List of law enforcement agencies

A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a special, local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It could also refer to a national police force such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies, organized by continent and then by country.

International – Africa – Asia – Europe – North America – Oceania – South America – Disbanded

International

Ameripol, (Police Community of the Americas or Ameripol)
ASEANAPOL, (Inter-Asean Police)^[1]
CLACIP, (La Comunidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Inteligencia Policial)^[2]
EUROGENDFOR (European Gendarmerie Force)
European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
Europol (European Police Office)
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

Africa

Algeria

Angola

Angolan National Police

Benin

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Gendarmerie Nationale

Egypt

Egyptian Police Service

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gendarmerie Nationale

Gambia

Gambia Police Force

Ghana

Ghana Police Service

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Royal Lesotho Mounted Police

Liberia

Liberian National Police

Libya

Libyan People's Security Force

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Gendarmerie Nationale

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mauritius Police Force

Morocco

Gendarmerie Royale du Maroc (paramilitary national police force)
Sûreté Nationale du Maroc (civilian national police force)

Mozambique

Namibia

Nationwide

Namibian Police Force

Municipalities

City Police (in some municipalities)

Niger

Gendarmerie Nationale

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Gendarmerie Nationale

Seychelles

Seychelles Police Force

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Police Force

Somalia

Somali Police Force

South Africa

South African Police Service (SAPS)
Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
National Prosecuting Authority - Directorate of Special Operations (NPA)
Counter Intelligence Agency (SACIA)

Sudan

Sudanese Police Service

Swaziland

Royal Swaziland Police Service

Tanzania

Tanzania Police Force
Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau
local police (mgambo and sungusungu)
special jurisdiction police

Togo

Gendarmerie Nationale

Tunisia

Ministry of Interior
- Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (Police)
- Direction Générale de la Garde Nationale (National Guard)
- Office National de la Protection Civile (Firefighter)
Ministry of Finance
- Direction Générale des Douanes (Custums)
Ministry of Justice
- Direction Générale des Prisons et de la Rééducation (Prisons Guards)
Presidency
- Direction Générale de la Sécurité du Chef de l'Etat et des Personnalités Officielles (Presidential Guards)

Uganda

Zambia

Zambia Police Service

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Republic Police

Asia

Afghanistan

Afghan National Police

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Law enforcement in Bangladesh

Bhutan

Royal Bhutan Police

Brunei

Royal Brunei Police

Cambodia

Cambodian National Police

People's Republic of China

Hong Kong

Macau

Public Security Police Force of Macau

Taiwan

India

Indian Police Service – one of the three all-India civil services

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

State law enforcement agencies

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Iraqi National Police Force (paramilitary)
Iraqi Police Service (civilian)

Israel

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Model of a Skoda Octavia, Israel Police Patrol Car

Israel Defense Forces
Israeli Police Force
Israeli Border Police (A special corps within the Israeli Police Force)
Mossad
Shin Bet

Japan

National Public Safety Commission
- National Police Agency
  - Imperial Guard of Japan
  - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
  - 46 prefecture police departments
Japan Coast Guard (known as the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency from 1949–2000)
Ministry of Finance
- Japan Customs
Ministry of Justice
- Correctional Bureau

Jordan

Law enforcement in Jordan

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Law enforcement in North Korea

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Republic of Korea National Public Safety Commission
- Republic of Korea National Police Agency
  - Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
  - 13 local police agencies
Korea Correctional Service of Ministry of Justice of Korea
Korea Customs Service
Korea Coast Guard (formerly known as the Republic of Korea Maritime Police)
Korea Immigration Service

Kuwait

Royal Kuwaiti Police

Kyrgyzstan

Law enforcement in Kyrgyzstan
Ministry of the Interior Kyrgyzstan National Police^[3]

Laos

Ministry of Security

Lebanon

Internal Security Forces

Malaysia

Police Counter-terrorist Force Pasukan Gerakan Khas during stormed the patrol vessel drill.

Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs

- Royal Malaysian Police (Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia – PDRM)
- National Anti-Drug Agency (Malay: Agensi Anti-Dadah Kebangsaan – AADK)
- Malaysian Prison Department (Malay: Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
- Malaysian Civil Defence Force (Malay: Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia – JPAM)
- RELA Corps
- Immigration Department of Malaysia (Malay: Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia)

Malaysian Ministry of Finance

- Royal Malaysian Custom (Malay: Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia)

Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)

- Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malay: Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
- Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Malay: Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia – SPRM)

Military of Malaysia

- Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja (Royal Military Police Corps)
- Federal Intelligence Department (Malay: Jabatan Perisikan Persekutuan)

Maldives

Mongolia

Law enforcement in Mongolia

Myanmar

Myanmar Police Force

Nepal

Oman

Royal Oman Police

Pakistan

Federal

Provincial

Philippines

Office of the President
- Presidential Security Group (PSG)
- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)

  Optical Media Board (OMB)Enforcement and Investigation Division (REPUBLIC ACT.9239)

- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority – Traffic Enforcement Division (MMDA-TED)
Department of the Interior and Local Government
- Philippine National Police
- Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)
- Bureau of Fire Protection [1] (BFP)
Department of Justice
- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
- Bureau of Immigration—Law Enforcement Division [2] (BI-LED)
Department of Transportation and Communications
- Philippine Ports Authority – Port Police Department (PPA-PPD)
- Land Transportation Office – Law Enforcement Service (LTO-LES)
- Office for Transportation Security (OTS)
- Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
Department of Finance
- Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
  - Collection Enforcement Division (CED)
  - Enforcement Service (ES)
  - Large Taxpayers Collection and Enforcement Division (LTCED)
- Bureau of Customs—Enforcement Group [3] (BOC-EG)
Department of Trade and Industry
- Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group [4] (DTI-CWTRG)
Department of Environment and National Resources
- Law Enforcement and Licenses Division (DENR-LELD)

Qatar

Law enforcement in Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Royal Saudi Arabian Police Force
Saudi Arabian Traffic Police Force
Saudi Arabian Border Guard
Saudi Arabian Coast Guard
Saudi Arabian Customs and Immigration Department
Mabahith (Secret Service)
Hay'ah (Religious Police)

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Police
- Special Task Force
- Criminal Investigation Department
Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police
Naval Provost Branch
Air Force Police
Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption (Bribery Commission)

Syria

Law enforcement in Syria

Tajikistan

Law enforcement in Tajikistan

Thailand

East Timor

East Timor National Police

Turkmenistan

Law enforcement in Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Law enforcement in Uzbekistan

The National Security Service NSS; in Uzbek Milliy Xavfsizlik Xizmati, MXX

Vietnam

Vietnam People's Public Security
- Vietnam People's Police
- Vietnam People's Security

Yemen

Law enforcement in Yemen

Europe

Albania

Albanian State Police

Andorra

Andorran Police Service and traffic police (local police) divided by comunes

Armenia

Armenian National Police Service

Austria

Federal

Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung (BAK): Federal Bureau to prevent and to fight corruption
Bundeskriminalamt (BK): Federal Criminal Police Office
Bundespolizei: Federal Police Service
- Alpinpolizei: Mountain Police in ski ressorts, part of Federal Police
- Bereitschaftseinheit Wien: Standby Police Unit for Vienna
- Einsatzeinheit: Riot Police of Federal Police
- See- und Stromdienst: River branch of Federal Police
- Sonderdienste Sektor Graz (SEKTOR): SWAT unit of Federal Police in Graz
- WEGA (only short version in use, originally from Wiener Einsatz-Gruppe Alarmabteilung): SWAT unit of Federal Police in Vienna
Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra): Federal SWAT and special forces unit, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
Finanzpolizei: Financial Guard
Flugpolizei: Air Police, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
Justizwache (JW): Penitentiary Police
- Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG): SWAT Team of Penitentiary Police
Militärstreife: Military Police of the Austrian Armed Forces
Operative Zollaufsicht (OZA): Customs Service
Sondereinheit für Observation (SEO): Special Unit for Covered Technical Surveillance, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)

Municipalities

Stadtpolizei: Local or City Police
Ordnungswache or Ordnungsamt: municipal law enforcement, in unincorporated cities, that are not allowed to have a Stadtpolizei, like Graz and Klagenfurt
Straßenaufsicht: municipal traffic enforcement

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani National Police

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Belarus

Belgium

Federal level

Federal police (1 federal force for the entire country, responsible for specialized and supra-local policing as well as support to the local police)

Local level

Local police (189 local forces for 189 police zones that encompass either one muninicipality or multiple municipalities, responsible for basic policing)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Police

Bulgaria

National Investigative Service, legally part of the judiciary and under the Ministry of Justice
State Agency for National Security
General Directorate of the Police
- Specialized Police Forces
General Directorate of the Border Police

Croatia

Croatian Police

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Czech Republic National Police
Městská policie (Municipal police)

