List of law enforcement agencies in Connecticut explained

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

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

• Connecticut State Capitol Police^[2]
• Connecticut Department of Correction^[3]
• Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles^[4]
  • Commercial Vehicle Safety Division
• Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  • Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police^[5]
    • Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Public Safety Division^[6]
• Connecticut Judicial Branch
  • Court Support Services Division
    • Judicial Marshal Services^[7]
• Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
  • Connecticut State Police
• Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice

Municipal agencies

Capitol Region

• Hartford Police Department^[8]
• New Britain Police Department^[9]
• Avon Police Department
• Berlin Police Department
• Bloomfield Police Department
• Canton Police Department
• Coventry Police Department
• East Granby Police Department
  • East Hartford Police Department
• East Windsor Police Department
• Enfield Police Department
• Ellington Police Department
  • Farmington Police Department
• Glastonbury Police Department
• Granby Police Department
• Hebron Police Department
  • Manchester Police Department
• Marlborough Police Department
• Newington Police Department
• Plainville Police Department
• Rocky Hill Police Department
• Simsbury Police Department
• Somers Police Department
  • South Windsor Police Department
• Southington Police Department
• Stafford Police Department
  • Suffield Police Department
• Vernon Police Department
• West Hartford Police Department^[10]
• Wethersfield Police Department
• Windsor Police Department^[11]
• Windsor Locks Police Department^[12]

Greater Bridgeport Region

• Bridgeport Police Department
• Easton Police Department
• Fairfield Police Department
• Monroe Police Department
• Stratford Police Department
• Trumbull Police Department^[13]

Lower Connecticut River Valley Region

• Middletown Police Department^[14]
• Chester Police Department
  • Clinton Police Department
• Cromwell Police Department
• Deep River Police Department
  • East Haddam Police Department
  • East Hampton Police Department^[15]
• Essex Police Department
  • Old Lyme Police Department
  • Old Saybrook Police Department
• Portland Police Department
• Westbrook Police Department

Naugatuck Valley Region

• Ansonia Police Department
• Beacon Falls Police Department
• Bristol Police Department
• Derby Police Department
• Shelton Police Department
• Waterbury Police Department
• Bethlehem Police Department
  • Cheshire Police Department
• Middlebury Police Department
• Naugatuck Police Department
• Oxford Police Department
  • Plymouth Police Department
• Prospect Police Department
  • Seymour Police Department
• Southbury Police Department
  • Thomaston Police Department
• Wolcott Police Department^[16]
• Woodbury Police Department

Northeastern Connecticut Region

• Killingly Police Department
  • Plainfield Police Department
• Putnam Police Department
• Willimantic Police Department

Northwest Hills Region

• Torrington Police Department
• Burlington Police Department
  • Litchfield Police Department
  • New Hartford Police Department
  • Roxbury Police Department
  • Washington Police Department
  • Winchester Police Department

South Central Connecticut Region

• Meriden Police Department^[17]
• Milford Police Department
• New Haven Police Department
• West Haven Police Department
• Bethany Police Department
  • Branford Police Department
• East Haven Police Department^[18]
• Guilford Police Department
• Hamden Police Department^[19]
• Madison Police Department
• North Branford Police Department
• North Haven Police Department
• Orange Police Department
• Wallingford Police Department
• Woodbridge Police Department

Southeastern Connecticut Region

• New London Police Department
• Norwich Police Department
• Colchester Police Department
  • East Lyme Police Department
• Groton Police Department (City of Groton)
• Groton Police Department (Town of Groton)
• Groton Long Point Police Department^[20]
• Lebanon Police Department
  • Ledyard Police Department
• Montville Police Department
  • Stonington Police Department
• Waterford Police Department

Western Connecticut

• Danbury Police Department
• Norwalk Police Department
• Stamford Police Department
• Bethel Police Department
• Bridgewater Police Department
  • Brookfield Police Department
• Darien Police Department
• Greenwich Police Department
• New Canaan Police Department
• New Fairfield Police Department
  • New Milford Police Department
• Newtown Police Department
• Redding Police Department
• Ridgefield Police Department
• Weston Police Department
• Westport Police Department
• Wilton Police Department^[21]

Departments marked by a "*" are in towns that participate in the Connecticut State Police's Resident Trooper Program. The town's police officers and/or constables are overseen by the town's Resident State Trooper(s).

