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As of 2018, there were 528 law enforcement agencies in New York State employing 68,810 police officers, some agencies employ peace / Special Patrolmen (about 352 for each 100,000 residents) according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. [1]
The following are municipal police departments outside of New York City. In New York, it is common for multiple municipal governments to have the same name. In these cases, the specific municipality is specified in parentheses after the department name. [61]
Public colleges and universities
Private colleges and universities
Agencies marked with a "∗" possess limited powers on their campuses under NYS Education Law, Article 129-A,§6435 [128]
Includes agencies run by NYS Public-benefit corporations