List of law enforcement agencies

This is a list of law enforcement agencies, organized by continent and then by country.

International

• Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
• Europol (European Police Office)
• European Union Police Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
• United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

Africa

Morocco

• La Sûreté Nationale (National Police Force)
• La Gendarmerie Royale (Royal Military Police Force)

South Africa

• South African Police Service

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Republic Police

Asia

People's Republic of China

• Ministry of Public Security
• People's Armed Police

A woman asking a Hong Kong policeman for directions.

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Police
• Independent Commission Against Corruption
• Immigration Department
• Customs and Excise Department
• Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force

Macau

• Macau Security Force

ROC Coast Guard patrol boats

Republic of China (Taiwan)

• National Police Agency
• Republic of China Coast Guard
• Republic of China Military Police

India

• Central Reserve Police Force
• Indian Police Service
• Mumbai Police
• Punjab police

Iraq

• Iraqi Police

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Skoda Octavia, Israel Police Patrol Car

Israel

• Israel Border Police
• Israeli police
• YAMAM

Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car

Japan

• Imperial Guard of Japan
• National Police Agency
• National Public Safety Commission
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

• National Police Agency
• National Public Safety Commission

Malaysia

• Royal Malaysian Police

Philippines

• Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
• Philippine National Police

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Police National Service officers help boost manpower requirements in the Singapore Police Force

Singapore

• Singapore Police Force
  • Special Operations Command
    • Crisis Negotiation Unit
    • Police K-9 Unit
    • Police National Service Full-time Light Strike Force
    • Police Tactical Unit
    • Special Tactics and Rescue
• Auxiliary Police Forces
  • Aetos Security Management
  • CISCO Security Private Limited
  • SATS Security Services
• Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
• Internal Security Department
• National Police Cadet Corps
• Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command

Europe

Austria

• Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Office of Investigation)
  • Landeskriminalamt (State Branch of Federal Office of Investigation)
• Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
• Stadtpolizei (Local Police)
• Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando (Federal SWAT unit)
• Justizwache (Penitentiary Police)

France

Main article: Police in France

• Gendarmerie Nationale
  • Groupement de sécurité et d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GSIGN, military SWAT units and presidential protective detail)
    • EPIGN (airborne unit)
    • GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale)
• Police Nationale
  • Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité
• Customs (Douane)
• Local police (police municipale)
• Royal polices and territorial guard (Wallis and Futuna)
• Department of Corrections (Administration pénitentiaire)
  • Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT teams)

German Policemen with automatic guns

Germany

• Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Office)
• Landeskriminalamt (State Criminal Office)
• Bundespolizei (BPOL) (Federal Police)
  • Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9) (Border Guard Group 9)
  • Fliegergruppe (Federal Police Air Group)
• Landespolizei (State Police)
  • Schutzpolizei (SchuPo) (Standard Branch of State Police)
  • Kriminalpolizei (KriPo) (Detective Branch of State Police)
  • Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo) (Riot Police Branch of State Police)
  • Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) (SWAT unit of State Police)
• Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Federal Parliament Police)
• Ordnungsamt (Local Police)
• Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Service)
  • Landzoll (Federal Customs Police)
  • Wasserzoll (Federal Maritime Customs Police)
  • Zollkriminalamt (Customs Investigations Police)
    • Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) (Customs SWAT Unit)
• Justiz (Penitentiary Police)

Iceland

Main article: Icelandic Police

• Lögreglan (National Police)
• Tollgæzlan (Customs Police)

Ireland

A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána.

• Auxiliary Division
• Criminal Assets Bureau
• Dublin Metropolitan Police
• Garda Síochána na hÉireann
• Royal Irish Constabulary (disbanded)

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Italian "Guardia di Finanza"

Italy

• Carabinieri (Military Police)
• Guardia di Finanza (Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a Military Corp)
• Polizia di Stato (State Police)
• Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police)
• Corpo Forestale dello Stato (State Forestry Corps)
• Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police; originally called the Vigiles or Vigili Urbani)

The Netherlands

• Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary)
• Korps Landelijke Politiediensten (National Police)
• 25 regional police forces
• FIOD-ECD (fiscal and economic law enforcement)

Norway

• Politidirektoratet (National Police Directorate)
• Økokrim (National Economic and Fraud Police)
• Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (National Security Police)

Poland

• Policja (former Milicja Obywatelska)
• Centralne Biuro Śledcze

Russia

• MVD
• KGB followed by FSB
• Federal Protective Service
• Presidential Security Service
  • Militsiya

Spain

• Spanish security forces

Sweden

• Swedish National Police Board
• SÄPO (National Police Board Department of Security)

Switzerland

• Federal Police (Bundespolizei, Bundeskriminalpolizei)
• State Police (Kantonspolizei, Police Cantonale, Polizia Cantonale)
• Local Police (Stadtpolizei, Police Municipale, Polizia Municipale, Pulizia Cumûnala)

Ukraine

• MVS
• Militsiya

United Kingdom

Policing an animal rights demonstration in Oxford. Horse, car and bicycle police transport can be seen

Main article: List of police forces in the United Kingdom

Main article: British police

• British Transport Police
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
• Ministry of Defence Police
• MI5 (Security Service)
• MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
• National Crime Squad
• Royal Air Force Police
• Royal Marines Police
• Royal Military Police
• Royal Navy Regulating Branch
• Royal Parks Constabulary (now defunct)
• Serious Organised Crime Agency (not yet active)

