state police

noun

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

Example Sentences

A spokesperson for the Guerrero state police said there is no record that Zhang was detained.

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The FBI alerted New York State Police on Saturday, and Moynihan was arrested the following day after what authorities called a “thorough investigation.”

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Balmer had admitted to officials that he removed petrol from a lawn mower and poured it into beer bottles to make Molotov cocktails he used in the attack, Pennsylvania State Police said.

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Pennsylvania State Police banged on the door and woke the governor, his family and guests who were asleep when the fire started.

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Those injured by the blast included 11 other members of the Carabinieri and well as three members of Italy's state police and a firefighter, Ansa reported.

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