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When I lived in Indiana, the Indiana State Police (which most residents would consider to be the equivalent to "highway patrol") investigated a lot of things th
by mikestew 5y ago
When I lived in Indiana, the Indiana State Police (which most residents would consider to be the equivalent to "highway patrol") investigated a lot of things that had nothing to do with patrolling highways. I imagine this situation works the same, but with poor labelling ("highway patrol" serving more like "state police" in at least some situations).
- the_only_law 5y agoGrowing up in Georgia, there was a state law enforcement agency called the GBI (like FBI, but state). There was also a highway patrol. Personally I’d suspect the former would be the one involved in something like this.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoWow, I had no idea American police systems were so numerous. In Canada, we have the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). In most parts of the country, that's it—they do everything, from highway patrol to intelligence. Ontario and Quebec chose to take over from the RCMP for provincial policing matters with their own police services, and many cities have their own police services for local matters, but the RCMP is the national police service and has jurisdiction everywhere.