List of law enforcement agencies
A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a special, local, or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It could also refer to a national police force such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency. 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
- Ameripol, (Police Community of the Americas or Ameripol)
- ASEANAPOL, (Inter-Asean Police)[1]
- CLACIP, (La Comunidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Inteligencia Policial)[2]
- EUROGENDFOR (European Gendarmerie Force)
- European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
- Europol (European Police Office)
- Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
- Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
- United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Africa
Algeria
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Sûreté Nationale
Angola
- Angolan National Police
Benin
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Police Nationale
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Cameroon
Cape Verde
- Polícia Judiciária
- Polícia Nacional
Central African Republic
Chad
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Egypt
- Egyptian Police Service
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Gambia
- Gambia Police Force
Ghana
Kenya
- National Police Service
- Kenya Police Service
- Administration Police Service
- Directorate of Criminal Investigations
Lesotho
- Royal Lesotho Mounted Police
Liberia
Libya
- Libyan People's Security Force
Madagascar
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Presidential Security Regiment
- Police Publique
Mali
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Mauritania
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Police Nationale
Mauritius
Morocco
- Gendarmerie Royale du Maroc (paramilitary national police force)
- Sûreté Nationale du Maroc (civilian national police force)
Namibia
- Nationwide
- Municipalities
- City Police (in some municipalities)
Niger
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Nigeria
- Nigeria Police Force
- Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
- Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Rwanda
Senegal
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Seychelles
- Seychelles Police Force
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
- South African Police Service (SAPS)
- Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
- National Prosecuting Authority - Directorate of Special Operations (NPA)
- Counter Intelligence Agency (SACIA)
Sudan
- Sudanese Police Service
Swaziland
- Royal Swaziland Police Service
Tanzania
- Tanzania Police Force
- Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau
- local police (mgambo and sungusungu)
- special jurisdiction police
Togo
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Tunisia
- Ministry of Interior
- Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (Police)
- Direction Générale de la Garde Nationale (National Guard)
- Office National de la Protection Civile (Firefighter)
- Ministry of Finance
- Direction Générale des Douanes (Customs)
- Ministry of Justice
- Direction Générale des Prisons et de la Rééducation (Prisons Guards)
- Presidency
- Direction Générale de la Sécurité du Chef de l'Etat et des Personnalités Officielles (Presidential Guards)
Uganda
Zambia
- Zambia Police Service
Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
People's Republic of China
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Police Force
- Independent Commission Against Corruption
- Hong Kong Correctional Services Department
- Immigration Department
- Customs and Excise Department
Macau
Taiwan
- National Police Agency
- National Immigration Agency
- Bureau of Investigation
- Coast Guard Administration
- Military Police Command
India
Central (federal) law enforcement agencies
- Assam Rifles
- Border Security Force
- Central Bureau of Investigation
- Central Board of Direct Taxes
- Central Industrial Security Force
- Central Reserve Police Force
- Defence Security Corps
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- National Security Guard
- National Investigation Agency
- Railway Protection Force
- Rashtriya Rifles
- Sashastra Seema Bal
- Special Frontier Force
State law enforcement agencies
- Andhra Pradesh Police
- Arunachal Pradesh Police
- Bihar Police
- Chhattisgarh Police
- Delhi Police
- Goa Police
- Gujarat Police
- Haryana Police
- Himachal Pradesh Police
- Jammu and Kashmir Police
- Jharkhand Police
- Karnataka Police
- Kerala Police
- Madhya Pradesh Police
- Maharashtra Police
- Manipur Police
- Meghalaya Police
- Mizoram Police
- Nagaland Police
- Odisha Police
- Punjab Police
- Rajasthan Police
- Sikkim Police
- Tamil Nadu Police
- Telangana Police
- Tripura Police
- Uttarakhand Police
- Uttar Pradesh Police
- West Bengal Police
Indonesia
- Departemen Kehakiman dan HAM
- Kejaksaan Agung RI
- Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia
- Mahkamah Agung RI
Iran
Iraq
- Iraqi National Police Force (paramilitary)
- Iraqi Police Service (civilian)
Israel
- Israel Defense Forces
- Israeli Police Force
- Israel Border Police (A special corps within the Israeli Police Force)
- Mossad
- Shin Bet
Japan
- National Public Safety Commission
- National Police Agency
- Imperial Guard of Japan
