List of law enforcement agencies explained
A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a special or local police/sheriffs, state troopers, and federal police such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the United States Marshals (USMS). 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.
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International
Africa
Algeria
Angola
- The National Police Force (Angola)
Benin
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Republican Police of Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
- Polícia Judiciária
- Polícia Nacional
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
- Judicial Police
- National Republic Guards (Gendarmerie or Police)
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Presidential Security Regiment
- Police Publique
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Police Nationale
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
- Mozambique Republic Police
Namibia
- Nationwide
- Municipalities
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
- Police Force[3]
- Senegalese Gendarmerie
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Eswatini
- Royal Eswatini Police Service
Tanzania
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
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan
See main article: Law enforcement in Afghanistan.
Bahrain
Bangladesh
See main article: Law enforcement in Bangladesh.
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
People's Republic of China
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Macau
Republic of China (Taiwan)
India
- Indian Police Service - is a civil service under the All India Service. The IPS officers provide senior level leadership to law enforcement agencies both federal and state levels.
Central (federal) law enforcement agencies
State law enforcement agencies
State special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
- (National Police • Kazak Militsiya • Полиция Казахстана)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
- Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs
- Malaysian Ministry of Finance
- Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)
- Military of Malaysia
- Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja (Royal Military Police Corps)
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Federal
Provincial
Joint Army & Federal
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
East Timor
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
See main article: Law enforcement in the United Arab Emirates.
- Emirati level
Uzbekistan
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)
- National Security Service (Uzbekistan)
- Uzbekistan Frontier Service
- Uzbekistan Customs Service
Vietnam
See 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 command ( Bộ tư lệnh Cảnh sát Cơ động), for riot and terrorist countering
- 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
- Protective Guard command (Bộ tư lệnh Cảnh vệ), for protective services of the State and Communist Party leaders
- 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
- Vietnam Customs under the Ministry of Finance
- Vietnam Border Guard and Vietnam Coast Guard under the Ministry of Defence
- Vietnam Forest Ranger and Vietnam Fishery Surveillance 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
Andorra
Armenia
- Armenian National Police Service
Austria
See main article: Law enforcement in Austria.
- Federal
Federal Bureau to prevent and to fight corruption
Federal Criminal Police Office
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)
Financial Guard
Air Police, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
Penitentiary Police
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
Local or City Police
municipal law enforcement, in unincorporated cities, that are not allowed to have a Stadtpolizei, like Graz and Klagenfurt
municipal traffic enforcement
Azerbaijan
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
Bulgaria
See main article: Law enforcement in Bulgaria.
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
See main article: Law enforcement in the Czech Republic.
- National
- Municipal
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
See main article: Law enforcement in France.
National
- Administration pénitentiaire (Department of Corrections)
- Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT teams)
- Douane (Customs)
Georgia
Germany
See main article: List of law enforcement agencies in Germany.
- 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 unit 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
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)
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State Police
Highway patrol of state police
Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse
Auxiliary police force, only in the state of Brandenburg
Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Bavaria and Saxony
Penitentiary police
Municipal police in cities of the state of Hesse
municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
municipal law enforcement in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
See main article: Icelandic Police.
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
See main article: Law enforcement in Italy.
- National
- Guardia di Finanza (Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a military corps)
- 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)
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
North Macedonia
- Macedonian Police Service
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Civilian
Military
Romania
Russia
See main article: Law enforcement in Russia.
San Marino
- Gendarmeria (paramilitary police)
- Polizia Civile (civilian police)
- Guardia di Rocca (border patrol and permanent military force)
Serbia
Slovakia
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See main article: Law enforcement in Slovakia.
- National
- Municipal
Slovenia
Spain
- National
- 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) de|link=no|Koordinationsstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität (KOBIC), (fr|link=no|Service de coordination de la lutte contre la criminalité sur Internet (SCOCI), it|Servizio di coordinazione per la lotta contro la criminalità su Internet (SCOCI))[5]
- Cantonal police (fr|link=no|Police cantonale, de|link=no|Kantonspolizei, rm|Polizia Chantunala, it|Polizia cantonale)
- Municipal police (fr|link=no|Police municipale, de|link=no|Stadtpolizei, rm|Polizia Cumûnala, it|Polizia Municipale)
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
See main article: List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories.
