List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania

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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country.[1] According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.[2]

State Law Enforcement[]

County agencies[]

Municipal agencies[]

Regional police agencies[]

College and University agencies[]

  • Albright College Department of Public Safety[133]
  • Bloomsburg University Police Department[134]
  • Carlow University Police Department[135]
  • Carnegie Mellon University Police Department[135]
  • Chatham University Public Safety Department[135]
  • Dickinson College Department of Public Safety[136]
  • Drexel University Police Department[135]
  • Duquesne University Department of Public Safety[135]
  • East Stroudsburg University Police Department[135]
  • Harrisburg Area Community College Department of Public Safety[135]
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania Office of Public Safety[135]
  • Juniata College Public Safety Office[135]
  • Kutztown University Police Department[137]
  • Lackawanna College Public Safety Department[138]
  • Lincoln University Police Department[135]
  • Lock Haven University Public Safety Department[139]
  • Mansfield University Police Department[135]
  • Millersville University Police Department[135]
  • [140]
  • Penn State University Police Department[135]
  • University of Pittsburgh Police Department[135]
  • Point Park University Department of Public Safety
  • Robert Morris University Public Safety Department[135]
  • University of Scranton Police Department[135]
  • [141]
  • Shippensburg University Police Department[142][143][citation needed]
  • Slippery Rock University Police Department[135]
  • Temple University Department of Campus Safety Services[135][144]
  • University of Pennsylvania Police Department[135]
  • West Chester University Department of Public Safety[135]
  • York College of Pennsylvania Department of Campus Safety[135]

Other agencies[]

Note: This includes Federal Agencies that operate in PA, as well as state, local & private agencies.

Disbanded agencies[]

  • Allentown Fairgrounds Police Department
  • Bath Borough Police Department[147]
  • Berks-Lehigh Regional Police
  • Brandywine Regional Police[citation needed]
  • Coal and Iron Police
  • Clifford Township Police Department[citation needed]
  • Coolbaugh Township Police Department[citation needed]
  • Chester-Upland School District Police Department[citation needed]
  • Dravosburg Police Department[citation needed]
  • [148]
  • Fairchance Borough Police Department[citation needed]
  • Kennywood Park Police name changed to Kennywood Public Safety[citation needed]
  • Mount Pocono Borough Police Department[citation needed]
  • [149]
  • Point Marion Police Department[150]
  • State Police of Crawford and Erie Counties
  • Thornbury Police Department[11]
  • Tobyhanna Township Police Department[citation needed]
  • Tunkhannock Township Police Department[citation needed]
  • * [149]

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