Duties
The Delaware Capitol Police have statewide jurisdiction to include traffic enforcement. Jurisdiction over State-owned properties in all three counties, serving all three branches of government - executive, judicial, and legislative. Most notably, the Capitol Police are known for providing security screening and patrol services in Delaware's courthouses, including investigating crimes taking place within the courthouses, responding to security incidents in courtrooms, supplementing security services provided by court bailiffs, detaining individuals who are found at the courthouse with open capiases, and taking newly-convicted or sentenced defendants into custody pending transfer to the Delaware Department of Correction. The Capitol police also provide security and screening services at the Delaware State Capitol, ensuring security of the Delaware judiciary, and providing executive protection at the Governor's official residence, Woodburn.
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Famous quotes containing the word duties:
“The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government—not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
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—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)