Some other sources for the discussion:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Railroad_police - one poster refers to a CN police officer serving in Minnesota whose authority has not been challenged by the state
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http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,16231 - another reference to Minnesota, where the poster (secondhand from a UP police officer serving in Minnesota) claims that Minnesota will recognize the authority of railroad police when convenient for the State
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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id ... &year=2009 - authority of peace officers from states adjoining Minnesota
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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes?id= ... &year=2009 and
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes?id= ... &year=2009 - authority of railroad employees to make arrests under certain limited conditions, as long as the prisoner is ultimately relinquished to a peace officer's custody.
Also, I ran across a picture of a DM&IR railroad policeman's badge, recently sold here:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/d ... -127021027. That line was almost entirely within the state of Minnesota, so unless the Missabe stationed all of its policemen on the short section of track in Wisconsin, it's a fair assumption that the state has tolerated railroad policemen for at least 75 years (as listed on the ad.)
Finally, if anyone wants a job as an illegal policeman
, here you go:
http://www.policeone.com/careers/454093 ... eapolis-MN