Denmark

Danish National Police
- Rigspolitiet

Estonia

Estonian Police

Finland

France

Gendarmerie Nationale
- Gendarmerie Départementale
- Gendarmerie Mobile
  - Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)
- Gendarmerie Maritime (maritime police)
- Gendarmerie de l'Air (air police)
- Garde républicaine (Republican Guard)
Police Nationale
- Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (riot control force)
- Prefecture de Police Parisian Police Service
Garde champêtre (Park Rangers/Game Wardens)
Douane (Customs)
Police Municipale (Local Police)
Royal police and territorial guard (Wallis and Futuna)
Administration pénitentiaire (Department of Corrections)
- Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT teams)

Georgia

Law enforcement in Georgia

Germany

German policemen with Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine guns.

Federal

Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office
- Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal Police
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of Federal Police
  - Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus (BFE+): Federal Police Anti-Terror Unit
  - Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE): Federal Police Special Detention Unit
- Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel: Federal Police Air Group
- GSG-9 der Bundespolizei (GSG-9): Federal Police Special Forces Group
- Mobile Fahndungseinheit (MFE): Special Unit for Covered (Individual and Technical) Surveillance
Bundeszollverwaltung: Federal Customs Service
- Zollkriminalamt (ZKA): Customs Investigation Bureau
  - Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ): Customs SWAT Unit
Feldjägertruppe: Military Police of the Federal Defense Force
Küstenwache: Coast Guard, it is not separate agency, it consists of units compiled of ships and personnel of the Federal Police, Customs Service, the Wasser und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV) (Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) and the Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) (Federal Agency for Agriculture and Nutrition)
Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Polizei DBT): Federal Parliament Police

State

Landespolizei: State Police
- Schutzpolizei (SchuPo): Uniformed Branch of State Police
- Landeskriminalamt (LKA): State Criminal Office
- Kriminalpolizei (KriPo): Detective Branch of State Police
  - Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of State Police
  - Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE): State Police Special Detention Unit
- Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK): SWAT unit of State Police
- Autobahnpolizei: Highway Patrol of State Police
- Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP): River Branch of State Police
- Wachpolizei (WaPol): Branch of State Police for the security of state government buildings or diplomatic facilities, only in the states of Berlin and Hesse
- Freiwilliger Polizeidienst: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse
- Sicherheitswacht: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Bavaria and Saxony
Justiz: Penitentiary Police

Municipalities

Kommunaler Ordnungsdienst (KOD): Municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
Kommunalpolizei or Stadtpolizei: Municipal police in cities of the state of Hesse
Gemeindevollzugsdienst (GVD): Municipal police in the state of Baden-Württemberg
Ordnungsamt (OA): Municipal police or municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
Polizeibehörde: municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws

Greece

Hellenic Police Service – created in 1984 from the below agencies:
- Hellenic Gendarmerie (1833–1984)
- Hellenic City Police ( ? – 1984)
Hellenic Coast Guard

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána.

Garda Síochána
- Criminal Assets Bureau (joint unit between the Garda and Irish Sheriff Service)
- Civic Guard (disbanded and merged into the Garda Síochána in 1923)
- Dublin Metropolitan Police (disbanded and merged into the Garda Síochána in 1925)
Garda Síochána Reserve (Reserve police force that works with and assists regular Police)
Irish Revenue
- Irish Customs Service
- Irish Sheriff Service
Irish Prison Service
Airport Police (Ireland) Irish Aviation Police Service in Irish state owned airports
Irish Military Police (Corps of the Irish Defence Forces which enforce military law)

Isle of Man

Italy

Carabinieri (Paramilitary Police – military corps)
- Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (Special Operations Group)
- Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (Special Intervention Group)
- Corazzieri (Cuirassiers)
Guardia di Finanza (Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a military corps)
- Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (Anti-Terrorism)
- Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzata (Organized Crime Investigation Group)
- Gruppo Operativo Antidroga (Counter-narcotics Group)
- Gruppo Anticrimine Tecnologico (Counter-cybercrime Group)
- Comando Operativo Aeronavale (Air-Naval Operational Command)
- Servizio Cinofili (Police Dog Division K9)
Polizia di Stato (State Police)
- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (Central Security Operations Service)
- Polizia Stradale (Traffic Police)
- Polizia Ferroviaria (Railroad Police)
Corpo Forestale dello Stato (State Forestry Corps)
Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police), part of the Ministry of Justice (Ministero della Giustizia)
Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police; originally called the Vigiles or Vigili Urbani), it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)
Polizia Provinciale (Provincial Police) that mainly enforce hunting and fishing laws, it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)

