THP vs. TST

[zonian149]

OK dumb question for the day, I have lived in Tennesse for 15 years but only started scanning recently. I know who and what the Tennessee Highway Patrol is, but what the heck are Tennessee State Troopers? I have the frequencies for the THP but what are the frequencies for the TST?

 

[dsbyrd]

OK dumb question for the day, I have lived in Tennesse for 15 years but only started scanning recently. I know who and what the Tennessee Highway Patrol is, but what the heck are Tennessee State Troopers? I have the frequencies for the THP but what are the frequencies for the TST?

They are one in the same. The officers who constitute the Tennessee Highway Patrol are referred to as State Troopers.

 

[zonian149]

I have seen their cars with Tennessee Highway Patrol and Tennessee State Trooper, this is what had me confused.

 

[dsbyrd]

I have seen their cars with Tennessee Highway Patrol and Tennessee State Trooper, this is what had me confused.

Not sure why they would mark them differently, but they are definitely one agency. Here's an excerpt from the Dept. of Safety's website that gives you a little history of the force:

"The department has come a long way since the first State Police Force was created in 1929, patterned after the historic Texas Rangers. The department itself was established by the General Assembly in 1939, a decade after Governor Henry Horton signed a law creating the Tennessee Highway Patrol, an offshoot of the State Police Force. Today, the department and its highly trained state troopers are responsible for safety on more than 87,000 miles of state and federal highways."

http://www.state.tn.us/safety/

 

[fyreman252]

The black and tan cars should all look the same, if the difference in the cars lettering in question is the white cars, not the B&T, the white cars were what used to be the commercial vehicle enforcement, about a year ago, THP changed all CVE's to Troopers, and changed the wording on thier cars to reflect that. That may be the difference, but like previously stated, they are one in the same.

 

[zonian149]

What I saw was a black and tan car with Tennesse State Trooper labeled on the side of it.

 

[CORN]

The THP cars used to, maybe still do, have Tennessee Highway Patrol on the door but had State Trooper either on the back trunk of the car or on the side in the back. But either way they are the same thing. Or you can say if you have all the freqs for the THP then you have all the freqs for the State Troopers.