List of law enforcement agencies in Michigan explained

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

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 571 law enforcement agencies employing 19,009 sworn police officers, about 190 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

Regional agencies

Central Michigan Enforcement Team CMAT ^[2]
Flint Area Narcotics Group FANG ^[2]
Huron Undercover Narcotics Team HUNT ^[2]
Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team LAWNET
Metropolitan Enforcement Team MET ^[2]
Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement SANE ^[2]
State, Sheriffs, Chiefs Enforcement Team SSCENT ^[2]
Strike Team Investigative Narcotics Group STING ^[2]
Southwest Enforcement Team SWET ^[2]
Traverse Narcotics Team TNT ^[2]
Thumb Narcotics Unit TNU ^[2]
Tri County Metro Narcotics Tri-County ^[2]
Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team UPSET ^[2]
West Michigan Enforcement Team WEMET ^[2]

County agencies

Alcona County Sheriff's Office
Alger County Sheriff's Office
Allegan County Sheriff's Office^[3]
Alpena County Sheriff's Office
Antrim County Sheriff's Office
Arenac County Sheriff's Office
Baraga County Sheriff's Office
Barry County Sheriff's Office
Bay County Sheriff's Office^[4]
Benzie County Sheriff's Office
Berrien County Sheriff's Office^[5]
Branch County Sheriff's Office
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office^[6]
Cass County Sheriff's Office
Charlevoix County Sheriff's Office
Cheboygan County Sheriff's Office
Chippewa County Sheriff's Office
Clare County Sheriff's Office
Clinton County Sheriff's Office
Crawford County Sheriff's Office
Delta County Sheriff's Office
Dickinson County Sheriff's Office
Eaton County Sheriff's Office
Emmet County Sheriff's Office
Genesee County Sheriff's Office^[7]
Gladwin County Sheriff's Office
Gogebic County Sheriff's Office
Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office^[8]
Gratiot County Sheriff's Office
Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office
Houghton County Sheriff's Office
Huron County Sheriff's Office
Ingham County Sheriff's Office
Ionia County Sheriff's Office^[9]
Iosco County Sheriff's Office
Iron County Sheriff's Office
Isabella County Sheriff's Office
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office^[10]
Kalkaska County Sheriff's Office
Kent County Sheriff's Office^[11]
Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office

Lake County Sheriff's Office^[12]
Lapeer County Sheriff's Office^[13]
Leelanau County Sheriff's Office^[14]
Lenawee County Sheriff's Office
Livingston County Sheriff's Office
Luce County Sheriff's Office
Mackinac County Sheriff's Office
Macomb County Sheriff's Office^[15]
Manistee County Sheriff's Office
Marquette County Sheriff's Office
Mason County Sheriff's Office
Mecosta County Sheriff's Office
Menominee County Sheriff's Office
Midland County Sheriff's Office
Missaukee County Sheriff's Office
Monroe County Sheriff's Office
Montcalm County Sheriff's Office
Montmorency County Sheriff's Office
Muskegon County Sheriff's Office
Newaygo County Sheriff's Office
Oakland County Sheriff's Office^[16]
Oceana County Sheriff's Office
Ogemaw County Sheriff's Office
Ontonagon County Sheriff's Office
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Oscoda County Sheriff's Office
Otsego County Sheriff's Office
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office^[17]
Presque Isle County Sheriff's Office
Roscommon County Sheriff's Office
Saginaw County Sheriff's Office^[13]
Saint Clair County Sheriff's Office
Saint Joseph County Sheriff's Office
Sanilac County Sheriff's Office
Schoolcraft County Sheriff's Office
Shiawassee County Sheriff's Office
Tuscola County Sheriff's Office
Van Buren County Sheriff's Office
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office^[18]
Wayne County Sheriff's Office^[19]
Wexford County Sheriff's Office

