/Highway Patrol are empowered to enforce the law anywhere within their state.
State Troopers.
yes they are one in the same
By State police do you mean State Troopers, cause every state has those. The one s who have the who have most control are forest Rangers, they can search your car and home without search warrant.
"Troopers" were the Australian colonial equivalent of the local police force.
The cast of Alaska Patrol - 1949 includes: Paul Bryar as Cmdr. Braddock Richard Fraser as Operative Farrell James Griffith as Operative Dale William Haade as Anorus Ralf Harolde as Steele Selmer Jackson as Capt. Wright Emory Parnell as Capt. Jan Roburt Otto Reichow as Balser Gene Roth as Ehrlich William Tannen as Dajek Pierre Watkin as Mr. Sigmund Helen Westcott as Mary Lynn
Each Island is a county and has it's own police force. Call 911
Alaska State Troopers was created in 1967.
You have highway patrol or state troopers, you have county sheriffs departments and city police departments. The above relates to the USA, in other countries police and their ranks and specialisms are organised differently.
The West Virginia State Police Academy is considered by many to be the top police academy in the United States. The West Virginia State Police Academy, with full time highly skilled instructors, not only provides training for Cadet-Troopers, but they also provide basic training for city and county officers, railroad and college police, and all other law enforcement personnel with the exception of correctional officers. The Cadet-Trooper program is one of the longest training programs in the country at thirty weeks and is the only American training program which provides an accredited college Associate Degree in Police Science. West Virginina State Troopers also receive additional college credits toward their bachelors degree. Cadet-Troopers spend 1,400 hours studying more than 131 subjects necessary to become a professional law enforcement officer. The West Virginia State Police is the forth oldest state police agency in the country. West Virginia State Troopers are among the best selected, best educated, most proffessional police officers in the United States.
State Troopers have authority and jurisdiction throughout the entiere state. Country officers have authority and jurisdiction only in the country where they are employed.
There are over 73000 troopers in the state of Texas!!
Generally speaking, it's a police officer employed by the state. For instance, you may have city officer, county officers, and state troopers. In my state, state troppers are charged with "enforcing federal and state laws relating to traffic, investigating accidents, and criminal interdiction on roads and highways."