Traffic police are police officers, units, and agencies who enforce traffic laws and manage traffic. Traffic police include police who patrol highways, direct traffic, and address traffic infractions. They may be a separate agency from a main police agency, a unit or division within a police agency, or a type of assignment issued to officers; they can also be part of a transportation authority or highway authority.
A Royal Malaysia Police traffic officer directing traffic in Kuala Lumpur
Traffic police at an intersection in Nassau
A Seattle Police Department officer directing traffic in downtown Seattle, 1922. Some early intersections featured concrete islands for traffic lights and traffic officers.
A Nigeria Police Force officer directing traffic at a busy intersection
A highway patrol is a police unit, detail, or law enforcement agency created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways within a jurisdiction. They are also referred to in many countries as traffic police, although in other countries this term is more commonly used to refer to foot officers on point duty who control traffic at junctions.
Western Australia Police, Holden Commodore of the Traffic Enforcement Group
Audi patrol car from the Belgian Federal Police's Roads and Highways Unit
Brazilian Federal police patrol on a Brazilian highway
A highway patrol vehicle of the Lower Saxony State Police