Territorial police forces
National police forces
National non-police law enforcement forces
Military Service police forces
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
North America
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Canada
See main article: List of law enforcement agencies in Canada.
See main article: Law enforcement in Canada.
Federal
Provincial
Municipal
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica, Commonwealth of
- Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF)
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Grenada
- Royal Grenada Police Force
Guatemala
Haiti
See main article: Law enforcement in Haiti.
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Federal
- Federales (former federal law enforcement agencies of Mexico):
- Federal Police (Policía Federal), former Policía Federal Preventiva (Federal Preventive Police, 1999–2009), disbanded in 2019
- 3rd Military Police Brigade from the Mexican Army
- Policía Federal de Caminos (Federal Highway Police, 1928–1999)
- Guardia Nacional, since 2019, a gendarmerie that replaced the former civilian agency
- Policía Federal Ministerial (Federal Ministerial Police; since 2019, Coordinación de Métodos de Investigación, Investigative Methods Coordination), federal investigative agency under the authority of Fiscalía General de la República (Attorney General of Mexico)
State and local
- State police (Policía Estatal, its official name may vary from state to state), 32 independent agencies under each State's governor authority
- State Ministerial Police (Policía Estatal Ministerial, its mame also may vary), under each State's Attorney authority
- Local or Municipal Police (Policía municipal). Most of 2,454 Municipalities of Mexico have its own Police Department under mayor's (presidente municipal) authority
- Mexico City Police in both state and municipal duties throughout the 16 boroughs of Mexico City
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Federal
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air and Space Force
National Security Agency
- National Security Agency Police (NSA Police)
- Defense Intelligence Agency Police
Other federal law enforcement agencies
State, county and local
See main article: List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies.
Territorial police
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
See also: Puerto Rico municipal police.
Territory of Guam
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Territory of American Samoa
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands
Railroad Police
- Union Pacific Police Department
- BNSF Police Department
- CSX Police Department
- Norfolk Southern Police Department
- Amtrak Police Department (government-owned passenger train service)
- Canadian National Railway Police
- Canadian Northern Railway Police
- Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service
Oceania
Australia
Federal
Service Police
State
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia National Police
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
- Royal Tongan Police Service
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
South America
Argentina
Federal
Armed Forces of Argentina
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)
- Chaco Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia del Chaco)
- San Juan Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de San Juan)
- San Luis Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de San Luis)
- Formosa Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Formosa)
- Neuquén Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Neuquén)
- Chubut Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Chubut)
- Santa Cruz Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Santa Cruz)
- Tierra del Fuego Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Tieraa del Fuego)
- Rio Negro Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Río Negro)
- La Pampa Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de la Pampa)
- Catamarca Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Catamarca)
- Santiago del Estero Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero)
- Salta Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Salta)
- Jujuy Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Jujuy)
- Misiones Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Misiones)
- La Rioja Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de La Rioja)
- Entre Ríos Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Entre Ríos)
- Corrientes Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Corrientes)
- Mendoza Provincial Police (Policia de la Provincia de Mendoza)
Local
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
- Law enforcement in Guyana
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Disbanded agencies
Note: Many of these fall under the definition of secret police and derive from that list.
Austria
Costa Rica
Czechoslovakia
Germany
- Federal Republic of Germany
- East Germany
- Nazi Germany
Fascist Italy
Empire of Japan
Panama Canal Zone
Second Polish Republic
- Policja Państwowa (State Police)
People's Republic of Poland
Philippines
Communist Romania
Former Soviet Union/Russia
South Vietnam
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: aseanapol.org.my. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418203234/http://aseanapol.org.my/ . 2012. 18 April 2012.
- selec.org
- Web site: Senegalese Criminal Justice System. 2023-09-28. 2018-02-18. The US Embassy in Senegal.
- Web site: Kyrgyzstan / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL. www.interpol.int.
- Web site: Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement. EJPD. www.kobik.ch.
- https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/r190_56.pdf DASG
- https://www.oni.navy.mil/Join-Us/Civilian-Careers/ONI-Police-Force/ ONI Police
