highway patrol

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California highway patrol is getting wise to jackets and mannequins by carpool lane cheaters.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

But much of it stripped powers from the state’s governor, taking away authority over everything from the highway patrol to the utilities commission.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

The highway patrol then attempted a "PIT manoeuvre", a controversial technique law enforcement use to force a fleeing vehicle to suddenly spin sideways and stop.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

California has more than 220,000 full-time state employees and about 60% work in positions, as janitors and highway patrol officers for example, that already require them to report in-person daily.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

He was supposed to help pursue cases for the highway patrol that were taking a lot of time, that the individual troopers didn’t have resources to pursue.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel