HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW PSP HISTORY?


1. Who created the Pennsylvania State Police:?
 

a)  President Theodore Roosevelt
b)  Governor Samuel L. Jackson
c)  Capt. John C. Groome
d)  Governor Samuel W.Pennypacker

 

2. Initially how many Troops were established:?

a)  6
b)  7
c)  4
d)  2

 

3. What Senate Bill was signed in 1905, creating the
Pennsylvania Department of State Police:?
 

a)  Senate Bill 280
b)  Senate Bill 278
c)  Senate Bill 2658
d)  Senate Bill 265

 

4. What name were trainees referred to as... prior to March 2, 1960:?
 

a)  Trainees
b)  Cadets
c)  Student Recruits
d)  All of the above

 

5. What Commissioner established the rank of Colonel and Lt. Colonel:?
 

a)  Col. Frank G. McCartney
b)  Col. Lynn G. Adams
c)  Col. Percy W. Foote
d)  Col. Cecil Wilhelm

 

6. What year was the Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol created:?
 

a)  1921
b)  1923
c)  1924
d)  1928

 

7. In 1937, Act 455 Merged the State Constabulary with which agency:?
 

a)  Pennsylvania State Police
b)  Pennsylvania State Highway Patrol
c)  Pennsylvania Motor Police
d)  Pennsylvania Department of Highways

 

8. What year was the first female applicant accepted as a cadet in the
Pennsylvania State Police:?
 

a)  1969
b)  1971
c)  1973
d)  1975
 
    

 
                                               

 


 



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