 The department's sworn personnel hold the title "State Troopers" and are addressed as "Trooper" (with the exception of sworn Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and Facilities Security Branch personnel, both of which hold the title and are addressed as "Officer") and its nickname is "The Thin Gray Line".In 1948, the Kentucky General Assembly enacted the State Police Act, creating the Kentucky State Police and making Kentucky the 38th state to create a force whose jurisdiction extends throughout the given state.The act was signed July 1 of that year by Governor Earle C. Clements.