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Unit/Organization Information
  • State of Maryland
  • Maryland State Police
Location
Coin Location: 301C12
Homebase: Pikesville, Maryland
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 25 April 2019
Donated by: SFC Justin Seager, 3rd Battalion 278th ACR
Copies: 1 of 1

C006106

Location: 301C12 Height: 1.5

Coin: Organization

Civilian

Narrative

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Maryland State Police

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.

Until 1921, Maryland had no state-wide police force. In that year, in response to increasing crime, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles organized a team of police officers who were given statewide jurisdiction to enforce traffic and criminal laws. They gained jurisdiction through deputization by county sheriffs. In 1935, the Maryland State Police was established as a separate unit of state government, funded out of revenues from the Department of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.