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Description	Washington State Patrol patch
Source	PDF file (archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20211019222452/https://www.wsp.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2019-2022-WSP-Strategic-Plan-Final-Summary-Revised-6-21.pdf)
Article	Washington State Patrol
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