Municipal agencies

Adrian Police Department^[20]
Akron Police Department^[21]
Albion Department of Public Safety
Allegan Police Department^[22]
Allen Park Police Department^[23]
Alma Department of Public Safety^[24]
Almont Police Department^[25]
Alpena Police Department
Ann Arbor Police Department
Armada Police Department
Au Gres Police Department
Auburn Hills Police Department
Augusta Police Department
Bad Axe Police Department
Bancroft Police Department
Bangor Police Department
Baraga Police Department
Barryton Police Department
Battle Creek Police Department^[26]
Bay City Department of Public Safety
Beaverton Police Department
Belding Police Department
Bellaire Police Department
Belleville Police Department
Bellevue Police Department
Benton Harbor Police Department^[27]
Berkley Department of Public Safety
Beverly Hills Department of Public Safety
Big Rapids Department of Public Safety
Birch Run Police Department
Birmingham Police Department
Blissfield Police Department
Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety
Boyne City Police Department
Breckenridge Police Department
Bridgeman Police Department
Bridgeport Police Department
Brighton Police Department
Bronson Police Department
Brown City Police Department
Buchanan Police Department
Burton Police Department
Cadillac Police Department
Carleton Police Department
Caro Police Department
Carson City Police Department
Caseville Police Department
Caspian Police Department
Cass City Police Department
Cassopolis Police Department
Center Line Department of Public Safety^[28]
Central Lake Police Department
Charlevoix Police Department
Charlotte Police Department
Cheboygan Department of Public Safety
Chelsea Police Department
Chesaning Police Department
Clare Police Department
Clawson Police Department
Clinton Police Department
Clio Police Department
Coldwater Police Department
Coleman Police Department
Colon Police Department
Constantine Police Department
Corunna Police Department
Croswell Police Department
Crystal Falls Police Department
Davison Police Department
Dearborn Heights Police Department
Dearborn Police Department
Decatur Police Department
Deckerville Police Department
Detroit Police Department
DeWitt Police Department
Douglas Police Department
Dowagiac Police Department
Dundee Police Department^[29]
Durand Police Department
East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety
East Jordan Police Department
East Lansing Police Department
East Tawas Police Department
Eastpointe Police Department
Eaton Rapids Police Department
Eau Claire Police Department
Ecorse Police Department
Elk Rapids Police Department
Elkton Police Department
Ellsworth Police Department
Elsie Police Department
Escanaba Department of Public Safety
Essexville Department of Public Safety
Evart Police Department
Farmington Department of Public Safety
Farmington Hills Police Department
Fennville Police Department
Fenton Police Department
Ferndale Police Department
Flat Rock Police Department
Flint Police Department^[30]
Flushing Police Department
Fowlerville Police Department
Frankenmuth Police Department
Frankfort Police Department
Franklin Police Department
Fraser Department of Public Safety
Freeport Police Department
Fremont Police Department
Gagetown Police Department
Galien Police Department (Michigan) Galien Police Department
Garden City Police Department
Gaylord Police Department
Gibraltar Police Department
Gladstone Department of Public Safety
Gladwin Police Department
Grand Beach-Michiana Police Department
Grand Blanc Police Department
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety
Grand Ledge Police Department
Grand Rapids Police Department
Grandville Police Department
Grant Police Department
Grayling Police Department
Greenville Department of Public Safety
Grosse Pointe Department of Public Safety
Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety
Grosse Pointe Park Department of Public Safety
Grosse Pointe Shores Department of Public Safety
Grosse Pointe Woods Police Department
Hamtramck Police Department
Hancock Police Department
Harbor Beach Police Department
Harbor Springs Police Department
Harper Woods Police Department
Hart Police Department
Hartford Police Department
Hastings Police Department
Hazel Park Police Department^[31]
Hesperia Police Department
Highland Park Department of Public Safety
Hillsdale Police Department
Holland Department of Public Safety
Holly Police Department
Houghton Police Department
Howard City Police Department
Howell Police Department
Hudson Police Department
Huntington Woods Department of Public Safety
Imlay City Police Department
Inkster Police Department^[32]
Ionia Department of Public Safety^[33]
Iron Mountain Police Department
Iron River Police Department
Ironwood Department of Public Safety
Ishpeming Police Department
Jackson Police Department
Jonesville Police Department
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
Kalkaska Department of Public Safety
Keego Harbor Police Department
Kentwood Police Department
Kinde Police Department
Kingsford Department of Public Safety
Kingston Police Department
L'Anse Police Department
Laingsburg Police Department^[34]
Lake Angelus Police Department
Lake Linden Police Department
Lake Odessa Police Department
Lake Orion Police Department
Lakeview Police Department

