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The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforcement agency which handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police was founded in 1905 by order of Governor Samuel Pennypacker, by signing Senate Bill 278 on May 2, 1905. The bill was signed in response to the Great Anthracite Strike of 1902.
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.. Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.
The Pennsylvania Constable is a person elected to the public office of Constable. Constables by virtue of their office, are Public Officials, they are peace officers, although they are law enforcement officers. Constables are the oldest law enforcement in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Title 44 of Act 49 of 2009. [15]
April 29, 2024 at 7:20 PM. PHILADELPHIA - The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced Monday that all patrol troopers assigned to Troop K which covers Philadelphia, Montgomery, and Delaware ...
May 9, 2024 at 7:12 PM. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the ...
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Police Force was established in 1895 under Governor Daniel Hartman Hastings, the state's 21st Governor. The enactment authorized the Capitol Police as the first Pennsylvania police agency under Commonwealth jurisdiction and the second oldest state police organization in the United States, after the Texas Rangers. [4]
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