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
- 46 prefecture police departments
- National Police Agency
- Japan Coast Guard (known as the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency from 1949–2000)
- Ministry of Finance
- Japan Customs
- Ministry of Justice
- Correctional Bureau
Jordan
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Republic of Korea National Public Safety Commission
- Republic of Korea National Police Agency
- Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
- 13 local police agencies
- Republic of Korea National Police Agency
- Korea Correctional Service of Ministry of Justice of Korea
- Korea Customs Service
- Korea Coast Guard (formerly known as the Republic of Korea Maritime Police)
- Korea Immigration Service
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
- Law enforcement in Kyrgyzstan
- Ministry of the Interior Kyrgyzstan National Police[3]
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
- Royal Malaysia Police (Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia – PDRM)
- National Anti-Drug Agency (Malay: Agensi Anti-Dadah Kebangsaan – AADK)
- Malaysian Prison Department (Malay: Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
- Malaysia Civil Defence Force (Malay: Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia – JPAM)
- RELA Corps
- Immigration Department of Malaysia (Malay: Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia)
- Royal Malaysian Custom (Malay: Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia)
Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)
- Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malay: Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
- Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Malay: Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia – SPRM)
- Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja (Royal Military Police Corps)
- Federal Intelligence Department (Malay: Jabatan Perisikan Persekutuan)
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
islamic republic of Pakistan
Federal
- Anti-Narcotics Force
- Airports Security Force
- Federal Investigation Agency
- Frontier Constabulary
- Frontier Corps
- National Highways & Motorway Police
- Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
- Pakistan Coast Guards
- Pakistan Customs
- Pakistan Railways Police
- Pakistan Rangers
- federal investigation authority
- national accountability Bureau
Provincial
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police
- Balochistan Constabulary
- Balochistan Police
- Capital Territory Police
- Frontier Police
- Gilgit-Baltistan Police
- Punjab Police
- Sindh Police
Philippines
- Office of the President
- Presidential Security Group (PSG)
- Special Reaction Unit (SRU)
- Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
- Optical Media Board (OMB) Enforcement and Investigation Division (REPUBLIC ACT.9239)
- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority – Traffic Enforcement Division (MMDA-TED)
- Presidential Security Group (PSG)
- Department of the Interior and Local Government
- Department of Justice
- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
- Bureau of Immigration—Law Enforcement Division (BI-LED)
- Department of Transportation and Communications
- Philippine Ports Authority – Port Police Department (PPA-PPD)
- Land Transportation Office – Law Enforcement Service (LTO-LES)
- Office for Transportation Security (OTS)
- Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
- Department of Finance
- Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
- Collection Enforcement Division (CED)
- Enforcement Service (ES)
- Large Taxpayers Collection and Enforcement Division (LTCED)
- Bureau of Customs—Enforcement Group (BOC-EG)
- Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Department of Environment and National Resources
- Law Enforcement and Licenses Division (DENR-LELD)
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
- Royal Saudi Arabian Police Force
- Saudi Arabian Traffic Police Force
- Saudi Arabian Border Guard
- Saudi Arabian Coast Guard
- Saudi Arabian Customs and Immigration Department
- Mabahith (Secret Service)
- Hay'ah (Religious Police)
Singapore
- Singapore Police Force
- Auxiliary Police Forces
- Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
- Internal Security Department
- Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command
Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Police
- Special Task Force
- Criminal Investigation Department
- Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police
- Naval Provost Branch
- Air Force Police
- Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption (Bribery Commission)
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
East Timor
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
The National Security Service NSS; in Uzbek Milliy Xavfsizlik Xizmati, MXX
Vietnam
- Vietnam People's Public Security
- Vietnam People's Police
- Vietnam People's Security
Yemen
Europe
Albania
Andorra
- Andorran Police Service and traffic police (local police) divided by communes
Armenia
Austria
- Federal
- Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung (BAK): Federal Bureau to prevent and to fight corruption
- Bundeskriminalamt (BK): Federal Criminal Police Office
- Bundespolizei: Federal Police Service
- Alpine Einsatzgruppen (AEG): Mountain Police, part of Federal Police
- Bereitschaftseinheit Wien (BE): Standby Police Unit for Vienna
- Einsatzeinheit (EE): Riot Police of Federal Police
- See- und Strompolizei: River branch of Federal Police
- Sonderdienste Sektor Graz (SEKTOR): SWAT unit of Federal Police in Graz
- WEGA (only short version in use, originally from Wiener Einsatz-Gruppe Alarmabteilung): SWAT unit of Federal Police in Vienna
- Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra): Federal SWAT and special forces unit, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
- Finanzpolizei: Financial Guard
- Flugpolizei: Air Police, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
- Justizwache (JW): Penitentiary Police
- Justizwache Einsatzgruppe (JEG): SWAT Team of Penitentiary Police
- Militärstreife: Military Police of the Austrian Armed Forces
- Operative Zollaufsicht (OZA): Customs Service
- Sondereinheit für Observation (SEO): Special Unit for Covered Technical Surveillance, which is not part of the Federal Police, part of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI)
- Stadtpolizei: Local or City Police
- Ordnungswache or Ordnungsamt: municipal law enforcement, in unincorporated cities, that are not allowed to have a Stadtpolizei, like Graz and Klagenfurt
- Straßenaufsicht: municipal traffic enforcement
Azerbaijan
Bailiwick of Guernsey
Bailiwick of Jersey
Belarus
- Belarusian Militsiya (National Police)
- Belarusian Presidential Guard
- Belarusian State Security Agency
Belgium
Federal level
- Federal police (1 federal force for the entire country, responsible for specialized and supra-local policing as well as support to the local police)
Local level
- Local police (189 local forces for 189 police zones that encompass either one muninicipality or multiple municipalities, responsible for basic policing)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- National Investigative Service, legally part of the judiciary and under the Ministry of Justice
- State Agency for National Security
- General Directorate of the Police
- General Directorate of the Border Police
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
- Czech Republic National Police
- Městská policie (Municipal police)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Gendarmerie Départementale
- Gendarmerie Mobile
- Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)
- Gendarmerie Maritime (maritime police)
- Gendarmerie de l'Air (air police)
- Garde républicaine (Republican Guard)
- Police Nationale
- Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (riot control force)
- Prefecture of Police Parisian Police Service
- Garde champêtre (Park Rangers/Game Wardens)
- Douane (Customs)
- Police Municipale (Local Police)
- Royal police and territorial guard (Wallis and Futuna)
- Administration pénitentiaire (Department of Corrections)
- Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT teams)
Georgia
Germany
Federal
- Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office
- MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
- Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal Police
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of Federal Police
- Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel: Federal Police Air Group
- GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei): Federal Police Special Forces Group
- MFE (Mobile Fahndungseinheit): Special Unit for Covered (Individual and Technical) Surveillance
- Bundeszollverwaltung: Federal Customs Service
- Zollkriminalamt (ZKA): Customs Investigation Bureau
- Feldjägertruppe: Military Police of the Federal Defense Force
- Küstenwache: Coast Guard, it is not separate agency, it consists of units compiled of ships and personnel of the Federal Police, Customs Service, the Wasser und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV) (Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) and the Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) (Federal Agency for Agriculture and Nutrition)
- Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Polizei DBT): Federal Parliament Police
State
- Landespolizei: State Police
- Schutzpolizei (SchuPo): Uniformed Branch of State Police
- Landeskriminalamt (LKA): State Criminal Office
- MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
- Kriminalpolizei (KriPo): Detective Branch of State Police
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of State Police
- BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit): State Police Special Detention Unit
- SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando): SWAT unit of State Police
- Autobahnpolizei: Highway Patrol of State Police
- Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP): River Branch of State Police
- Wachpolizei (WaPol): Branch of State Police for the security of state government buildings or diplomatic facilities, only in the states of Berlin and Hesse
- Freiwilliger Polizeidienst: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse
- Sicherheitspartner: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Brandenburg
- Sicherheitswacht: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Bavaria and Saxony
- Justiz: Penitentiary Police
Municipalities
- Kommunaler Ordnungsdienst (KOD): Municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