Regions based off of Connecticut Planning Regions, which are recognized by the US Census Bureau in place of the historic county system.^[22]

College and University agencies

• Central Connecticut State University Police Department
• Connecticut State Community College Police Department^[23]
• Eastern Connecticut State University Department of Public Safety
• Manchester Community College Police Department^[24] (To be merged with State Community College Police)^[23]
• Southern Connecticut State University Police Department
• University of Connecticut Police Department
• University of New Haven Police Department
• Western Connecticut State University Police Department
• Yale Police Department

Other agencies

• Aquarion Water Company Police
• Candlewood Lake Authority Marine Patrol
  • Connecticut State Marshal South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Police Department^[25]
• Lake Housatonic Lake Authority Marine Patrol
• Lake Lillinonah Authority Law Enforcement Division
• Lake Zoar Authority Marine Patrol
• Metropolitan District Commission of Connecticut
• Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police
• Rogers Lake Authority Marine Patrol

Tribal police agencies

• Mashantucket Pequot Police Department^[26]
• Mohegan Tribal Police Department^[27]

References

Notes and References

1. 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
2. Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
3. News: Connecticut Department Of Correction Suspends Visits . November 15, 2020 . The Newtown Bee . March 12, 2020.
4. Web site: Who We Are.
5. Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
6. Web site: DSS- Public Safety Police.
7. Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
8. Web site: Police . The City of Hartford . 17 August 2021.
9. News: Remains of 4 Women Found at a Connecticut Site Tied to Serial Killer. 12 May 2015. Associated Press.
10. News: Carlson. Suzanne. West Hartford Police Lieutenant Earned More Than $540,000 In Last Two Years. 5 June 2015. The Courant. 2 June 2015.
11. Web site: Police . Town of Windsor . 20 July 2019.
12. Web site: Police Department . Town of Windsor Locks . 20 July 2019.
13. Former Trumbull cop gets 30 months for sex assault; by Daniel Tepfer, 13 January 2015, CTNEWS.com accessed 16 January 2015
14. News: Day . Cassandra . Middletown police chief retires; tells family 'daddy's coming home' . November 15, 2020 . The Middletown Press . June 26, 2020.
15. Web site: Police Department . East Hampton Connecticut . 15 March 2021.
16. Web site: Wolcotts (sic) Police Department . Wolcott Police Department . 20 July 2019.
17. Web site: New Haven Men Charged with Trafficking Cocaine . United States Department of Justice . 17 August 2021.
18. Web site: Santiago . Ellyn . East Haven Police Blotter: Aug. 10 to Aug. 16, 2022 . Patch . October 2, 2022 . August 17, 2022.
19. News: Rybacki . Emma . Hamden PD investigate fatal shooting of 27-year-old New Haven resident; second shooting of weekend . August 17, 2021 . WTNH . August 9, 2021.
20. Web site: Groton Long Point Police Department . Groton Long Point Association . 20 July 2019.
21. Web site: Police Department . Town of Wilton . 20 July 2019.
22. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/06/2022-12063/change-to-county-equivalents-in-the-state-of-connecticut
23. Web site: Stacom . Don . After 26 years with New Britain police, Christopher Chute tackles all-new job: police chief of the CT community college system . The Hartford Courant . April 4, 2023 . January 18, 2023 . When Connecticut’s 12 community colleges merge this summer, their separate police departments and security units will be consolidated into a single agency led by Chute..
24. Web site: MCC Police.
25. Web site: Beach . Randall . RWA police force covers a lot of ground ‘protecting a natural resource’ . New Haven Register . October 2, 2022 . October 31, 2019 . When a New Haven man was tracked down and arrested by police officers of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for allegedly cutting down a historic tree in Hamden last month, members of the general public were reminded, or learned for the first time, that the RWA has such a police squad..
26. Web site: The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation.
27. Web site: Mohegan Tribal Police Department | Mohegan Tribal Police.