state trooper
Example Sentences
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Illinois state troopers pushed Woolf and other demonstrators back with night sticks.
"When I came home, the roads were just blocked with state troopers. You had to show up proof that you lived here to get through," she said.
From BBC
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is aggressively wooing recruits with experience slapping handcuffs on suspects: sheriff’s deputies, state troopers and local cops.
From Los Angeles Times
In late July, Missouri state troopers walked into St. Louis County government headquarters and seized the cellphone of one of the most prominent Democratic officials in this solidly red state.
From Salon
When the Dems skipped out for Oklahoma, Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick sent state troopers to politely ask them to cross back into Texas and return to work.
From Salon
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