slapmonkay
Campaign Veteran
I highly doubt it. Please provide a who-what-when-where, relating to when this actually worked.
No Washington police agency has command authority over any other. The State Patrol is not superior to any other police agency in this state. All officers working for all agencies in this state (excluding federal) are simply commissioned officers. Again, none has any command authority over any other. Titles of rank only apply within individual agencies.
You don't need a trooper to report a violation of the law by a police officer. Any commissioned officer will do - they all have the same authority.
That's not completely correct. The sheriff is the supreme authority within his jurisdiction.