State troopers, define:

Without looking it up I've always thought by county.

 

Pretty sure its state specific. Most northeast states they only patrol on the divided highways, leave the secondary state roads to the locals. They do have jurisdiction over the whole state though. Had Mass SP pull me over for an inspection sticker on a secondary road once. He mustve been coming back from a court date or something

 

Jurisdiction and patrol area are 2 different things.

 

State Police have statewide authority.

 

No matter where I was, in town or on the big road, I tried not to garner the attention of those revenue collectors...

 

I know in NC they have jurisdiction in the entire state. And normally they handle all interstate issues, but that don’t mean they don’t work the counties.

 

Watch the movie Super Troopers, that’ll teach ya about jurisdiction!

 

State police have statewide authority. But that doesn’t mean you’ll find smoky on some back county road. I’m from
California and I believe it’s still the case, could be wrong, but any police officer in the state has authority statewide. Like an LAPD officer driving a marked police car could technically stop you outside of LA, but doing so outside of one’s jurisdiction would be complicated, so I’m sure unless they spotted something pretty egregious they more then likely wouldn’t bother.

 

A sound decision.