List of law enforcement agencies

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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  – Asia  – Europe  – North America  – Oceania  – South America  – Disbanded


International

Africa

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nationwide
Municipalities

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Eswatini

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

People's Republic of China

Mainland China

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A woman asking a Hong Kong policeman for directions.

Hong Kong

Macau

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ROC Coast Guard patrol boats

Republic of China (Taiwan)

India

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

State law enforcement agencies

State special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

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Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

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Police Counter-terrorist Force Pasukan Gerakan Khas during stormed the patrol vessel drill.
Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs
Malaysian Ministry of Finance
Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)
Military of Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Oman

Pakistan

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A personnel of the Sindh Police in uniform with a handgun on his belt.

Federal

Provincial

Joint Army & Federal

Philippines

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PSG SRU operators march during a parade in counter-terrorist combat gear. Note that they're marching with a mix of G36 and G36C assault rifles.
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Philippine National Police Members on Rizal Park, Manila
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Bell 429 Helicopter of the Philippine National Police
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Bureau of Jail Management and Penology members in a Firearms Safety and Proficiency Training

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

East Timor

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

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Dubai Police vehicle at the entrance of Dubai Gold Souk
Emirati level

Uzbekistan

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)

Vietnam

National
Local

Yemen

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Federal
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Car of the Austrian Finanzpolizei
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VW Touran in the Austrian Police livery
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Standard vehicle of the Austrian Justizwache
Municipalities

Azerbaijan

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Belarus

Belgium

Federal level

Local level

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

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Czech police car in Prague in 2016.

Czech Republic

National
Municipal

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

National

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Republican Guard Infantry in ceremonial uniform.
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Police municipale Peugeot car in Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.


Municipal

Overseas France

Georgia

Germany

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German Bundespolizei (federal police) Eurocopter Super Puma
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New Bundespolizei offshore patrol vessel BP 81 Potsdam

Federal

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Landespolizei (state police) officer in Hamburg (Germany)

State

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Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt

Municipalities

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

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A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána.

Isle of Man

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"Carabinieri" in Florence, Italy

Italy

National
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Guardia di Finanza police in central Rome.
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Polizia di Stato Lamborghini Gallardo
Provincial
Municipal

Latvia

Lichtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

The Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Civilian

Military

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

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Car of National Police in Slovakia
National
Municipal

Slovenia

Spain

National
Autonomous communities
Municipal

Sweden

Switzerland

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Swiss police car

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Territorial police forces

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Territorial police forces' area in the UK

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

Vatican

North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Canada

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands watch over detained migrants aboard R-V Strait Hunter, which was simulating a migrant vessel, 8 May 2012, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during exercise 120508-N-IL267-082 A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands watch over detained migrants aboard aboard R-V Strait Hunter, which was simulating a migrant vessel, May 8, 2012, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during exercise 120508-N-IL267-082.jpg
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands watch over detained migrants aboard R-V Strait Hunter, which was simulating a migrant vessel, 8 May 2012, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during exercise 120508-N-IL267-082

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica, Commonwealth of

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

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

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Bat Masterson (standing second from right), Wyatt Earp (sitting second from left), and other Deputy Marshals during the Wild West era. Some of the earliest types of law enforcement in the U.S.
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Modern day Deputy Marshals getting prepared for a raid.

Federal

Federal law enforcement agencies in the United States (Feds)
United States Department of State (DOS)
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of the Army

Department of the Navy

Department of the Air and Space Force

National Security Agency

United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
United States Department of the Interior (USDI)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
United States Department of Education (ED)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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Customs officers board a ship at the US Canada border
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
Other federal law enforcement agencies

State, county and local

Territorial police

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Territory of Guam
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Territory of American Samoa
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands

Railroad Police

Oceania

Australia

Federal

Service Police

State

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

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.

Local

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

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

People's Republic of Poland

Philippines

Communist Romania

Former Soviet Union/Russia

South Vietnam

See also

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