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  2. Connecticut State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Connecticut State Police was created under House Bill #247 on May 29, 1903. Initially, five men, paid three dollars a day, were hired to enforce state liquor and vice laws, making it one of the oldest State Police forces in the nation. [3]

  3. List of law enforcement agencies in Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Connecticut.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.

  4. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department

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    The MTA Police Department is the primary railroad police agency in New York State and Connecticut. The New York City subways are patrolled by the NYPD Transit Bureau under contract since 1994. Since 2019, the MTA Police has officers conducting daily subway patrols in New York City in an effort to assist the NYPD in addressing quality of life ...

  5. Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public ...

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    The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection was created due to a statewide reorganization of state agencies. The reorganization dissolved the Department of Public Safety, merged the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, dissolved the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS) and merged the Police ...

  6. Connecticut State Capitol Police - Wikipedia

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    The State Capitol Police Department maintains statewide jurisdiction and arrest powers to accommodate the diverse nature of their work. [1] National accreditation was granted to the State Capitol Police Department by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies on March 22, 2003. Officers meet and maintain police officer ...

  7. State police (United States) - Wikipedia

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    ] WVSP is the 4th oldest State Police agency in the United States of America. Governor John Jacob Cornwell was insistent upon having a State Police force which he said, "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the ...

  8. Constables in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Constables had full police powers by state law and carried out occasional to frequent patrol work in addition to service of process and serving arrest warrants. Legislation in 1923 allowed the creation of municipal courts in cities with over 40,000 people, with marshals to enforce their orders and provide security. As populations grew, and ...

  9. Category : State law enforcement agencies of Connecticut

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    Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police; Connecticut State Marshal; Connecticut State Police This page was last edited on 4 January 2009, at 23:04 ...