- Kommunalpolizei or Stadtpolizei: Municipal police in cities of the state of Hesse
- Gemeindevollzugsdienst (GVD): Municipal police in the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Ordnungsamt (OA): Municipal police or municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
- Polizeibehörde: municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
Greece
- Hellenic Police Service – created in 1984 from the below agencies:
- Hellenic Gendarmerie (1833–1984)
- Hellenic City Police ( ? – 1984)
- Hellenic Coast Guard
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
- Garda Síochána
- Criminal Assets Bureau (joint unit between the Garda and Irish Sheriff Service)
- Civic Guard (disbanded and merged into the Garda Síochána in 1923)
- Dublin Metropolitan Police (disbanded and merged into the Garda Síochána in 1925)
- Garda Síochána Reserve (Reserve police force that works with and assists regular Police)
- Irish Revenue
- Irish Customs Service
- Irish Sheriff Service
- Irish Prison Service
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
- Border Management Unit
- Airport Police (Ireland) Irish Aviation Police Service in Irish state owned airports
- Irish Military Police (Corps of the Irish Defence Forces which enforce military law)
Isle of Man
Italy
- Carabinieri (Paramilitary Police – military corps)
- Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (Special Operations Group)
- Gruppo di intervento speciale (Special Intervention Group)
- Corazzieri (Cuirassiers)
- Guardia di Finanza (Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a military corps)
- Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (Anti-Terrorism)
- Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzata (Organized Crime Investigation Group)
- Gruppo Operativo Antidroga (Counter-narcotics Group)
- Gruppo Anticrimine Tecnologico (Counter-cybercrime Group)
- Comando Operativo Aeronavale (Air-Naval Operational Command)
- Servizio Cinofili (Police Dog Division K9)
- Polizia di Stato (State Police)
- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (Central Security Operations Service)
- Polizia Stradale (Traffic Police)
- Polizia Ferroviaria (Railroad Police)
- Corpo Forestale dello Stato (State Forestry Corps)
- Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police), part of the Ministry of Justice (Ministero della Giustizia)
- Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police; originally called the Vigiles or Vigili Urbani), it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)
- Polizia Provinciale (Provincial Police) that mainly enforce hunting and fishing laws, it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)
Kazakhstan
- Kazak Militsiya (National Police)
Latvia
Lichtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Republic of Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
- Sûreté Publique de Monaco (Police)
- Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince de Monaco (Prince's Guard)
Montenegro
The Netherlands
- Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary)
- Korps landelijke politiediensten (National Police Services Agency)
- Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst en Economische controledienst (Fiscal Information and Investigation Service/Economic Investigation Service), referred to as "FIOD-ECD"
- 25 regiokorpsen (regional police forces)
Norway
- Politidirektoratet (National Police Directorate)
- Økokrim (National Economic and Fraud Police)
- Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (National Security Police)
Poland
- Policja (Police)
- Żandarmeria Wojskowa (Military Gendarmerie)
- Straż Graniczna (Border Guard)
- Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego - (Internal Security Agency)
- Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne - (Central Anticorruption Bureau)
- Prokuratura Polish public prosecutor office (chief department is Prokuratura Generalna)
- Służba Celna (customs)
Portugal
Civilian
- Ministério da Administração Interna
- Guarda Nacional Republicana (gendarmerie)
- Polícia de Segurança Pública (civilian police)
- Polícia Judiciária (investigation police)
- Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (equivalent to US ICE)
- Autoridade Segurança Alimentar e Economica ASAE (a mix equivalent to US FDA and an Economic crime police)
Military
- Ministério da Defesa Nacional
- Polícia do Exército (Portuguese Army military police)
- Unidade de Polícia Naval (Portuguese Navy military police, part of the Portuguese Marine Corps)
- Polícia Aérea (Portuguese Air Force military police)
- Polícia Marítima (maritime police, part of the Portuguese Navy)
Romania
- Poliţia Română (Romanian Police, national police force)
- Poliţia de Frontieră (Border Police)
- Jandarmeria Română (Romanian Gendarmerie, has military status)
- Poliţia Comunitară (Local/Municipal Police)
- Direcția Generală Anticorupție (Internal Affairs)
- Direcţia Naţională Anticorupţie (anti-corruption agency)
- Financial Guard
Russia
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Police of Russia – New federal police, since 2011 (instead the Militsiya)
- National Guard
- Federal Protective Service – protection of high rank officials
- Presidential Security Service – concerned with the tasks related to the protection of the President of Russia.
