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The Illinois State Police (ISP) is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Illinois.The Illinois State Police is responsible for traffic safety on more than 300,000 miles of total roadway, including 2,185 miles of interstate highways and 15,969 miles of state highways.
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.
The strikebreaking demands on the New York state police decreased over time and their mandate modernized with the creation of the inter-state highway system and proliferation of the automobile. While the early "state troopers", as the name implies, were mounted troops, by mid-century they were fully motorized police forces..
Funeral services will be held Friday for a fallen Illinois State Trooper who was killed while on duty last week. Clay Carns, 35, was clearing debris from Interstate-55 near Channahon when he was ...
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An Illinois State Trooper allegedly shot and killed his wife, then himself, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Illinois is also near the top of most law enforcement numbers lists, such as number of agencies per state, number of agencies with special jurisdictions, and number of local police agencies. [1] Even taking into account that Illinois is the fifth most populous state, many of the ratios are higher than more populated states.
A State Highway Patrol trooper sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Fayetteville car lot owner was approved for parole last week, the state Post Release Supervision & Parole Commission ...