Maine State Police
| Maine State Police | |
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| Abbreviation | MSP |
Patch of the Maine State Police
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| Motto | Semper Aequus Always Just |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1921 |
| Preceding agency | State Highway Police |
| Employees | 528 (as of 2004) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Maine, USA |
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| Maine State Police Troops | |
| Size | 33,414 square miles (86,540 km2) |
| Population | 1,317,207 (2007 est.) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Augusta, Maine |
| Troopers | 341 (as of 2016) |
| Civilians | 190 (as of 2004) |
| Agency executive | Robert A. Williams, Colonel |
| Facilities | |
| Troops | 9 |
| Website | |
| http://www.state.me.us/dps/msp/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Maine State Police is the state police agency for Maine, which has jurisdiction across the state. It was created in 1921 to protect the lives, property, and constitutional rights of the citizens of the State of Maine.
The Maine State polices uses
MSP's new cars used to all have interior-mounted emergency lighting, with no lightbars on the roof. But they have slowly started putting extremely low profile light bars on new marked units. The marked cars usually have "ghost graphics," lettering in a blue slightly darker than the color of the car but not easily seen at a glance. Finally, while most marked units have blue license plates, many detective and unmarked units have regular civilian license plates.
Following a motor vehicle accident in July 2015 involving a Maine State Police cruiser and a tractor trailer, the State Police made the decision to begin adding low profile, high output light bars, and new high visibility decals on the new cruisers with the hopes of preventing crashes.
Following the end of Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor production, the MSP recently announced that it has "all but finally settled" on the new Ford Taurus-based Interceptor.
Maine State Troopers go through an intense and rigorous 18-week Basic Law Enforcement training period at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro, Maine. The entrance standards to the Academy are some of the toughest in the United States. Training includes many hours of learning in courses such as firearms, Constitutional law, patrol procedures, criminal behavior, high-speed pursuit and various other criminal justice and social science courses. The training program at the MCJA is nearly as rigorous as the actual job itself, giving new recruits a good idea of the intensity of the demanding profession for which they are preparing. After graduation from the MCJA, Trooper recruits are required to attend another 10 weeks of training in the Recruit Training Troop (RTT). The RTT is even more rigorous than the 18 week Basic Law Enforcement academy.
As Troopers progress in their careers, they are able to join other specialized units, such as the Tactical Team or K9 Unit. These added units require many extra hours of training. Many State Troopers are involved in two to three extra units, depending upon where they are located.
Maine State Troopers patrol from nine barracks located across the state. These barracks are:
Troop K is composed of sworn Troopers that enforce the motor vehicle guideline laws set forth by the State of Maine. These Troopers are members of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement unit, and are based out of the state's capital city, Augusta.
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