List of law enforcement agencies

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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). 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 Americans or Ameripol)
  • , (Inter-Asean Police)[1]
  • 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
  • , ( Gulf Cooperation Council Police)
  • SELEC ( Southeast European Law enforcement Center), for the region of Balkan Countries, Police and customs regional international cooperation and joint activities.[2]

Africa[]

Algeria[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Algeria

Angola[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Angola

Benin[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Benin

Botswana[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Botswana
  • Botswana Police Service

Burkina Faso[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Burkina Faso
  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Burundi[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Burundi
  • Nationale Police of Burundi

Cameroon[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Cameroon

Cape Verde[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Cape Verde

Central African Republic[]

Further information: Law enforcement in the Central African Republic

Chad[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Chad
  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Comoros[]

Further information:

Democratic Republic of the Congo[]

Further information: Law enforcement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo[]

Further information: Law enforcement in the Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire[]

Further information:

Djibouti[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Djibouti

Egypt[]

Further information: Egyptian National Police
  • Egyptian National Police

Equatorial Guinea[]

Further information:

Eritrea[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Eritrea
  • National Police and Security Forces,
    • Eritrean Police Force

Ethiopia[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Ethiopia

Gabon[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Gabon
  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Gambia[]

Further information:
  • Gambia Police Force

Ghana[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Ghana
  • Ghana Police Service

Guinea[]

Further information:

Guinea-Bissau[]

Further information:

Kenya[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Kenya

Lesotho[]

Further information:

Liberia[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Liberia
  • Liberian National Police

Libya[]

Further information:

Madagascar[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Madagascar

Malawi[]

Further information:

Mali[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Mali

Mauritania[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Mauritania

Mauritius[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Mauritius
  • Mauritius Police Force

Morocco[]

Further information: General Directorate for National Security
  • Gendarmerie Royale du Maroc (paramilitary national police force)
  • Sûreté Nationale du Maroc (civilian national police force)
  • Moroccan Auxiliary Forces

Mozambique[]

Further information:

Namibia[]

Nationwide
Municipalities
  • City Police (in some municipalities)

Niger[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Niger
  • National Police
  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Nigeria[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Nigeria
  • Nigeria Police Force
  • Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
  • Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

Rwanda[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Rwanda
  • Rwanda National Police

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[]

Further information:

São Tomé and Príncipe[]

Further information:

Senegal[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Senegal

Seychelles[]

Further information:

Sierra Leone[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leone Police

Somalia[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Somalia
  • Somali Police Force

South Africa[]

Further information: Law enforcement in South Africa
  • South African Police Service (SAPS)
  • Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
  • (NPA)
  • Counter Intelligence Agency (SACIA)

Sudan[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Sudan

Eswatini[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Eswatini

Tanzania[]

Further information:

Togo[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Togo

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 (Customs)
  • 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[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Uganda

Zambia[]

Further information:
  • Zambia Police Service

Zimbabwe[]

Further information: Law enforcement in Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe Republic Police

Asia[]

Afghanistan[]

Bahrain[]

Bangladesh[]

Bhutan[]

  • Royal Bhutan Police

Brunei[]

  • Royal Brunei Police Force

Cambodia[]

  • Cambodian National Police

People's Republic of China[]

Mainland China[]

A woman asking a Hong Kong policeman for directions.

Hong Kong[]

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

Macau[]

  • Public Security Police Force of Macau
ROC Coast Guard patrol boats

Republic of China (Taiwan)[]

  • National Police Agency
  • National Immigration Agency
  • Bureau of Investigation
  • Coast Guard Administration
  • Military Police Command

India[]

Indian Police Service []

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies[]

  • Assam Rifles
  • Border Security Force
  • Central Bureau of Investigation
  • Central Board of Direct Taxes
  • Central Industrial Security Force
  • Central Reserve Police Force
  • Defence Security Corps
  • Indo-Tibetan Border Police
  • National Security Guard
  • National Investigation Agency
  • Railway Protection Force
  • Rashtriya Rifles
  • Sashastra Seema Bal
  • Special Frontier Force

State law enforcement agencies[]

Indonesia[]

  • Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs
    • Indonesian National Police
    • National Anti-Narcotics Agency
    • Attorney General of Indonesia
    • National Agency for Combating Terrorism
    • State Intelligence Agency
    • Maritime Security Board
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Ministry of Finance
    • Customs and Excise
    • Tax
  • Ministry of Environment and Forestry
    • Forest Rangers
  • Ministry of Transportation
    • Sea and Coast Guard
  • Ministry of Law and Human Rights
    • Immigration
    • Prison Special Police
  • Independent Government Agency
  • Indonesian National Armed Forces
    • Military Police

Iran[]

  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  • Iran Police Force
  • Ministry of Intelligence

Iraq[]

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

Israel[]

  • Israel Police
    • Israel Border Police
  • Military Police Corps

Japan[]

Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car
  • 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 to 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
  • Korea Customs Service
  • Korea Coast Guard (formerly known as the Republic of Korea Maritime Police)
  • Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials

Kuwait[]

  • Kuwait 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 Malaysia Police (Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia – PDRM)
  • (Malay: Agensi Anti-Dadah Kebangsaan – AADK)
  • Malaysian Prison Department (Malay: Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
  • 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)

Military of Malaysia
  • Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja (Royal Military Police Corps)

Maldives[]

Mongolia[]

Myanmar[]

Nepal[]

Oman[]

  • Royal Oman Police

Pakistan[]

A personnel of the Sindh Police in uniform with a handgun on his belt.
Main article: List of law enforcement agencies in Pakistan

Federal[]

Provincial[]

  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police
  • Balochistan Police
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
  • Gilgit-Baltistan Police
  • Punjab Police
  • Sindh Police

Joint Army & Federal[]

Philippines[]

PSG SRU operators march during a parade in counter-terrorist combat gear. Note that they're marching with a mix of G36 and G36C assault rifles.
Philippine National Police Members on Rizal Park, Manila
Bell 429 Helicopter of the Philippine National Police
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology members in a Firearms Safety and Proficiency Training
  • Office of the President
    • Presidential Security Group (PSG)
    • Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
      • Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
    • Optical Media Board (OMB) Enforcement and Investigation Division (EID)
    • Metropolitan Manila Development Authority – Traffic Enforcement Division (MMDA-TED)
    • Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)
    • Bases Conversion Development Authority
      • Clark Development Corporation - Public Safety Division (CDC-PSD)
      • Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority - Law Enforcement Department (SBMA-LED)
  • Department of the Interior and Local Government
    • National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)
      • Philippine National Police (PNP)
    • Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)
    • Bureau of Fire Protection [1] (BFP)
    • Local Government Unit
      • Public Order and Safety Office (POSO)
      • Traffic Management Office (TMO)
      • Barangay Public Safety Office (BPSO)
  • Department of Justice
    • National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
    • Bureau of Immigration—Law Enforcement Division [2] (BI-LED)
    • Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)
  • Department of Transportation
    • Philippine Ports Authority – Port Police Department (PPA-PPD)
    • Land Transportation Office – Law Enforcement Service (LTO-LES)
    • Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
    • Office for Transportation Security (OTS)
      • Manila International Airport Authority - Airport Police Department (MIAA-APD)
    • Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
    • Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
    • Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)
  • 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)
    • Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas - Security Force (BSP-SF)
  • Department of Health
    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
      • Office of Regulatory Enforcement Unit (OREU)
  • 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)
  • Department of National Defense
    • Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
      • Military Police (MP)
  • Department of Agriculture
    • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
      • Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol)

Qatar[]

  • Law enforcement in Qatar

Saudi Arabia[]

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[]

Main article: Law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates
Dubai Police vehicle at the entrance of Dubai Gold Souk
Emirati level

Uzbekistan[]

