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The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforcement agency which handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police was founded in 1905 by order of Governor Samuel Pennypacker, by signing Senate Bill 278 on May 2, 1905.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.. Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. [1] According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.
Trooper is a rank used by several civilian state law enforcement organizations in the United States.In its plural form, state troopers, it generally refers to sworn members of a state law enforcement agency, state police, state highway patrol, or state department of public safety, even though those officers may not necessarily be of the rank of trooper.
Aug. 29—HERSHEY — The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) dropped its college credit requirement for cadet applicants, effective immediately, as it looks to hire hundreds of new troopers. State ...
Aug. 28—State police will remove the college credit requirement on a trial basis for residents who want to serve as troopers, Gov. Josh Shapiro and Col. Christopher Paris, state police ...
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 (Vermont being a notable exception), such as enforcing traffic laws on state highways and interstates, overseeing security of state capitol complexes, protecting governors ...
The state trooper who arrested two LGBTQ+ leaders after a contentious traffic stop in Philadelphia is no longer employed by the Pennsylvania state police, officials said Friday. Pennsylvania State ...
Pennsylvania Governor’s Commission on Children & Families; Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on African American Affairs; Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Asian American Affairs; Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs; Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing & Conservation