List of law enforcement agencies in California

California Highway Patrol vehicles, 2010.

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in California, including local (city), county, and statewide agencies. Historic agencies are included.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 509 law enforcement agencies employing 79,431 sworn police officers, about 217 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies

Los Angeles Police Department (Top) and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Bottom) patrol cars

County agencies

Municipal agencies

  • Adelanto Police Department
  • Alameda Police Department
  • Alhambra Police Department
  • Anaheim Police Department
  • Antioch Police Department[5]
  • Arcadia Police Department
  • Arcata Police Department
  • Arvin Police Department
  • Atascadero Police Department
  • Atherton Police Department
  • Auburn Police Department
  • Azusa Police Department
  • Bakersfield Police Department [6]
  • Baldwin Park Police Department
  • Banning Police Department
  • Barstow Police Department [7]
  • Beaumont Police Department
  • Bell Gardens Police Department
  • Bell Police Department
  • Belmont Police Department
  • Benicia Police Department
  • Berkeley Police Department
  • Beverly Hills Police Department
  • Bishop Police Department[8]
  • Blythe Police Department
  • Brawley Police Department
  • Brea Police Department
  • Brentwood Police Department
  • Buena Park Police Department
  • Burbank Police Department
  • Burlingame Police Department
  • Calexico Police Department
  • California City Police Department [9]
  • Calipatria Police Department
  • Campbell Police Department
  • Capitola Police Department
  • Carlsbad Police Department [10]
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Department [11]
  • Cathedral City Police Department
  • Ceres Police Department
  • Chino Police Department
  • Chula Vista Police Department [12]
  • Citrus Heights Police Department
  • Claremont Police Department
  • Clayton Police Department
  • Clovis Police Department
  • Coachella Police Department
  • Colton Police Department
  • Concord Police Department
  • Corcoran Police Department
  • Corona Police Department
  • Coronado Police Department
  • Costa Mesa Police Department
  • Cotati Police Department [13]
  • Covina Police Department
  • Culver City Police Department
  • Cypress Police Department
  • Daly City Police Department
  • Danville Police Department
  • Davis Police Department
  • Delano Police Department
  • Desert Hot Springs Police Department
  • Dinuba Police Department
  • Dixon Police Department
  • Downey Police Department
  • Dublin Police Department
  • East Palo Alto Police Department
  • El Cajon Police Department
  • El Centro Police Department
  • El Cerrito Police Department
  • El Monte Police Department
  • El Segundo Police Department
  • Elk Grove Police Department
  • Emeryville Police Department
  • Escondido Police Department
  • Eureka Police Department
  • Exeter Police Department
  • Fairfax Police Department
  • Fairfield Police Department [14]
  • Farmersville Police Department
  • Folsom Police Department
  • Fontana Police Department
  • Fortuna Police Department
  • Foster City Police Department
  • Fountain Valley Police Department
  • Fresno Police Department [15]
  • Fremont Police Department
  • Foster City Police Department
  • Fullerton Police Department
  • Galt Police Department [16]
  • Gardena Police Department [17]
  • Garden Grove Police Department
  • Gilroy Police Department [18]
  • Glendale Police Department
  • Glendora Police Department [19]
  • Grass Valley Police Department
  • Greenfield Police Department
  • Hanford Police Department
  • Hawthorne Police Department
  • Hayward Police Department [20]
  • Healdsburg Police Department
  • Hercules Police Department[21]
  • Hillsborough Police Department
  • Hillsdale Police Department
  • Holtville Police Department
  • Huntington Beach Police Department
  • Huntington Park Police Department
  • Huron Police Department
  • Imperial Police Department
  • Indio Police Department [22]
  • Inglewood Police Department
  • Irvine Police Department
  • Irwindale Beach Police Department
  • Kensington Police Department [23]
  • Kerman Police Department
  • King City Police Department [24]
  • Kingsburg Police Department
  • Laguna Beach Police Department
  • La Mesa Police Department[25]
  • La Palma Police Department
  • La Quinta Police Department
  • La Verne Police Department
  • Lemoore Police Department (California) [26]
  • Lindsay Public Safety Department
  • Livermore Police Department
  • Lodi Police Department [27]
  • Lompoc Police Department [28]
  • Long Beach Police Department
  • Los Alamitos Police Department
  • Los Altos Police Department
  • City of Los Angeles
  • Los Gatos Police Department
  • Madera Police Department
  • Mammoth Lakes Police Department
  • Manhattan Beach Police Department
  • Manteca Police Department
  • Maricopa Police Department
  • Marina Police Department [29]
  • Martinez Police Department
  • Marysville Police Department [30]
  • Maywood-Cudahy Police Department
  • McFarland Police Department
  • Menlo Park Police Department
  • Mendota Police Department
  • Merced Police Department
  • Milpitas Police Department
  • Mill Valley Police Department
  • Millbrae Police Department
  • Modesto Police Department
  • Monrovia Police Department
  • Montclair Police Department
  • Montebello Police Department
  • Monterey Police Department
  • Monterey Park Police Department
  • Moraga Police Department
  • Morgan Hill Police Department
  • Morro Bay Police Department [31]
  • Mountain View Police Department
  • Murrieta Police Department
  • National City Police Department
  • Napa Police Department [32]
  • Newark Police Department
  • Newport Beach Police Department
  • Novato Police Department
  • City of Oakland
  • Oakdale Police Department
  • Oceanside Police Department
  • Ontario Police Department
  • Orange Police Department
  • Orange Grove Police Department
  • Orinda Police Department
  • Oroville Police Department
  • Oxnard Police Department
  • Pacifica Police Department
  • Pacific Grove Police Department
  • Palm Springs Police Department
  • Palo Alto Police Department
  • Palos Verdes Estates Police Department
  • Paradise Police Department
  • Pasadena Police Department
  • Paso Robles Police Department
  • Pinole Police Department
  • Pismo Beach Police Department
  • Pittsburg Police Department
  • Placentia Police Department
  • Pleasant Hill Police Department
  • Pleasanton Police Department
  • Pomona Police Department [33]
  • Port Hueneme Police Department
  • Redding Police Department
  • Redlands Police Department
  • Redondo Beach Police Department
  • Redwood City Police Department
  • Rialto Police Department
  • Richmond Police Department
  • Ridgecrest Police Department
  • Rio Dell Police Department [34]
  • Rio Vista Police Department
  • Ripon Police Department
  • Riverside Police Department
  • Rocklin Police Department
  • Roseville Police Department
  • Sacramento Police Department
  • Salinas Police Department
  • San Anselmo Police Department
  • San Bernardino Police Department
  • San Carlos Police Department
  • San Diego Police Department [35]
  • Sand City Police Department
  • San Fernando Police Department
  • City of San Francisco
  • San Gabriel Police Department
  • San Jose Police Department
  • San Leandro Police Department [36]
  • San Lorenzo Police Department
  • San Luis Obispo Police Department
  • San Marino Police Department
  • San Mateo Police Department
  • San Pablo Police Department [37]
  • San Rafael Police Department
  • San Ramon Police Department
  • Santa Ana Police Department [38]
  • Santa Barbara Police Department
  • Santa Clara Police Department
  • Santa Cruz Police Department
  • Santa Maria Police Department
  • Santa Monica Police Department
  • Santa Paula Police Department
  • Santa Rosa Police Department
  • Sand City Police Department
  • Sausalito Police Department
  • Scotts Valley Police Department
  • Seal Beach Police Department
  • Seaside Police Department
  • Sebastopol Police Department
  • Selma Police Department
  • Shafter Police Department
  • Sierra Madre Police Department
  • Signal Hill Police Department
  • Simi Valley Police Department
  • Sonora Police Department
  • South Gate Police Department [39]
  • South Lake Tahoe Police Department
  • South Pasadena Police Department
  • South San Francisco Police Department
  • Stockton Police Department [40]
  • Suisun City Police Department (California) [41]
  • Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
  • Taft Police Department
  • Tehachapi Police Department
  • Tiburon Police Department
  • Torrance Police Department
  • Tracy Police Department
  • Truckee Police Department
  • Tulare Police Department
  • Turlock Police Department
  • Tustin Police Department
  • Ukiah Police Department
  • Union City Police Department
  • Upland Police Department[42]
  • Vacaville Police Department
  • Vallejo Police Department
  • Ventura Police Department
  • Vernon Police Department
  • Visalia Police Department
  • Walnut Creek Police Department[43]
  • Watsonville Police Department
  • West Covina Police Department
  • West Sacramento Police Department
  • Westminster Police Department
  • Westmoreland Police Department
  • Whittier Police Department [44]
  • Winters Police Department
  • Woodlake Police Department
  • Woodland Police Department
  • Weed Police Department
  • Yuba City Police Department
  • Yreka Police Department

