State police

In Argentina, as a federal country, each province has its own independent police force and its responsible of its funding, training and equipment.

The German federal constitution leaves the majority of law enforcement responsibilities to the 16 states of the country.

The Constitution of India delineates the roles and responsibilities of both the central and state governments, with matters related to police, public order, and law and order falling under the purview of the state governments.

Unlike state police forces, the Delhi Police operate under the direct control of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, government of India due to Delhi's status as both the national capital territory and a union territory.

Each of the 32 states of Mexico maintains a separate law enforcement agency or Policía Estatal.

Each of these state forces is tasked with the protection of their citizens, keeping local order and combating insecurity and drug trafficking.

In general, these police agencies perform functions outside the jurisdiction of the county sheriff, such as enforcing traffic laws on state highways and interstate expressways, overseeing the security of the state capitol complex, protecting the governor, training new officers for local police forces too small to operate an academy, providing technological and scientific services, supporting local police and helping to coordinate multi-jurisdictional task force activity in serious or complicated cases in those states that grant full police powers statewide.

The term highway patrol tends to be more common in the southeast and mountain west states.

In addition, all the territories of the United States have a police force with similar territory-wide authority: