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
- La Sûreté Nationale (National Police Force)
- La Gendarmerie Royale (Royal Military Police Force)
- Hong Kong Police
- Independent Commission Against Corruption
- Immigration Department
- Customs and Excise Department
- Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Imperial Guard of Japan
- National Police Agency
- National Public Safety Commission
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Singapore Police Force
- Auxiliary Police Forces
- Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
- Internal Security Department
- National Police Cadet Corps
- Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command
- 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)
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Police Nationale
- Customs (Douane)
- Local police (police municipale)
- Royal polices and territorial guard (Wallis and Futuna)
- Department of Corrections (Administration pénitentiaire)
- 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)
- Lögreglan (National Police)
- Tollgæzlan (Customs Police)
- Auxiliary Division
- Criminal Assets Bureau
- Dublin Metropolitan Police
- Garda Síochána na hÉireann
- Royal Irish Constabulary (disbanded)
- 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)
- Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary)
- Korps Landelijke Politiediensten (National Police)
- 25 regional police forces
- FIOD-ECD (fiscal and economic law enforcement)
- Politidirektoratet (National Police Directorate)
- Økokrim (National Economic and Fraud Police)
- Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (National Security Police)
- Swedish National Police Board
- SÄPO (National Police Board Department of Security)
- Federal Police (Bundespolizei, Bundeskriminalpolizei)
- State Police (Kantonspolizei, Police Cantonale, Polizia Cantonale)
- Local Police (Stadtpolizei, Police Municipale, Polizia Municipale, Pulizia Cumûnala)
- 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)
- 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)
- Norfolk Constabulary
- Thames Valley Police
- West Mercia Constabulary
- West Midlands Police
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
- Royal Ulster Constabulary (disbanded)
- Ulster Special Constabulary (disbanded)
Vatican
- 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
Federal
- United States Department of Education
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Justice
- Department of Homeland Security
- Coast Guard
- United States Secret Service
- Directorate of Border and Transportation Security
- 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
- Alabama State Troopers (DPS)
- Arizona Highway Patrol(DPS)
- Arizona Rangers (Merged with DPS)
- California Highway Patrol
- California State Police -absorbed
- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
- Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)
- San Diego County Sheriff's Department
- Hernando County Sheriff's Office
- Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
- Boynton Beach Police Department
- Florida Highway Patrol
- 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
- Philadelphia Highway Patrol
- Philadelphia Police Department
- Cheltenham Police Department
- Chester Police Deparment
- Texas Ranger Division (the "Texas Rangers")
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Australian Federal Police
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
- New South Wales Police
- Northern Territory Police
- Queensland Police
- South Australia Police
- Tasmania Police
- Victoria Police
- Western Australia Police
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.
- Ordnungspolizei (Order Police)
- Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police)
- Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
- Gestapo (Secret State Police)
- Volkspolizei (People's Police)
- Stasi (State Security Police)
- Milizia Volontaria (Volunteer Militia; Blackshirts)
- Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (National Republician Guard)
- KGB (Committee for State Security)