College and University agencies

  • Allan Hancock Community College Police Department
  • Antelope Valley College District Police
  • Azusa Pacific University Campus Safety
  • California State University Police Department
  • Cerritos Community College Police Department[45]
  • Chapman University Department of Public Safety
  • Chaffey College Police Department
  • College of the Sequoias District Police Department
  • Contra Costa Community College District Police Services
  • Crafton Hills Community College Police Services
  • Cuesta College Police Department
  • El Camino College Police Department
  • Fontana Unified School District Police Department
  • Foothill-De Anza College District Police Department
  • Hartnell College Campus Safety Department
  • Irvine Valley College Police Department
  • Los Rios Community College Police Department
  • Merced Community College Police Department[46]
  • Pasadena Area Community College District Police Department
  • Pepperdine University Department of Public Safety
  • Riverside Community College District Police
  • Saddleback College Police Department[47]
  • Saint Mary's College of California Department of Public Safety
  • San Bernardino Community College District Police Department
  • San Diego Community College Police Department
  • San Francisco Community College Police Department
  • San Joaquin Delta College District Police Department
  • San Jose/Evergreen College District Police Department
  • San Mateo Community College District Department of Public Safety
  • Santa Rosa Junior College District Police Department
  • Santa Monica College Police Department
  • Sasta College Police Department
  • Solano Community College Police Department
  • South Orange County Community College District Department of Campus Safety
  • Stanford Department of Public Safety
  • University of California Police Department
  • University of California Protective Service
  • University of the Pacific Police Department
  • University of San Diego Department of Public Safety
  • University of San Francisco Department of Public Safety
  • University of Southern California Department of Public Safety
  • Ventura County Community College Police Department
  • West Valley-Mission Community College District Police
  • Yuba College Police Department

School Agencies

The LAPD Administration Building, the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department in downtown Los Angeles.

Special district agencies

San Diego Police officers confer during the October 2007 California wildfires.

Federal law enforcement agencies in California

A San Francisco Police Department cruiser, K-9 division, 2008.

Defunct Agencies

References

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See also

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