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In 1948, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted the State Police Act, creating the Kentucky State Police and making Kentucky the 38th state to create a force whose jurisdiction extends throughout the given state. The act was signed July 1 of that year by Governor Earle C. Clements. The force was modeled after the Pennsylvania State Police.
] 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 ...
Speeders and street racers in Kentucky have a new pony car to contend with in the law enforcement stable. The Kentucky State Police has gotten its hands on at least one example of the all-new 2024 ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 389 law enforcement agencies employing 7,833 sworn police officers, about 183 for each 100,000 residents.
Kentucky State Police Commissioner Col. Philip Burnett Jr. speaks about operation United Front that targeted human trafficking that resulted in the rescue of 21 victims and the arrest of 41 ...
Kentucky State Police have located a possible murder suspect who was considered armed and dangerous, the agency announced Monday. KSP was notified Monday morning by the Grayson County Sheriff’s ...
The 1939–40 Police Blue Book published by the International Association of Chiefs of Police listed 146 employees, 56 patrol cars, and 21 motorcycles for the Kentucky Highway Patrol. [3] On July 1, 1948, the Kentucky Highway Patrol was abolished due to the passage of the State Police Act, which was promoted by Governor Earle C. Clements.
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