Kazakhstan

Kazak Militsiya (National Police)

Latvia

Lichtenstein

Liechtenstein Police

Lithuania

Lithuanian National Police

Luxembourg

Grand Ducal Police

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonian Police Service

Malta

Malta Police Force

Moldova

Moldovan Ministry of the Interior
- Moldovan National Police

Monaco

Sûreté Publique de Monaco (Police)
Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince de Monaco (Prince's Guard)

Montenegro

Montenegro Civil Police

The Netherlands

Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary)
Korps landelijke politiediensten (National Police Services Agency)
Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst en Economische controledienst (Fiscal Information and Investigation Service/Economic Investigation Service), referred to as "FIOD-ECD"
25 regiokorpsen (regional police forces)

Norway

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

Poland

Policja (Police)
Żandarmeria Wojskowa (Military Gendarmerie)
Straż Graniczna (Border Guard)
Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego - (Internal Security Agency)
Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne - (Central Anticorruption Bureau)
Prokuratura Polish public prosecutor office (chief department is Prokuratura Generalna)
Służba Celna (customs)

Portugal

Civilian

Ministério da Administração Interna
Guarda Nacional Republicana (gendarmerie)
Polícia de Segurança Pública (civilian police)
- Grupo de Operações Especiais
Polícia Judiciária (investigation police)
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (equivalent to US ICE)
Autoridade Segurança Alimentar e Economica ASAE (a mix equivalent to US FDA and an Economic crime police)

Military

Ministério da Defesa Nacional
Polícia do Exército (Portuguese Army military police)
Unidade de Polícia Naval (Portuguese Navy military police, part of the Portuguese Marine Corps)
Polícia Aérea (Portuguese Air Force military police)
Polícia Marítima (maritime police, part of the Portuguese Navy)

Romania

Poliţia Română (Romanian Police, national police force)
Poliţia de Frontieră (Border Police)
Jandarmeria Română (Romanian Gendarmerie, has military status)
Poliţia Comunitară (Local/Municipal Police)
Direcţia Generală Anticorupţie (Internal Affairs)
Direcţia Naţională Anticorupţie (anti-corruption agency)
Financial Guard

Russia

Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Police of Russia – New federal police, since 2011 (instead the Militsiya)
- Internal Troops
- Federal Migratory Service – struggle against illegal Immigration
Federal Protective Service – protection of high rank officials
- Presidential Security Service – concerned with the tasks related to the protection of the President of Russia.
Federal Security Service – Federal anti-terror and counter-espionnage Service
- The Federal Border Guard Service is subordinate to the FSB and responsible for Maritime survillance.
The Ministry of Russia for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters ("EMERCOM") is responsible for the civil defence regulation, protection from fire and has own troops.
The Ministry of Justice of Russia
- Federal service of Punishment Execution (FSIN) is responsible for the penal correction and prison system.
The Ministry of Defence of Russia
- Russian Military Police (under construction)
FSKN – Russian Federal Narcotics Control of Service ("Narco-Police"). Anti-Drug Agency.
Investigative Committee of Russia – Investigative body, struggling the Corruption and High Criminal Affairs ("The Russian FBI"). Created on 15 January 2011.

San Marino

Gendarmeria (paramilitary police)
Polizia Civile (civilian police)
Guardia di Rocca (border patrol and permanent military force)

Serbia

Slovakia

Law enforcement in Slovakia
mestská polícia (Municipal police)

Slovenia

Spain

National

Guardia Civil
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Corps)
Dirección de Instituciones Penitenciarias (Directorate of Penitentiary Institutions)
Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs Surveillance Service)

Autonomous communities

Municipal

Policía Municipal (also known as Policía Local or Guardia Urbana) in every town and city.
Autoridad Portuaria (Port Police)

Sweden

Switzerland

Border Guard Corps
Federal Office of Police
- Cybercrime Coordination Unit Switzerland (CYCO) German: Koordinationsstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität (KOBIC), (French: Service de coordination de la lutte contre la criminalité sur Internet (SCOCI), Italian: Servizio di coordinazione per la lotta contro la criminalità su Internet (SCOCI))^[4]
Cantonal police (French: Police cantonale, German: Kantonspolizei, Romansh: Polizia Chantunala, Italian: Polizia cantonale)
Municipal police (French: Police municipale, German: Stadtpolizei, Romansh: Polizia Cumûnala, Italian: Polizia Municipale)