  • Law enforcement in Uzbekistan

Vietnam[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Vietnam
National
  • Vietnam People's Public Security (Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam) under the Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an Việt Nam), divides into:
    • Vietnam People's Police (Cảnh sát Nhân dân Việt Nam) consists of:
      • Traffic Police (Cảnh sát Giao thông), for traffic control and enforcement
      • Judiciary Police (Cảnh sát Bảo vệ và Hỗ trợ Tư pháp), for judiciary and executive enforcement
      • Rapid Response Police - also known as 113 Police (Cảnh sát Phản ứng Nhanh/Cảnh sát 113), for rapid criminal countering
      • Criminal Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Hình sự), for criminal investigation
      • Drug Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Điều tra Ma túy), for drug countering and investigation
      • Corruption Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Điều tra Tham nhũng), for corruption investigation
      • High Tech Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Điều tra Công nghệ cao), for high tech criminal investigation
      • Administrative Police (Cảnh sát Quản lý Hành chính), for administrative and resident services
      • Environmental Police (Cảnh sát Môi trường), for environmental law enforcement
      • Fire and Rescue Police (Cảnh sát Phòng cháy Chữa cháy và Cứu nạn Cứu hộ), for firefighting, search and rescue missions
      • Prison Guard (Cảnh sát Trại giam), for prison management and control
      • Mobile Police (Cảnh sát Cơ động), for riot and terrorist countering
      • Protective Guard (Cảnh vệ), for protective services of the State and Communist Party leaders
      • Order Police (Cảnh sát Trật tự), for public order response
      • Protective Police (Cảnh sát Bảo vệ Mục tiêu), for protective services of properties and personnel
    • Vietnam People's Security (An ninh Nhân dân Việt Nam) consists of:
      • Cyber Security (An ninh Mạng), for cyber and internet affairs
      • Immigration Security (An ninh Xuất nhập cảnh), for immigration management, airport and seaport entry
      • Intelligence Service (Tình báo), for intelligence collection and investigation
      • Ciphering Service (Cơ yếu), for protection of top secret documents
      • Border Checkpoint Security (An ninh Cửa khẩu), for border checkpoint entry
      • Social Security (An ninh Xã hội), for social issues
      • Secret Service (Ngoại tuyến), for intelligence collection in secrecy
      • Political Security (An ninh Chính trị), for political protection
      • Financial and Monetary Security (An ninh Tài chính và Tiền tệ), for financial investigation
      • Economical Security (An ninh Kinh tế), for economical investigation
      • Agricultural and Rural Security (An ninh Nông nghiệp Nông thôn), for rural issues
      • Information and Communication Security (An ninh Thông tin và Truyền thông), for information, press and media investigation
    • under the Ministry of Finance
    • Vietnam Border Guard and Vietnam Coast Guard under the Ministry of Defence
    • and under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Local
  • Provincial/Municipal Public Security (Công an Tỉnh/Thành phố Trực thuộc Trung ương)
    • District/Town/Provincial City Public Security (Công an Quận/Huyện/Thị xã/Thành phố Trực thuộc Tỉnh)
      • Commune/Ward/Township Public Security (Công an Xã/Phường/Thị trấn)

Yemen[]

Europe[]

Albania[]

  • Albanian State Police

Andorra[]

  • Andorran Police Service and traffic police (local police) divided by communes

Armenia[]

  • Armenian National Police Service

Austria[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Austria
Federal
  • Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung (BAK): Federal Bureau to prevent and to fight corruption
Car of the Austrian Finanzpolizei
VW Touran in the Austrian Police livery
Standard vehicle of the Austrian Justizwache
  • Bundeskriminalamt (BK): Federal Criminal Police Office
  • Bundespolizei: Federal Police Service
    • Alpine Einsatzgruppen (AEG): Mountain Police, part of Federal Police
    • Bereitschaftseinheit Wien (BE): Standby Police Unit for Vienna
    • Einsatzeinheit (EE): Riot Police of Federal Police
    • See- und Strompolizei: 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
  • Militärpolizei: 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[]

  • States of Jersey Police
  • States of Jersey Customs and Immigration Service

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[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Bulgaria

Croatia[]

  • Croatian Police

Cyprus[]

  • Cyprus Police Force
Czech police car in Prague in 2016.

Czech Republic[]

Main article: Law enforcement in the Czech Republic
National
  • Czech Republic National Police
  • General Inspection of Security Forces
  • Prison Service of the Czech Republic (Mainly within buildings under its authority)
Municipal
  • Městská policie (Municipal police)

Denmark[]

  • Danish National Police
    • Rigspolitiet

Estonia[]

  • Estonian Police

Finland[]

  • Police of Finland
  • Finnish Border Guard
  • Finnish Customs
  • Finnish Security Intelligence Service
  • National Bureau of Investigation

France[]

Main article: Law enforcement in France

National[]

  • Administration pénitentiaire (Department of Corrections)
    • (SWAT teams)
  • Douane (Customs)
Republican Guard Infantry in ceremonial uniform.
  • Gendarmerie Nationale
    • Garde républicaine (Republican Guard): Guard of honour
      • Republican Guard Cavalry Regiment
      • Republican Guard Infantry Regiment
    • Gendarmerie de l'Air (air police)
    • Gendarmerie Maritime (maritime police)
    • Gendarmerie Départementale
    • Gendarmerie Mobile
      • Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)
  • Police Nationale
Police municipale Peugeot car in Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Municipal[]

