But Michigan State Police ... The high-tech beacon combined with the signature blue and gold paint job and their reflective "Stop — State Police" hood placard makes for a distinctive police ...

Two years later, the Constabulary was made into a permanent peacekeeping force, renamed the Michigan State Police ... than those with a single overhead beacon. Because the rounded shape ...

The Michigan State Constabulary ... people could recognize police vehicles because reflective materials wouldn't be used until 1954, and roof-mounted rotating beacon lights were even further ...