state police
a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
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In Virginia, state police said their troopers responded to 270 traffic crashes and 165 disabled vehicles.
Several traffic crashes reported on icy roads in D.C. region | Dana Hedgpeth | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostThose deaths included 31 pedestrians and one bicyclist, according to data from county and state police.
Traffic counts fell during the coronavirus pandemic, but road fatalities still increased | Luz Lazo | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostA state police motorcade will then escort the hearse out of Annapolis.
Maryland Senate President Miller lies in state: ‘Lion of the Senate’ | Ovetta Wiggins | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostA line of state police troopers and other Capitol employees held the mob back from entering the House floor.
“Sense of Entitlement”: Rioters Faced Few Consequences Invading State Capitols. No Wonder They Turned to the U.S. Capitol Next. | by Jeremy Kohler | January 19, 2021 | ProPublicaThe state police would say later that they could not have arrested people without escalating the potential for violence and that they were investigating whether crimes were committed.
“Sense of Entitlement”: Rioters Faced Few Consequences Invading State Capitols. No Wonder They Turned to the U.S. Capitol Next. | by Jeremy Kohler | January 19, 2021 | ProPublica
Anrig was a leading criminal investigator for the Swiss state police until he was recruited to the Vatican in 1992.
Is The Pope Unprotected Now That He’s Fired the Head of the Swiss Guards? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe then spoke to the state police, who proved to be aware of the fallen nest.
“He was definitely taken by surprise,” Pennsylvania state police Commissioner Frank Noonan later said.
With lights flashing, the cruiser arrived at the Blooming Grove state police barracks in Pike County.
The entry was read aloud by Pennsylvania state police Lt. Col. George Bivens at a September press conference a few days later.
When he was dying an agent of the state-police would call from time to time to ascertain if he were still alive.
Comrade Kropotkin | Victor RobinsonThe state police converged on the former site of Superior from several directions.
And Then the Town Took Off | Richard WilsonFinally, he opened the front door, just as a white state police car was pulling up at the end of the walk.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam Piper"state police, Corporal Kavaalen," a voice singsonged out of the receiver.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam PiperRand pawed among the pistols; they were, as the state police corporal had said, all junk.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam Piper
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