state police

American  

noun

1. a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.

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Example Sentences

“This kind of sophistication is phenomenal,” said Pronab Mohanty, head of cybercrimes and narcotics for India’s Karnataka state police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Operations targeting Indians are often staffed by Indian nationals who themselves were lured into working in the scam compounds, said Mohanty, the Karnataka state police official.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Delta state police have rejected claims circulating online that the Alue-Do festival in Ozoro was a "rape festival".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Snyder struck it down on Feb. 9, writing that she was “constrained” to do so because the exemption of state police “unlawfully discriminates against federal officers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Later, state police reports from the capital confirmed that the only legible fingerprints in Rael’s store belonged to Bernabe Montoya.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols