yep, colorado state highway patrol to patrol highways (and protect gov and state capital) plus the CBI, which provides forensic support for various LEO departments, but NO state police force that has state-wide arrest powers ... period ...
in colorado, criminal arrests are performed by county sheriffs, municipal LEOS and highway patrol for stuff that happens on highways ... that’s it ... no state police ...
So city police take care of the cities. The sheriff officers take care of counties so you say that the rest of the state I lawless?