List of law enforcement agencies in California

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California Highway Patrol vehicles, 2010.

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in California, including local (city), county, and statewide agencies. Historic agencies are included.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 509 law enforcement agencies employing 79,431 sworn peace officers, about 217 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies[]

Los Angeles Police Department (Top) and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Bottom) patrol cars
  • California Department of Justice
  • California Highway Patrol
  • California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
    • California Office of Correctional Safety - State Fugitive Apprehension Teams & Special Service Unit
  • California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control - Special Agents
  • California Department of Fish and Wildlife - Game Wardens
  • California State Parks Peace Officer
  • California Department of Toxic Substances Control - Criminal Investigators
  • California Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations Division - Investigator
  • California Department of Insurance - Investigations Division
  • California Franchise Tax Board - Investigations Bureau
  • California Lottery Security and Law Enforcement Division
  • California Department of Consumer Affairs - Division of Investigation
  • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Law Enforcement
  • California Department of Health Care Services - Investigations Branch
  • California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch
  • California Health and Human Services Agency
    • California Department of State Hospitals - Hospital Police Officers
    • Office of Law Enforcement Support
    • Office of Special Investigations
    • California Department of Developmental Services - Developmental Center Police Officers

County agencies[]

Municipal agencies[]

College and University agencies[]

K-12 School Agencies[]

The LAPD Administration Building, the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department in downtown Los Angeles.

Special District agencies[]

San Diego Police officers confer during the October 2007 California wildfires.

Federal law enforcement agencies in California[]

A San Francisco Police Department cruiser, K-9 division, 2008.
  • United States Park Police
  • National Park Service Ranger (Law Enforcement)
  • United States Forest Service (Law Enforcement)
  • United States Mint Police
  • Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • Federal Protective Service
  • Federal Reserve Police
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
  • Office of the United States Marshal for the Northern District of California
  • Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California
  • Office of the United States Marshal for the Central District of California
  • Office of the United States Marshal for the Southern District of California
  • United States Coast Guard
  • United States Secret Service
  • United States Customs and Border Protection
  • United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Homeland Security Investigations
  • United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
  • United States Army Military Police Corps (Civilian/Uniformed)
  • United States Air Force Security Forces (Civilian/Uniformed)
  • (Civilian/Uniformed)
  • United States Postal Service (Special Agents/OIG)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
  • Department of Defense Police
    • Defense Logistics Agency Police
  • Federal law enforcement in the United States

Defunct agencies[]

  • California State Police
  • California State Rangers
  • merged into San Jose Police Department
  • Disbanded - services now provided by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
  • Blue Lake Police Department - merged with Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and partially replaced by Blue Lake Rancheria Police Department
  • Compton Police Department
  • Disbanded - Services contracted with Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
  • Disbanded - Services contracted with Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
  • Disbanded - Services provided by Etna Police Department
  • Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Police Department - Disbanded - Services provided by San Diego County Sheriff's Department
  • Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • Disbanded - Merged into Imperial County Sheriffs' Office
  • (disbanded on 12/31/03, area serviced by Los Angeles Police Department)
  • Disbanded - Merged into San Diego County Sheriff's Department 1982
  • Isleton Police Department (Disbanded in 2012, area serviced by Sacramento County Sheriff's Department)[57]
  • Los Angeles General Services Police now the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Security Services Division
  • merged into LASD
  • Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety
  • Disbanded - Merged into Kern County Sheriff's Office
  • [citation needed]
  • Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • Disbanded - Services provided by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
  • [citation needed]
  • Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • [citation needed]
  • [citation needed]
  • [citation needed]
  • Disbanded - Merged into Orange County Sheriff's Department in February, 1988[58]
  • (Disbanded in 2010[59]) merged with Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and partially replaced by Trinidad Rancheria Police Department
  • now known as Central Marin Police Authority
  • disbanded as of 7/1/17. Services provided by Glenn County Sheriff's Office

See also[]

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