Maryland State Police

Department of Maryland State Police
Common name	Maryland State Police
Abbreviation	MSP
Patch of the Maryland State Police
Seal of the State of Maryland
Badge of the Maryland State Police
Flag of the State of Maryland
Agency overview
Formed	1921; 96 years ago (1921)
Employees	2,429 (as of 2004)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	State of Maryland, U.S.
Maryland State Police Troops
Size	12,407 square miles (32,130 km2)
Population	5,773,552 (2010 census)
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	1201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Maryland, U.S., 21208 39°22′30″N 76°43′23″W / 39.374948°N 76.722973°W / 39.374948; -76.722973Coordinates: 39°22′30″N 76°43′23″W / 39.374948°N 76.722973°W / 39.374948; -76.722973
Troopers	1,483 (as of 2009)
Civilians	733 (as of 2009)
Agency executive	Colonel William M. Pallozzi, Superintendent
Child agency	Maryland State Fire Marshal
Facilities
Barracks	23 Barrack A Barrack B Barrack C Barrack D Barrack E Barrack F Barrack G Barrack H Barrack I Barrack J Barrack L Barrack M Barrack N Barrack O Barrack P Barrack Q Barrack R Barrack S Barrack T Barrack U Barrack V Barrack W Barrack X
Helicopters	10
Airplanes	2
Website
http://www.mdsp.org/
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Maryland State Police (MDSP), officially the Department of Maryland State Police (MSP), is the official state police force of the U.S. state of Maryland. The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP in unincorporated Baltimore County.

The Maryland State Police is organized into a structure based on the United States military, composed of:

The Maryland State Fire Marshal is a member of the department and is charged with investigation and prosecution of suspicious fires and arson throughout the state.

All sworn members are organized into 1 of 4 bureaus or are assigned to the Office of the Superintendent.

The Office of the Superintendent includes staff and units that directly support the administrative responsibilities of the Secretary. Those units and staff report to the Chief of Staff. Some of the main functions of the Office of the Superintendent include:

The Strategic Planning Command deals with all planning within the department. The command manages the Budget and Finance Division, Government Affairs Unit, Policing Division, Staff Inspections Section, and Planning and Research Division. Within the Planning and Research Division is the Property Unit and the Accreditation Section. The Accreditation Section is responsible for authoring, review and issuance of all departmental directives. In addition, this section manages all aspects of the MSP's CALEA accreditation. The MSP received CALEA's coveted Tri-Arc award in November 2014 and is accredited in Law Enforcement, Training Academy, and Communications.

The section collects, analyzes, and coordinates the acquisition and dissemination of criminal intelligence information.

The section has overall responsibility for the prosecution of all sworn disciplinary cases.

The Executive Protection Section provides security for the Governor. Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of the Treasury, and State Treasurer.