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However, some Highway Patrol organizations, such as the North Carolina State Highway Patrol are specifically charged with the enforcement of traffic laws, and while able to enforce other laws, they are not official " state police " agencies in the same vein as the California Highway Patrol or the New Jersey State Police.

In other cases, states like Texas have a bona fide and appropriately-named state police department such as the Texas Department of Public Safety, of which only one arm is a highway patrol unit.

In addition, the police departments of Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia have highway patrol units.

A privately compiled list of Highway Patrol organizations and similar state police agencies is available on the web.

The Iowa State Patrol maintains a list of phone numbers and * and # cell phone numbers for non-emergency calls to the dispatchers of the Highway Patrol organizations in all 50 states.

These numbers are useful for motorists who want to report aggressive driving, driving under the influence, or other dangerous but not life-threatening situations that do not require a 9-1-1 call.