State troopers, define:

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A State trooper has authority in any part of the state period. They are normally assigned an area by their supervisor but an travel anywhere in the state. However cities and counties have jurisdiction over their respective cities and counties. How that is divided up is different in each state.

 

They’re called “Trucker £uck3r5” in my neck of the woods.

 

Just so Ya’ll are aware 4 months ago here in Iowa some not all State Dicks are now allowed to CMV road side inspections from what I have seen they are obvious to spot they drive white Chevy 4 door pickups with the highway patrol decal on the door. Just putting that out there. And they are 1st class Aholes don’t ask me how I know

 

Those are the relabled smurfs. Up until a few years ago, all their vehicles were blue, hence the smurf tag on the CB among locals. Like every other group, (well, maybe not Minnesota,) most of them are alright with a few uptight pricks. They also have Tahoes, BTW.

 

Iowa has the blue Smurf blazers and the white blazers but both those are strictly diesel cop and the emblem on their doors say Commercial Vehicle enforcement the Highway Patrol officers that double as diesel cops too are driving the Chevy 4 door white pickups they just started that this summer

 

CVE got rolled into the State Patrol this summer. They were all getting new emblems eventually. It's the same bunch.

 

The way I under stood it not all of the patrol officers are going to be certified to be able to do inspections

 

As a former law enforcement officer I think I shed some light on the subject.

As the name implies a State Trooper generally has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. Sheriff’s deputies are limited to counties or if in Louisiana, parishes. Police officers are usually limited to the incorporated limits of a city, town, village etc…

In some cases such as large metropolitan areas where the incorporated city limits are the same as the county/parish lines you tend to have metropolitan police forces where the area of the jurisdiction is the same. But, in those cases the Sheriff and his deputies provide certain services and the Police Chief and his officers perform other duties. However, in such instances they tend to have interagency task forces so resources are shared and not duplicated to address specific issues commonly faced by both agencies.