Overseas France[]

  • Royal police and territorial guard (Wallis and Futuna)

Georgia[]

  • Law enforcement in Georgia

Germany[]

Main article: List of law enforcement agencies in Germany
German Bundespolizei (federal police) Eurocopter Super Puma
New Bundespolizei offshore patrol vessel BP 81 Potsdam

Federal[]

  • Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office
    • MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): 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 tnit for long-lasting operations
      • Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit (BFE): Federal Police Special Detention Unit
    • Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel (BPOLFLG): Federal Police Air Group
    • Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei (GSG 9): Federal Police Special Forces Group
    • Mobile Fahndungseinheit (MFE): Special Unit for Covered (Individual and Technical) Surveillance
    • Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland (PSA BPOL): Protection force for the security of German diplomatic missions
  • Bundeszollverwaltung: Federal Customs Service
  • 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
Landespolizei (state police) officer in Hamburg (Germany)

State[]

  • Landespolizei: State Police
    • Schutzpolizei (SchuPo): Uniformed branch of state police
    • Landeskriminalamt (LKA): State criminal office / state investigative service
      • Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
    • Kriminalpolizei (KriPo): Detective branch of state police
    • 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
    • Sicherheitspartner: Auxiliary police force, only in the state of Brandenburg
    • Sicherheitswacht: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Bavaria and Saxony
  • Justiz: Penitentiary police
Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt
  • in Bavaria solely
    • Bayerische Grenzpolizei (GrePo): Border police of the state of Bavaria from 1946 until 1998 and re-established in 2018
    • Unterstützungskommando (USK): State police support commando, similar tasks like the BFE of other states


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
  • Stadtwacht: municipal law enforcement in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)

Greece[]

  • Hellenic Police Service – created in 1984 from the below agencies:
  • Hellenic Coast Guard
  • Municipal Police

Hungary[]

  • Hungarian National Police
  • Hungarian Border Guard
  • Hungarian Customs and Excise Authority

Iceland[]

Main article: Icelandic Police
  • Directorate of Customs
  • National Police of Iceland
  • Icelandic Prison Service

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 Prison Service
  • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration 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[]

  • Isle of Man Constabulary
  • Isle of Man Airport Police
"Carabinieri" in Florence, Italy

Italy[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Italy
National
  • Carabinieri (Paramilitary Police – military corps)
Guardia di Finanza police in central Rome.
Polizia di Stato Lamborghini Gallardo
  • Polizia di Stato (State Police)
    • Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (Central Security Operations Service)
    • Polizia Stradale (Traffic Police)
    • Polizia Ferroviaria (Railroad Police)
  • Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police), part of the Ministry of Justice (Ministero della Giustizia)
Provincial
  • Polizia Provinciale (Provincial Police) that mainly enforce hunting and fishing laws, it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)
Municipal
  • Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police; originally called the Vigiles or Vigili Urbani), it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)

Kazakhstan[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Kazakhstan
  • (National Police • Kazak Militsiya • Полиция Казахстана)

Latvia[]

  • Latvian State Police
  • Latvian State Security Police
  • Latvian State Border Guard

Lichtenstein[]

  • Liechtenstein Police

Lithuania[]

  • Lithuanian National Police

Luxembourg[]

  • Grand Ducal Police

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)

Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI) composed of department of Defense, Police and the Department of Justice

North Macedonia[]

  • Macedonian Police Service

Norway[]

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

Poland[]

Portugal[]

Civilian

Military

Romania[]

  • Poliția Română (Romanian Police, national police force)
  • Poliția de Frontieră (Border Police)
  • Jandarmeria Română (Romanian Gendarmerie, has military status)
  • Poliția Locală (Local Police)
  • Direcția Generală Anticorupție (Internal Affairs)
  • Direcția Națională Anticorupție (anti-corruption agency)
  • Financial Guard

Russia[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Russia
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs
    • Police of Russia
  • National Guard
  • 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 surveillance.
  • 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)
  • 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[]

  • Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija (BIA)
  • Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP)
  • Gendarmery (Serbia)

Slovakia[]

