Have You Ever Seen State Troopers in NYC (all 5 Boros)? (New York: airports, train station)

[Joe63]

Thanks for the recent contributions to this thread, but particularly to Wordyword for the ad describing one brand of license plate reader. In a Thanksgiving Day round trip on the Whitestone and Throgs Neck, I saw six troopers parked, all with their lights flashing, "Hey! I'm here." However, I did not see them go after anyone. No MTA police cars were in sight.
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I noticed the readers on only one trunk, but attention to my driving was more important. Southbound at 4:30 p.m., the Whitestone approach was maybe 15 or 20 mph from Westchester Avenue south to the bridge, where the speed picked up. I suspect lanes lost on the right caused the slowdown, with mergers from the right. Only the 3 left lanes go under the gantry.

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by Joe63

Thanks for the recent contributions to this thread, but particularly to Wordyword for the ad describing one brand of license plate reader. In a Thanksgiving Day round trip on the Whitestone and Throgs Neck, I saw six troopers parked, all with their lights flashing, "Hey! I'm here." However, I did not see them go after anyone. No MTA police cars were in sight.
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I noticed the readers on only one trunk, but attention to my driving was more important. Southbound at 4:30 p.m., the Whitestone approach was maybe 15 or 20 mph from Westchester Avenue south to the bridge, where the speed picked up. I suspect lanes lost on the right caused the slowdown, with mergers from the right. Only the 3 left lanes go under the gantry.

The city now has undercover taxis cars, Jeep Cherokee, Nissan Altima as unmarked cars

[Klassyhk]

Originally Posted by Bronxguyanese

NYS troopers and NYS police patrol NYC transit hubs such as LGA, JFK, MTA Penn Station, MTA Grand Central Terminal, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Fulton Transit Center and World Trade Center. This is where I have seen them mostly. I also saw one patrolling Yankee Stadium. NYS Troopers are at times posted at DMV locations throughout the city. Some months ago, NYPD, PAPD, MTAPD, NYSTP and Amtrak police arrived on to a minor crime scene within a flash. I have to say that NYC has way too much law enforcement these days. You also have Homeland security, FBI, ATF offices here, state and federal court officers, city, state and federal prison guards or correctional officers. This city has way too much law enforcement.

They have to be a police state because this place has such a high percentage of criminals: mafia, cartels, lower level drug dealers, robbers, murderers, rapists, pedophiles, molesters, criminally insane, ghetto violence, domestic violence, thieves, shoplifters, illegal immigration, trafficking, prostitution, swindlers, hackers, identity theft perpetrators, illegal betting & gambling, smugglers, you name it. Most of these crimes cut across all socio-economic classes.

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by Werdywerd

FYI the Bridge and Tunnel Officer cars are now painted to mimic State Trooper Cars. You can tell them apart by the plate and writing on the rear/front.

Bridge/Tunnel Police say "NEW YORK STATE" or "Highway" on the side. Trooper cars say "STATE POLICE"
Also different patch on the front doors.

For example, here is a newly painted Bridge and Tunnel car

ahhhh sneaky! Did not know that, I'll be on the lookout this weekend

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by mathjak107

the troopers were given special readers that can get a notification when a driver passes through the toll readers has not paid the past tolls they owe . they can then run them down and catch them .

Originally Posted by Werdywerd

Correct, State Troopers, NYPD and Bridge/Tunnel Police have had LPR's installed on their cars for years. As you drive by it runs your plate against a known database of wanted criminals, people who have outstanding warrants, outstanding fines, etc. Basically they can program it to whatever they are looking for.

I don't think he was talking about LPR's, I think he was talking about relay devices that get a notice from the EZ-Pass / Plate readers when cars with no plates or outstanding tolls get onto the bridge. They get images of the car and run them down before they get off the bridge

[BPt111]

You see them heavy in Upstate, Western, Capital region of NY state now going patrol city highways more now. I saw couple of them hiding in NYC highways.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IikYfASSI0

[vp701]

I know that this thread is quite old but..

Just saw a blue state trooper car (blue car with gold letters), on Northern Blvd towards Manhattan right before the BQE.

[mathjak107]

come to bay terrace here in bayside queens by the bridges , they are here daily . but if you look at the door they are a special detail. they are state police but with bridge and tunnel emblems

[BBMW]

I saw one today who had a van pulled over near the WTC/WFC area on West Street.

[Kefir King]

I have not seen a state trooper in NYC since 1970.