 In the 2009 film "", Kevin James plays a mall security guard who dreams of becoming a New Jersey State Trooper.In the beginning of the film, he is taking the entry course in the police academy and several training instructors are seen as well as some officers in dress uniforms in the background.Until 1949, the state police provided a meal to patrol officers at the nearest station which was replaced with a meal allowance so they did not need to leave the area where they were patrolling.