Car of National Police in Slovakia
Main article: Law enforcement in Slovakia
National
Municipal
  • mestská polícia (Municipal police)

Slovenia[]

  • Slovenian National Police
  • Specialna Enota Policije

Spain[]

National
  • Guardia Civil
  • Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Corps)
  • (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.
  • (Port Police)

Sweden[]

  • National Laboratory of Forensic Science
  • Coast Guard
  • Customs Service
  • Enforcement Administration
  • Police Service
  • Prison and Probation Service
  • Security Service

Switzerland[]

Swiss police car
  • Border Guard Corps
  • Federal Office of Police
    • 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)

Turkey[]

  • General Directorate of Security (Turkish: Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü)
  • Gendarmerie General Command(Turkey) (Turkish: Jandarma)
  • (Turkish: Askeri İnzibat)
  • Undersecretariat of Public Order and Security (Turkish: Kamu Güvenliği Teşkilâtı)
  • National Intelligence Organization (Turkish: Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı)
  • (Turkish: Jandarma İstihbarat)
  • Coast Guard Command (Turkish: Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı)
  • Municipal Police (Turkish: Zabıta)
  • General Directorate of Customs Protection (Turkish: Gümrükler Muhafaza Genel Müdürlüğü)
  • (Turkish: Orman Muhafaza)
  • Directorate General of Coastal Safety
  • General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses

Ukraine[]

United Kingdom[]

Main article: List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and British Overseas Territories

Territorial police forces

Territorial police forces' area in the UK
  • Avon and Somerset Constabulary
  • Bedfordshire Police
  • Cambridgeshire Constabulary
  • Cheshire Constabulary
  • City of London Police
  • Cleveland Police
  • Cumbria Constabulary
  • Derbyshire Constabulary
  • Devon and Cornwall Police
  • Dorset Police
  • Durham Constabulary
  • Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)
  • Essex Police
  • Gloucestershire Constabulary
  • Greater Manchester Police
  • Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)
  • Hampshire Constabulary
  • Hertfordshire Constabulary
  • Humberside Police
  • Kent Police
  • Lancashire Constabulary
  • Leicestershire Police
  • Lincolnshire Police
  • Merseyside Police
  • Metropolitan Police (London, excluding the City of London)
  • Norfolk Constabulary
  • Northamptonshire Police
  • North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)
  • Northumbria Police
  • North Yorkshire Police
  • Nottinghamshire Police
  • Police Scotland
  • Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)
  • South Yorkshire Police
  • Staffordshire Police
  • Suffolk Constabulary
  • Surrey Police
  • Sussex Police
  • Thames Valley Police
  • Warwickshire Police
  • West Mercia Police
  • West Midlands Police
  • West Yorkshire Police
  • Wiltshire Police

National police forces

National non-police law enforcement forces

  • Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
  • Security Service
  • Border Force
  • Immigration Enforcement
  • Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
  • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Great Britain)
  • Driver and Vehicle Agency (Northern Ireland)
  • Serious Fraud Office (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
  • Independent Police Complaints Commission (England and Wales)

Service police forces

  • Royal Navy Police
  • Royal Military Police
  • Royal Air Force Police

British Overseas Territories police forces

MOD overseas police forces

Overseas service police forces

  • British Indian Ocean Territory Joint Service Police Unit
  • Cyprus Joint Police Unit
  • Falkland Islands Joint Service Police Security Unit
  • Gibraltar Joint Provost and Security Unit

Vatican[]

  • Corpo della Gendarmeria (known as the Corpo di Vigilanza until 2002)
  • Swiss Guard

North America[]

Antigua and Barbuda[]

Bahamas[]

Barbados[]

Belize[]

Bermuda[]

  • Bermuda Police Service
  • Bermuda International Airport Security Police

Canada[]

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands watch over detained migrants aboard R-V Strait Hunter, which was simulating a migrant vessel, 8 May 2012, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during exercise 120508-N-IL267-082
Main article: List of law enforcement agencies in Canada
Main article: Law enforcement in Canada

Federal[]

  • Canada Border Services Agency – composed of the former agencies listed below:
    • Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
    • Citizenship and Immigration Canada
    • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Canadian Forces Military Police
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police
    • North-West Mounted Police
    • Dominion Police
  • Canadian National Railway Police
  • Environment Canada Federal Game Officers
  • Parks Canada Park Wardens
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fishery Enforcement Officers
  • Correctional Service of Canada
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Police
  • Transport Canada Enforcement
    • Ports Canada Police