- Federal Security Service – Federal anti-terror and counter-espionnage Service
- The Federal Border Guard Service is subordinate to the FSB and responsible for Maritime survillance.
- The Ministry of Russia for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters ("EMERCOM") is responsible for the civil defence regulation, protection from fire and has own troops.
- The Ministry of Justice of Russia
- Federal service of Punishment Execution (FSIN) is responsible for the penal correction and prison system.
- The Ministry of Defence of Russia
- Russian Military Police (under construction)
- Investigative Committee of Russia – Investigative body, struggling the Corruption and High Criminal Affairs ("The Russian FBI"). Created on 15 January 2011.
San Marino
- Gendarmeria (paramilitary police)
- Polizia Civile (civilian police)
- Guardia di Rocca (border patrol and permanent military force)
Serbia
Slovakia
- Law enforcement in Slovakia
- mestská polícia (Municipal police)
Slovenia
Spain
National
- Guardia Civil
- Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Corps)
- Dirección de Instituciones Penitenciarias (Directorate of Penitentiary Institutions)
- Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs Surveillance Service)
Autonomous communities
- Ertzaintza in the Basque Country
- Mossos d'Esquadra in Catalonia
- Policía Foral in Navarre
Municipal
- Policía Municipal (also known as Policía Local or Guardia Urbana) in every town and city.
- Autoridad Portuaria (Port Police)
Sweden
- National Laboratory of Forensic Science
- Coast Guard
- Customs Service
- Enforcement Administration
- Police Service
- Prison and Probation Service
- The National Criminal Investigations Department
- Security Service
- Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau
Switzerland
- Border Guard Corps
- Federal Office of Police
- Cybercrime Coordination Unit Switzerland (CYCO) German: Koordinationsstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internetkriminalität (KOBIC), (French: Service de coordination de la lutte contre la criminalité sur Internet (SCOCI), Italian: Servizio di coordinazione per la lotta contro la criminalità su Internet (SCOCI))[4]
- Cantonal police (French: Police cantonale, German: Kantonspolizei, Romansh: Polizia Chantunala, Italian: Polizia cantonale)
- Municipal police (French: Police municipale, German: Stadtpolizei, Romansh: Polizia Cumûnala, Italian: Polizia Municipale)
Turkey
- General Directorate of Security (Turkish: Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü)
- Gendarmerie (Turkish: Jandarma)
- Undersecretariat of Public Order and Security (Turkish: Kamu Güvenliği Teşkilâtı)
- National Intelligence Organization (Turkish: Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı)
- Gendarmerie Intelligence (Turkish: Jandarma İstihbarat)
- Coast Guard Command (Turkish: Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı)
- Municipial Police (Turkish: Zabıta)
- General Directorate of Customs Protection (Turkish: Gümrükler Muhafaza Genel Müdürlüğü)
- General Directorate of Forest Protection (Turkish: Orman Muhafaza)
- Directorate General of Coastal Safety
- General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses
- General Directorate of Border Protection
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Subnational police
- Avon and Somerset Constabulary
- Bedfordshire Police
- Cambridgeshire Constabulary
- Cheshire Constabulary
- City of London Police
- Cleveland Police
- Cumbria Constabulary
- Derbyshire Constabulary
- Devon and Cornwall Police
- Dorset Police
- Durham Constabulary
- Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)
- Essex Police
- Gloucestershire Constabulary
- Greater Manchester Police
- Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)
- Hampshire Constabulary
- Hertfordshire Constabulary
- Humberside Police
- Kent Police
- Lancashire Constabulary
- Leicestershire Police
- Lincolnshire Police
- Merseyside Police
- Metropolitan Police (London, excluding the City of London)
- Norfolk Constabulary
- Northamptonshire Police
- North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)
- Northumbria Police
- North Yorkshire Police
- Nottinghamshire Police
- Police Scotland
- Police Service of Northern Ireland
- South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)
- South Yorkshire Police
- Staffordshire Police
- Suffolk Constabulary
- Surrey Police
- Sussex Police
- Thames Valley Police
- Warwickshire Police
- West Mercia Police
- West Midlands Police
- West Yorkshire Police
- Wiltshire Police
National police
- National Crime Agency
- Ministry of Defence Police
- National Wildlife Crime Unit
- National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit
- National Counter Terrorism Security Office
- Protection Command
- National Fraud Intelligence Bureau
- National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service
- British Transport Police (Great Britain)
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary (Great Britain)
- National Ballistics Intelligence Service (Great Britain)
- National Police Air Service (England and Wales)
Service police
Overseas police
Non-police
- Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
- Security Service
- Border Force
- Immigration Enforcement
- Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (Great Britain)
- Driver and Vehicle Agency (Northern Ireland)
- Serious Fraud Office (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
- Independent Police Complaints Commission (England and Wales)
British Overseas Territories police
- Bermuda Police Service
- British Indian Ocean Territory Police
- Pitcairn Islands Police
- Royal Cayman Islands Police Service
- Royal Falkland Islands Police
- Royal Montserrat Police Service
- Royal Virgin Islands Police Force
- Saint Helena Police Service
- Royal Gibraltar Police
Vatican
- Corpo della Gendarmeria (known as the Corpo di Vigilanza until 2002)
- Swiss Guard
North America
Antigua and Barbuda
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
- Antigua and Barbuda Regiment
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard
Bahamas
- Royal Bahamas Defence Force
- Royal Bahamas Police Force
- Bahamas Prison Service
- Bahamas Customs Service
- Bahamas Immigration Service
Barbados
Belize
- Belize Defence Force
- Ground Forces
- Air Wing
- Maritime Wing
- Volunteer Guard
- Royal Belize Police Force
Bermuda
- Bermuda Police Service
- Bermuda Reserve Police
- Bermuda International Airport Security Police
Canada
Federal
- Canada Border Services Agency – composed of the former agencies listed below:
- Canadian Forces Military Police
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Canadian National Railway Police
- Environment Canada Federal Game Officers
- Parks Canada Park Wardens
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fishery Enforcement Officers
- Correctional Service of Canada
- Canadian Pacific Railway Police
- Transport Canada Enforcement
Provincial
- Ontario Provincial Police
- Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
- Sûreté du Québec
- Alberta Sheriffs
- Ontario Correctional Services
- Ontario Highway Carrier Safety and Enforcement
Municipal
- Abbotsford Police Department
- Barrie Police Service
- Brockville Police Service
- Calgary Police Service
- Camrose Police Service
- Charlottetown Police Service
- Durham Regional Police Service
- Edmonton Police Service
- Fredericton Police Force
- Gatineau Police
- Halifax Regional Police
- Halton Regional Police Service
- Hamilton Police Service
- Laval Police Service
- Lethbridge Regional Police Service
- London Police Service
- Medicine Hat Police Service
- Montreal Police Service
- Niagara Parks Police Service
- Niagara Regional Police Service
- Ottawa Police Service
- Peel Regional Police
- Quebec City Police
- Rivière-du-Nord Police
- Regina Police Service
- Saskatoon Police Service
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service
- South Simcoe Police Service
- Toronto Police Service
- Vancouver Police Department
- Victoria Police Department
- Waterloo Regional Police Service
- West Grey Police
- West Vancouver Police Department
- Winnipeg Police Service
- York Regional Police
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
- Royal Dominica Police Force
Dominican Republic
- Policia Nacional Dominicana
- Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD)
- Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones (DNI)
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
- Haitian National Police
- United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti
- Army Force of Haiti (FAd'H)
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Federal
- Federal Police (Mexico) (Policia Federal)
- 3rd Military Police Brigade from the Mexican Army
- Policia Federal De Caminos
- Policía Federal Ministerial
- Gendarmeria Nacional (recently established agency by president Enrique Peña Nieto)
Nicaragua
Panama
- Panamanian Policía Nacional (called the Fuerza Publica from 1990–2006)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Federal
United States Department of State (DOS)
United States Department of the Treasury
- Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division (IRS-CID)
- Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
- United States Mint Police (USMP)
- United States Treasury Police – merged into the US Secret Service Uniformed Division in 1986.
United States Department of Defense (DOD)
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency
- Defense Logistics Agency Police
- United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (Army CID)
- United States Army Military Police Corps
- United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Airforce OSI)
- United States Air Force Security Forces
- Department of the Air Force Police
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
- Office of Naval Intelligence Police (ONI Police)
- Marine Corps Provost Marshal's Office
- National Security Agency Police (NSA Police)
United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (since 1973)
- Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (1968–73)
- Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–68)
- Bureau of Prohibition (1927–33)
- Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (1966–68)
- Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–68)
- Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (1968–73)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
- United States Marshals Service (USMS)
United States Department of the Interior (USDI)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
- Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement & Security
- National Park Service
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement
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)
- Federal Protective Service (FPS)
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
- Coast Guard Police (CGPD)
- Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
Other federal law enforcement agencies
- Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service (CIA SPS)
- Federal Reserve Police
- Library of Congress Police
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park Police
- United States Capitol Police (USCP)
- United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
- United States Probation Service (USPO)
- United States Supreme Court Police
State and local
Territorial Police
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Department of Justice
- Puerto Rico Commonwealth Police (also known as the Policia de Puerto Rico or the Puerto Rico Police Department)
- Puerto Rico Commonwealth Marshal's Office
- Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources Conservation Rangers
- Puerto Rico Department of Parks and Recreation Park Rangers
- Puerto Rico Ports Authority
- Puerto Rico Port Authority Police Department (Policia de los Puertos)
- Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Adjuntas Police Department
- Aguada Police Department
- Aguadilla Police Department
- Aguas Buenas Police Department
- Aibonito Police Department
- Anasco Police Department
- Arecibo Police Department
- Arroyo Police Department
- Barceloneta Police Department
- Barranquitas Police Department
- Bayamón Police Department
- Cabo Rojo Police Department
- Caguas Police Department
- Camuy Police Department
- Canóvanas Police Department
- Carolina Police Department
- Cataño Police Department
- Cayey Police Department
- Ceiba Police Department
- Ciales Police Department
- Cidra Police Department
- Coamo Police Department
- Comerío Police Department
- Corozol Police Department
- Culebra Police Department
- Dorado Police Department
- Fajardo Police Department
- Florida Police Department
- Guánica Police Department
- Guayama Police Department
- Guayanilla Police Department
- Guaynabo City Police Department
- Gurabo Police Department
- Hatillo Police Department
- Hormigueros Police Department
- Humacao Police Department
- Isabela Police Department
- Jayuya Police Department
- Juana Díaz Police Department
- Juncos Police Department
- Lajas Police Department
- Lares Police Department
- Las Marías Police Department
- Las Piedras Police Department
- Loíza Police Department
- Luquillo Police Department
- Manatí Police Department
- Maricao Police Department
- Maunabo Police Department
- Mayagüez Police Department
- Moca Police Department
- Morovis Police Department
- Naguabo Police Department
- Naranjito Police Department
- Orocovis Police Department
- Patillas Police Department
- Peñuelas Police Department
- Ponce Police Department
- Quebradillas Police Department
- Rincón Police Department
- Río Grande Police Department
- Sabana Grande Police Department
- Salinas Police Department
- San Germán Police Department
- San Juan Police Department
- San Lorenzo Police Department
- San Sebastián Police Department
- Santa Isabel Police Department
- Toa Alta Police Department
- Toa Baja Police Department
- Trujillo Alto Police Department
- Utuado Police Department
- Vega Alta Police Department
- Vega Baja Police Department
- Vieques Police Department
- Villalba Police Department
- Yabucoa Police Department
- Yauco Police Department
Territory of Guam
- Guam Police Department
- Supreme Court of Guam Deputy Marshals
- Guam Superior Court Deputy Marshals
- Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency
- Port Authority of Guam
- Guam Port Authority Police
- Antonio B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Police Department
- Guam Department of Agriculture Conservation Officers
- Guam Department of Parks and Recreation Park Patrol Officers
- Guam Department of Corrections
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety
- Police Division
- Fire/Rescue Division
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Corrections
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Conservation Conservation Officers
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Ports Authority Police Department
Territory of American Samoa
- American Samoa Department of Public Safety
- Pago Pago International Airport Police Department