Lansing Police Department
Lapeer Police Department
Lathrup Village Police Department
Laurium Police Department
Lawrence Police Department
Lawton Police Department
Lennon Police Department
Leslie Police Department
Lexington Police Department
Lincoln Park Police Department
Linden Police Department
Litchfield Police Department
Livonia Police Department
Lowell Police Department
Ludington Police Department
Luna Pier Police Department
Mackinac Island Police Department
Mackinaw City Police Department
Madison Heights Police Department
Mancelona Police Department
Manistee Police Department
Manistique Department of Public Safety
Manton Police Department
Marine City Police Department
Marlette Police Department
Marquette Police Department
Marshall Police Department
Marysville Police Department
Mason Police Department
Mattawan Police Department
Mayville Police Department
Melvindale Police Department
Memphis Police Department
Mendon Police Department
Menominee Police Department
Midland Police Department
Milan Police Department
Milford Police Department
Millington Police Department
Minden City Police Department
Monroe Police Department
Montague Police Department
Morenci Police Department
Morley Police Department
Morrice Police Department
Mount Morris Police Department
Mount Pleasant Police Department
Munising Police Department
Muskegon Heights Police Department
Muskegon Police Department
Nashville Police Department
Negaunee Police Department
New Baltimore Police Department
New Buffalo Police Department
New Era Police Department
New Lothrop Police Department
Newaygo Police Department
Niles Police Department
North Muskegon Police Department
Northville Police Department
Norton Shores Police Department
Norway Police Department
Novi Police Department
Oak Park Department of Public Safety
Oakley Police Department
Olivet Police Department
Orchard Lake Police Department
Otisville Police Department
Otsego Police Department
Ovid Police Department
Owendale Police Department
Owosso Police Department
Oxford Police Department
Paw Paw Police Department
Peck Police Department
Pentwater Police Department
Perry Police Department
Petoskey Department of Public Safety
Pigeon Police Department
Pinckney Police Department
Pinconning Police Department
Plainwell Department of Public Safety
Pleasant Ridge Police Department
Plymouth Police Department
Port Austin Police Department
Port Huron Police Department
Portage Police Department
Portland Police Department
Potterville Police Department
Quincy Police Department
Reading Police Department
Reed City Police Department
Reese Police Department
Richland Police Department
Richmond Police Department
River Rouge Police Department
Riverview Police Department
Rochester Police Department
Rockford Department of Public Safety^[35]
Rockwood Police Department
Rogers City Police Department
Romeo Police Department
Romulus Police Department
Roosevelt Park Police Department
Rose City Police Department
Roseville Police Department
Rothbury Police Department
Royal Oak Police Department
Saginaw Police Department
Saline Police Department
Sandusky Police Department
Sault Ste Marie Police Department
Schoolcraft Police Department
Scottville Police Department
Shelby Police Department
Shepherd Police Department
South Haven Police Department
South Lyon Police Department
South Rockwood Police Department
Southfield Police Department
Southgate Police Department
Sparta Police Department
St. Charles Police Department
St. Clair City Police Department
St. Clair Shores Police Department
St. Ignace Police Department
St. Johns Police Department
St. Joseph Department of Public Safety
St. Louis Police Department
Stanton Police Department
Sterling Heights Police Department
Stockbridge Police Department
Sturgis Police Department^[36]
- Sylvan Lake Police Department Tawas City Police Department
Taylor Police Department^[37]
Tecumseh Police Department
Three Oaks Police Department
Three Rivers Police Department
Traverse City Police Department^[38]
Trenton Police Department
Troy Police Department
Ubly Police Department
Union City Police Department
Unionville Police Department
Utica Police Department
Vassar Police Department
Vernon Police Department
Vicksburg Police Department
Walker Police Department
Walkerville Police Department
Walled Lake Police Department
Warren Police Department^[39]
Watervliet Police Department
Wayland Police Department
Wayne Police Department
West Branch Police Department
Westland Police Department^[40]
White Cloud Police Department
White Pigeon Police Department
Whitehall Police Department
Williamston Police Department
Wixom Police Department
Wolverine Lake Village Police Department
Woodhaven Police Department
Wyandotte Police Department
Wyoming Police Department^[41]
Yale Police Department
Ypsilanti Police Department
Zeeland Police Department
Zilwaukee Police Department

Township agencies

Adrian Township Police Department
Argentine Township Police Department
Baroda-Lake Township Police Department
Barry Township Police Department
Bath Township Police Department
Benton Township Police Department
Blackman-Leoni Township Department of Public Safety
Bloomfield Township Police Department
Bridgeport Township Police Department
Brownstown Township Police Department
Buena Vista Township Police Department
Cambridge Township Police Department
Canton Township Department of Public Safety
Carrollton Township Police Department
Chesterfield Township Police Department
Chikaming Township Police Department
Chocolay Township Police Department
Clay Township Police Department
Clayton Township Police Department
Clinton Township Police Department
Coloma Township Police Department
Columbia Township Police Department
Covert Township Police Department
Davison Township Police Department
Denton Township Police Department
DeWitt Township Police Department
Dryden Township Police Department
Emmett Township Department of Public Safety
Erie Township Police Department
Fairhaven Township Police Department
Flint Township Police Department
Flushing Township Police Department
Forsyth Township Police Department
Fruitport Township Police Department
Garfield Township Police Department
Genesee Township Police Department
Gerrish Township Police Department
Grand Blanc Township Police Department
Green Oak Charter Township Police Department
Grosse Ile Township Police Department
Hamburg Township Police Department
Hampton Township Department of Public Safety
Home Township Police Department
Huron Township Police Department

Indianfields Township Police Department
Ishpeming Township Police Department
Kalamazoo Township Police Department^[42]
Kinross Township Police Department
Lansing Township Police Department
Lapeer Township Police Department
Lincoln Township Police Department
Madison Township Police Department
Marenisco Township Police Department
Meridian Township Police Department^[43]
Metamora Township Police Department
Montrose Township Police Department
Mount Morris Township Police Department
Muskegon Township Police Department
Napoleon Township Police Department
Northfield Township Police Department
Northville Township Department of Public Safety
Ontwa Township-Edwardsburg Police Department
Oscoda Township Police Department
Pittsfield Township Department of Public Safety
Plymouth Township Police Department
Prairieville Township Police Department
Raisin Township Department of Public Safety
Redford Township Police Department^[44]
Richfield Township Department of Public Safety (Roscommon County)
Richfield Township Police Department (Genesee County)
Saginaw Township Police Department
Shelby Township Police Department
Silver Creek Township Police Department
Somerset Township Police Department
Spring Arbor Township Police Department
Springport Township Police Department
St. Joseph Township Police Department
Sumpter Township Police Department^[45]
Thomas Township Police Department
Tittabawassee Township Police Department
Tuscarora Township Police Department
Unadilla Township Police Department
Van Buren Township Department of Public Safety
Waterford Township Police Department
Watersmeet Township Police Department
West Bloomfield Township Police Department
White Lake Township Police Department
Woodland Township Police Department

College and university agencies

Central Michigan University Police Department
Delta Community College Department of Public Safety
- Eastern Michigan University Police Department Ferris State University Department of Public Safety^[46]
Grand Rapids Community College Police
Grand Valley State University Department of Public Safety
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Department of Public Safety
Kellogg Community College Department of Public Safety
Kirtland Community College Department of Public Safety
Lansing Community College Police Department
Macomb Community College Police Department
Michigan State University Police Department
Michigan Technological University Department of Public Safety
Mott Community College Department of Public Safety
Northern Michigan University Police Department
Oakland Community College Department of Public Safety
Oakland University Police Department
Saginaw Valley State University Police^[47]
Schoolcraft College Police Department
University of Michigan-Dearborn Department of Public Safety
University of Michigan Department of Public Safety^[48]
University of Michigan-Flint Department of Public Safety
Wayne County Community College Police Authority
Wayne State University Department of Public Safety
Western Michigan University Police Department

Park & School Police Departments

Detroit Public Schools Community District Police Department
Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority
Metro Police Authority of Genesee County

Transit Agencies

Detroit Transit Police Department

Airport Police Agencies

Bishop International Airport Authority
Capital Region Airport Authority Police Department
Gerald R. Ford International Airport Police ^[49]
Wayne County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety

Railroad police departments

Adrian-Blissfield Railroad Police
Amtrak Police
Canadian National Railroad Police
Canadian Pacific Railroad Police Department
CSX Transportation Railroad Police Department
Norfolk Southern Railroad Police

Tribal agencies

Bay Mills Tribal Police Department
Grand Traverse Band Tribal Police Department
Gun Lake Tribe Department of Public Safety
Hannahville Tribal Police
Huron Potawatomi Police Department
Keweenaw Bay Tribal Police Department
Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Police Department
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Department of Public Safety
Pokagon Tribal Police
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe Police Department

Defunct agencies

Algonac Police Department
Cedar Springs Police Department
Clarkston Police Department
Coloma Police Department
Coopersville City Police
Galesburg Police Department^[50]
Howard Township Police Department
Middleville Police Department
Mount Clemens Police Department
Niles Township Police Department
Parchment Police Department
Pontiac Police Department ^[51]
Ross Township Police Department
Sand Lake Police Department
Sodus Township Police Department
Spring Lake Village Police (Later Spring Lake / Ferrysburg Police)
Spring Lake / Ferrysburg Police Department
Sunfield Township Police Department
Vermontville Police Department
Weesaw Township Police Department

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