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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.
Dauphin County (/ ˈdɔːfɪn /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 286,401. [ 2 ] The county seat is Harrisburg, [ 3 ] Pennsylvania's state capital and ninth-most populous city. The county was created on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and ...
The office of the Pennsylvania State Constable is a municipally elected, sworn Law Enforcement Officer [4] throughout the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [5]Pennsylvania State Constables are elected in each borough, township, and city ward in the state—except in Philadelphia (although constables may still exercise authority in the City of Philadelphia) —and serve six-year terms.
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. The bill was signed in response to the Great Anthracite Strike of 1902.
Geography. Dauphin is located on the western edge of Dauphin County at 40°22′00″N 76°55′52″W, [4] on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. The land at the river's edge is alluvial floodplain, but Dauphin sits at the head of a narrow valley between two mountains, at the mouth of Stony Creek. The valley between the two mountains is ...
Melchior Rahm (13 February 1762 – 31 October 1820) was an American politician. Melchior Rahm was born on 13 February 1762 to parents Conrad and Maria (Weiser) Rahm. Melchior Rahm served with the 6th Battalion of the Lancaster County Revolutionary War Militia. In 1804, he was sheriff of Dauphin County. During the War of 1812, Rahm returned to ...
UTC-4 (EDT) Area code. 717. FIPS code. 42-043-21208. Website. easthanovertwpdcpa.org. East Hanover Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,009 at the 2020 census.
M. Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (Pennsylvania) Categories: County government agencies in Pennsylvania. County law enforcement agencies of Pennsylvania. Sheriffs' departments of the United States.