Provincial[]

  • Ontario Provincial Police
  • Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
  • Sûreté du Québec
  • Alberta Sheriffs
  • British Columbia Sheriff Service
  • Ontario Correctional Services
  • Ontario Highway Carrier Safety and Enforcement

Municipal[]

Costa Rica[]

Cuba[]

  • Policía Nacional Revolucionaria

Dominica[]

Dominican Republic[]

El Salvador[]

  • Policía Nacional civil de El Salvador

Grenada[]

  • Royal Grenada Police Force

Guatemala[]

Haiti[]

Main article: Law enforcement in Haiti
  • Haitian National Police
    • Haitian Coast Guard Commission
  • United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
  • Army Force of Haiti (FAd'H)

Honduras[]

Jamaica[]

Mexico[]

Federal[]

Nicaragua[]

  • Nicaraguan Policía Nacional

Panama[]

Saint Kitts and Nevis[]

Saint Lucia[]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[]

Trinidad and Tobago[]

United States[]

Bat Masterson (standing second from right), Wyatt Earp (sitting second from left), and other Deputy Marshals during the Wild West era. Some of the earliest types of law enforcement in the U.S.
Modern day Deputy Marshals getting prepared for a raid.

Federal[]

United States Department of State (DOS)[]
  • Bureau of Diplomatic Security
    • Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
United States Department of the Treasury[]
  • Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)
  • Office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
  • Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP)
  • Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR)
  • United States Mint Police (USMP)
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police (BEP Police)
United States Department of Defense (DOD)[]
  • Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
  • Defense Logistics Agency Police

Department of the Army

Department of the Navy

  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
  • (ONI Police)[6]
    • United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMC CID)
  • United States Marine Corps Civilian Police

Department of the Air Force

  • United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Airforce OSI)
  • United States Air Force Security Forces
  • Department of the Air Force Police

National Security Agency

  • National Security Agency Police (NSA Police)
United States Department of Justice (DOJ)[]
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) (since 1973)
    • Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (1968–73)
      • Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–68)
        • Bureau of Prohibition (1927–33)
      • Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (1966–68)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    • Bureau of Investigation (BOI) (1908–35)
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
  • United States Marshals Service (USMS)
United States Department of the Interior (USDI)[]
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
  • Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement & Security
  • National Park Service
    • National Park Service Rangers
    • United States Park Police
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)[]
  • U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations
  • Office of Inspector General
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)[]
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)[]
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    • Office of Criminal Investigations
United States Department of Education (ED)[]
  • Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)[]
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)[]
Customs officers board a ship at the US Canada border
  • Federal Protective Service (FPS)
  • U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
    • United States Coast Guard Police (CGPD)
    • Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  • U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)[]
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Other federal law enforcement agencies[]
  • Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service (CIA SPS)
  • Federal Reserve Police
  • Library of Congress Police (Dissolved 2009)
  • Smithsonian National Zoological Park Police
  • United States Capitol Police (USCP)
  • United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
  • United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG)
  • United States Probation Service (USPO)
  • United States Supreme Court Police

State and local[]

Main article: List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies

Territorial police[]

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico[]
See also: Puerto Rico municipal police
  • Puerto Rico Department of Justice
    • Special Investigations Bureau
  • Puerto Rico Commonwealth Police (also known as the Policia de Puerto Rico or the Puerto Rico Police Department)
  • Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources Conservation Rangers
  • Park Rangers
  • Puerto Rico Ports Authority
    • (Policia de los Puertos)
  • Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Territory of Guam[]
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands[]
Territory of American Samoa[]
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands[]
  • United States Virgin Islands Police Department

Railroad Police[]

Oceania[]

Australia[]

Federal[]

  • Australian Federal Police (AFP) (also ACT territory police)
  • Australian Crime Commission (ACC) (ex. National Crime Authority)
  • Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACS)
  • Australian Government Attorney General's Department
  • Australian Protective Service (APS) (diplomatic & Head of Govt. protection) - now part of the Australian Federal Police
  • Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
  • Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) (domestic intelligence)

Service Police[]

State[]

