state police

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"For operational reasons, I won't go into who may be arrested but obviously we're working very closely with Commonwealth authorities," New South Wales state police commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Thursday before their arrival.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

At the time, Snyder wrote she was “constrained” to block the mask ban because of a last-minute carve-out exempting state police, finding it discriminated against the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Such decisions are rarely made public because of state police privacy laws.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The FBI, working with state police, is pursuing “every last detail” about the shooter’s possible connection to terrorism, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

When the Michigan state police raided an illegal Detroit bar, they discovered the local congressman, the local sheriff, and the city’s mayor all having a drink.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler