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The California State Police (CSP) was the state-level security police agency from 1887 to 1995 for the U.S. state of California. It merged with the California Highway Patrol in 1995.
California police officers' authority is derived from the California Penal Code (PC) beginning with Section 830. PC 830.1 includes the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) along with local and county agencies. PC 830.2 includes the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and nine other state agencies. PC 830.3 includes 21 state agencies with law ...
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the principal state police agency for the U.S. state of California. The CHP has primary patrol jurisdiction over all California highways and roads and streets outside city limits, and can exercise law enforcement powers anywhere within the state.
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The primary focus of the Highway Patrol has always been California's freeways and the highways in the unincorporated areas of our state, but the merger with the CSP has changed and broadened the scope of the Department.
Almost half of California’s law enforcement officers work for municipal police departments. In 2022 there were 116,000 full-time law enforcement employees in California; roughly 76,100 were sworn law enforcement officers (with full arrest powers) and about 40,000 were civilian staff.
11 maj 2021 · As for state police, 4% of officers from the California Department of Justice and only two of 6,778 Highway Patrol officers have taken the state course on the new law since 2019, according to the POST data.