- American Samoa Ports Authority Police Department
- American Samoa Community College Police Department
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands
- United States Virgin Islands Police Department
- United States Virgin Islands Territorial Marshal's Office
Railroad Police
- Union Pacific Police Department
- BNSF Police Department
- CSX Police Department
- Norfolk Southern Police Department
- Amtrak Police Department (government-owned passenger train service)
- Canadian National Railway Police
- Canadian Northern Railway Police
- Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service
Oceania
Australia
Federal
- Australian Federal Police (AFP) (also ACT territory police)
- Australian Crime Commission (ACC) (ex. National Crime Authority)
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACS)
- Australian Government Attorney General's Department
- Australian Protective Service (APS) (diplomatic & Head of Govt. protection) - now part of the Australian Federal Police
- Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) (domestic intelligence)
Service Police
- Royal Australian Corps of Military Police
- Naval Police Coxswain
- RAAF Security Police
- Australian Defence Force Investigative Service
State
- New South Wales Police Force
- Northern Territory Police
- Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales
- Queensland Police Service
- RailCorp Transit Officer
- South Australia Police
- Tasmania Police
- Victoria Police
- Western Australia Police
- Crime and Corruption Commission, Western Australia
- Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland
- Independent Commission Against Corruption, New South Wales
- New South Wales Crime Commission
- New South Wales Police Integrity Commission
- Office of Police Integrity, Victoria
- Local Government Council Ranger
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru
- Nauru Police Force
New Zealand
- New Zealand Police
- New Zealand Security Intelligence Service
- New Zealand Customs Service
- New Zealand Department of Corrections
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Ministry of Fisheries
- Immigration New Zealand
- Military Police
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
- Royal Tongan Police Service
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
South America
Argentina
Federal
- Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (GNA) (Argentine National Gendarmerie)
- Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA) (Argentine Naval Prefecture)
- Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria (PSA) (Airport Security Police)
- Policía Federal Argentina (PFA) (Argentine Federal Police)
- Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) (Federal Penitentiary Service)
- Oficina Anticorrupción (OA) (Counter Corruption Bureau)
Provincial
Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.
- Buenos Aires Provincial Police (Policía Bonaerense)
- Santa Fe Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe)
- Córdoba Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Córdoba)
- Tucumán Provincial Police (Policía de la Provincia de Tucumán)
Local
Bolivia
Brazil
- Law enforcement in Brazil
- Brazilian Federal Police
- Brazilian Military Police
- Brazilian Civil Police
- Brazilian Intelligence Agency
- Municipal Guards
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
- Law enforcement in 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
- B-Gendarmerie (paramilitary security force from ca. 1950 until 1955)
- Bundesgendarmerie (Federal Constabulary until 2005)
Czechoslovakia
- Veřejná bezpečnost (Public security)
- StB (State Security)
Germany
- Federal Republic of Germany
- Bayerische Grenzpolizei (GrePo) (Border Police of the state of Bavaria from 1946 until 1998)
- Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) (Federal Border Guard until 2005)
- Freiwillige Polizei-Reserve (FPR) (Voluntary paramilitary special police of the state of Berlin until 2002)
- East Germany
- Volkspolizei (VoPo) (People's Police)
- Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (StaSi) (Ministry for State Security)
- Nazi Germany
- Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) (Order Police)
- Kriminalpolizei (KriPo) (Criminal Police, denomination still in use for modern local investigative units of state police)
- Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) (Security Police)
- Geheime Staatspolizei (GeStaPo) (Secret State Police)
Fascist Italy
- Milizia Volontaria (Volunteer Militia; Blackshirts)
- Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (National Republician Guard)
- Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organisation for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism)
Panama Canal Zone
Second Polish Republic
- Policja Państwowa (State Police)
People's Republic of Poland
- Milicja Obywatelska (Citizens' Militia)
- Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej (Motorized Reserves of the Citizens' Militia)
- Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna (Internal Military Service)
- Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego (Ministry of Public Security)
- Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs)
Philippines
Communist Romania
Soviet Union/Russia
- KGB (Committee for State Security)
- Militsiya (Militia)
- Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation
- Federal Migration Service
- Federal Narcotics Control Service
South Vietnam/Republic of Vietnam
- South Vietnamese National Police (Canh Sat Quoc Gia Viet Nam Cong Hoa)
See also
- Anti-corruption agency
- Auxiliary police
- Law enforcement by country
- List of intelligence agencies
- List of protective service agencies
- Vigilante