  • New South Wales Police Force
  • Northern Territory Police
  • Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales
  • Queensland Police Service
  • RailCorp Transit Officer
  • South Australia Police
  • Tasmania Police
  • Victoria Police
  • Western Australia Police
  • Crime and Corruption Commission, Western Australia
  • Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland
  • Independent Commission Against Corruption, New South Wales
  • New South Wales Crime Commission
  • New South Wales Police Integrity Commission
  • Office of Police Integrity, Victoria
  • Local Government Council Ranger

Fiji[]

  • Fiji Police

Kiribati[]

Marshall Islands[]

Federated States of Micronesia[]

  • Federated States of Micronesia National Police

Nauru[]

  • Nauru Police Force

New Zealand[]

Palau[]

Papua New Guinea[]

  • Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary

Pitcairn Islands[]

  • Law enforcement in the Pitcairn Islands

Samoa[]

Solomon Islands[]

  • Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

Tonga[]

Tuvalu[]

Vanuatu[]

  • Vanuatu Police Force

South America[]

Argentina[]

See also: Argentine Interior Security System

Federal[]

Armed Forces of Argentina[]

  • Military Police

Provincial[]

Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.

  • Buenos Aires Provincial Police (Policía Bonaerense)
  • Santa Fe Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe)
  • Córdoba Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Córdoba)
  • Tucumán Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Tucumán)
  • (Policia de la Provincia del Chaco)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de San Juan)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de San Luis)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Formosa)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Neuquén)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Chubut)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Santa Cruz)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Tieraa del Fuego)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Río Negro)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de la Pampa)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Catamarca)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Salta)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Jujuy)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Misiones)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de La Rioja)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Entre Ríos)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Corrientes)
  • (Policia de la Provincia de Mendoza)

Local[]

Bolivia[]

  • Bolivian Policia Nacional

Brazil[]

  • Law enforcement in Brazil
  • Brazilian Federal Police
  • Brazilian Military Police
  • Brazilian Civil Police
  • Brazilian Intelligence Agency
  • Municipal Guards

Chile[]

Colombia[]

Ecuador[]

  • National Police of Ecuador

Guyana[]

Panama[]

Paraguay[]

Peru[]

  • Policia Nacional del Peru

Suriname[]

  • Law enforcement in Suriname

Uruguay[]

Venezuela[]

Disbanded agencies[]

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

Austria[]

  • B-Gendarmerie (paramilitary security force from ca. 1950 until 1955)
  • Bundesgendarmerie (Federal Constabulary until 2005)

Costa Rica[]

  • Guardia Civil

Czechoslovakia[]

Germany[]

Federal Republic of Germany
  • Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) (Federal Border Guard until 2005)
  • Freiwillige Polizei-Reserve (FPR) (Voluntary paramilitary special police of the state of Berlin until 2002)
East Germany
  • Volkspolizei (VoPo) (People's Police)
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (StaSi) (Ministry for State Security)
Nazi Germany
  • Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) (Order Police)
  • Kriminalpolizei (KriPo) (Criminal Police, denomination still in use for modern local investigative units of state police)
  • Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) (Security Police)
  • Geheime Staatspolizei (GeStaPo) (Secret State Police)

Fascist Italy[]

Panama Canal Zone[]

  • Canal Zone Police

Second Polish Republic[]

  • (State Police)

People's Republic of Poland[]

  • Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia)
    • Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej (Motorized Reserves of the Citizens' Militia)
    • Ochotnicza Rezerwa Milicji Obywatelskiej (Volunteer Reserve Militia)
  • Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna (Internal Military Service)
  • Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (Ministry of Public Security)
  • Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)

Philippines[]

  • Philippine Constabulary
    • Integrated National Police
  • Philippine National Guard
  • Civil Guard

Communist Romania[]

  • Securitate

Former Soviet Union/Russia[]

  • KGB (Committee for State Security)
  • Militsiya (Militia)
  • Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation
  • Federal Migration Service
  • Federal Narcotics Control Service
  • Ministry of Police of the Russian Empire

See also[]

  • Anti-corruption agency
  • Auxiliary police
  • Law enforcement by country
  • List of intelligence agencies
  • List of protective service agencies
  • Vigilante

References[]

  1. ^ "aseanapol.org.my". 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
  2. ^ selec.org
  3. ^ "Kyrgyzstan / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL". www.interpol.int.
  4. ^ EJPD. "Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement". www.kobik.ch.
  5. ^ DASG
  6. ^ ONI Police
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