State troopers, define:

You must be in one of those 'proper English' states - in Missouri we call a state cop a 'burr' - unless he's in a pick-em up truck, then he's a "dizzle burr".

We're not very PC here either. You may note that I referred to said 'burr' as a 'he', not that it couldn't be a 'she', it's just we don't have many of them 'please pull me over and frisk me' troopers here.

 

I had a better understanding in Missouri when it came to organizing police escorts for a load. They have this state divided into 'Troop Headquarters' - lettered A,B,C,D etc. Multiple counties in each troop hq. We started from Troop D, with 2 troopers, and they returned at the end of the day - the second day the next 2 came out of a Troop HQ closer to where we were.

I notice they also are called in on some criminal matters - I think officer involved shootings was one.

 

@TROOPER to TRUCKER

 

I hate to pick on jersey state police cause I spend alot of time there but they really need to update from having the ugliest patrol vehicles and those uniforms look like something out of marching band .

 

The word trooper has been used for over 120 years by the way for almost all state law enforcment officers. It is interchangable with the word cop or police officer.

 

Many state law enforcement agencies also have mutual assistance agreements with neighboring states and even beyond that .
A few years ago when the Lakota souix in north dakota were protesting a pipeline and getting ugly Nebraska sent several troopers up there to help nd state patrol.

 

In the case of certain felonies, yes. Generally speaking stay in your lane/jurisdiction.

Here in Sconnie the State Patrol has jurisdiction over the whole state however they specialize according to State mandate which will generally be on your individual states corresponding website. For example:

"Mission Statement" Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of State Patrol (DSP)

It's the County boys you need to be wary of. County Sheriffs typically have the most power in the States where they are elected and not appointed. They answer to no one ESPECIALLY if they are at the end of their careers and dont care about re election.