England

• Avon and Somerset Constabulary
• Bedfordshire Police
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• Cheshire Constabulary
• City of London Police
• Cleveland Police
• Cumbria Constabulary
• Derbyshire Constabulary
• Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
• Mersey Tunnels Police
• Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard)
  • Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department
  • Special Branch
• Norfolk Constabulary
• Thames Valley Police
• West Mercia Constabulary
• West Midlands Police

Scotland

Mounted police in Edinburgh

• Grampian Police

Wales

• South Wales Police

Northern Ireland

• Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Royal Ulster Constabulary (disbanded)
• Ulster Special Constabulary (disbanded)

Vatican

• Swiss Guard
• Vigilanza

North America

Bermuda

• Bermuda Police Service
• Bermuda Reserve Police
• Airport Security Police

Canada

Ontario police car on night patrol.

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Emergency Response Team (ERT)
• Durham Regional Police
• Gatineau Police
• Halifax Regional Police
• Laval Police
• London Police Service
• Ontario Provincial Police
• Peel Regional Police
• Quebec City Police
• Rivière-du-Nord Police
• Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
• Montreal Police
• Sûreté du Québec
• Toronto Police Service
• Vancouver Police Department
• York Regional Police

United States

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U.S. Secret Service officers on foot patrol.

An NYPD boat patrols the New York Harbor.

Federal

• United States Department of Education
  • Office of the Inspector General
• United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • United States Food and Drug Administration
    • Office of Criminal Investigations
• Department of Justice
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE)
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • United States Marshals Service
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    • FBI Counterterrorism Division
    • Hostage Rescue Team
• Department of Homeland Security
  • Coast Guard
  • United States Secret Service
  • Directorate of Border and Transportation Security
    • Customs Service - absorbed
    • Transportation Security Administration
    • Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
      • Federal Air Marshal
      • Federal Protective Service
    • U.S. Customs and Border Protection
      • United States Border Patrol
• Bureau of Diplomatic Security
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service
• United States Capitol Police
• United States Park Police
• United States Postal Inspection Service
• Veterans Affairs Police
• United States Mint Police

State and Local

Main article: List of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies

Alabama

• Alabama Highway Patrol (DPS)

Arizona

• Arizona Highway Patrol(DPS)
• Arizona Rangers (Merged with DPS)

California

• California Highway Patrol
  • California State Police -absorbed
• Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
• Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
  • SWAT
• San Diego County Sheriff's Department
  • ASTREA (air support unit)

Connecticut

• Connecticut State Police

District of Columbia

• Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia

Florida

• Hernando County Sheriff's Office
• Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
• Boynton Beach Police Department
• Florida Highway Patrol

Hawaii

• Honolulu Police Department

Illinois

• Chicago Police Department

Iowa

• Iowa State Patrol

Maryland

• Anne Arundel County Police Department
• Baltimore City Police Department
• Baltimore County Police Department
• Baltimore County Sheriff's Department
• Baltimore County Police Department
• Harford County Sheriff's Department
• Montgomery County Police Department
• MD Dept. of Natural Resources Police
• Maryland State Police
• Prince George's County Police Department
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County Police Department

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts State Police
• Boston Police Department
  • Boston Police Special Operations Unit

Nebraska

• Nebraska State Patrol
• Omaha Police Department

Nevada

• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

New York

• New York State Police
• New York City Police Department (NYPD)
  • Emergency Service Unit
  • New York City Transit Police - absorbed

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia Highway Patrol
• Philadelphia Police Department
• Cheltenham Police Department
• Chester Police Deparment

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island State Police

Texas

• Texas Ranger Division (the "Texas Rangers")
• Texas Department of Public Safety

Washington

• Seattle Police Department
• University of Washington Police Department
• Washington State Patrol

Oceania

Australia

• Australian Federal Police
  • Australian Protective Service
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• New South Wales Police
• Northern Territory Police
• Queensland Police
• South Australia Police
• Tasmania Police
• Victoria Police
• Western Australia Police

New Zealand

• New Zealand Police

South America

Argentina

See also: Sistema de Seguridad Interior (SSI) (Interior Security System)

Federal

• Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (GNA) (Argentine National Gendarmerie)
• Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA) (Argentine Naval Prefecture)
• Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria (PSA) (Airport Security Police)
• Policía Federal Argentina (PFA) (Argentine Federal Police)
• Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) (Federal Penitentiary Service)
• Oficina Anticorrupción (OA) (Counter Corruption Bureau)

Provincial

• Policía Bonaerense (Buenos Aires Police)
• Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe (Santa Fe Province Police)
• Policía de la Provincia de Córdoba (Córdoba Province Police)
• Policía de la Provincia de Tucumán (Tucumán Province Police)

Local

• Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Urban Guard)

Disbanded agencies

Note: Many of these fall under the definition of secret police and derive from that list.

Nazi Germany

• Ordnungspolizei (Order Police)
• Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police)
• Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
• Gestapo (Secret State Police)

East Germany

• Volkspolizei (People's Police)
• Stasi (State Security Police)

Fascist Italy

• Milizia Volontaria (Volunteer Militia; Blackshirts)
• Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (National Republician Guard)

Philippines

• Philippine Constabulary

Communist Romania

• Securitate

Soviet Union

• KGB (Committee for State Security)

See also

• List of intelligence agencies
• List of protective service agencies
• Police