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The highways are patrolled on a contract basis. Sheriff or SCPD can bid on the contract and the state approves (as usual) the low bidder. From what I heard form a buddy of mine in the Sheriff dept, there have been some issues about not paying OT and not having the manpower to continue to patrol for the remainder of the current and the next contract. From my understanding, The Troopers are pushing to get it and run another class of new hires, and they have not replaced ANY of the retired troopers over the past 6 years. Troopers only run the parkways for the most part downstate and there seems to be a push for a larger presence of troopers here.