List of law enforcement agencies

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A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a 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 National Crime Squad. 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.

Contents 1 International 2 Africa 2.1 Morocco 2.2 South Africa 2.3 Zimbabwe 3 Asia 3.1 People's Republic of China 3.1.1 Hong Kong 3.1.2 Macau 3.2 Republic of China (Taiwan) 3.3 India 3.4 Indonesia 3.5 Iraq 3.6 Israel 3.7 Japan 3.8 Republic of Korea (South Korea) 3.9 Malaysia 3.10 Pakistan 3.11 Philippines 3.12 Singapore 4 Europe 4.1 Austria 4.2 Belgium 4.3 France 4.4 Germany 4.5 Iceland 4.6 Ireland 4.7 Italy 4.8 The Netherlands 4.9 Norway 4.10 Poland 4.11 Romania 4.12 Russia 4.13 Spain 4.14 Sweden 4.15 Switzerland 4.16 Ukraine 4.17 United Kingdom 4.17.1 England 4.17.2 Scotland 4.17.3 Wales 4.17.4 Northern Ireland 4.18 Vatican 5 North America 5.1 Bermuda 5.2 Canada 5.2.1 Federal 5.2.2 Provincial 5.2.3 Municipal 5.3 Mexico 5.4 United States 5.4.1 Federal 5.4.2 State and Local 5.4.3 Other 5.4.3.1 Railroad Police 6 Oceania 6.1 Australia 6.2 New Zealand 7 South America 7.1 Argentina 7.1.1 Federal 7.1.2 Provincial 7.1.3 Local 7.2 Colombia 8 Disbanded agencies 8.1 Nazi Germany 8.2 East Germany 8.3 Fascist Italy 8.4 Panama Canal Zone 8.5 Philippines 8.6 Communist Romania 8.7 Soviet Union 9 See also

[edit] International

• Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)
• Europol (European Police Office)
• European Union Police Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
• United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

[edit] Africa

[edit] Morocco

• La Sûreté Nationale (National Police Force)
• La Gendarmerie Royale (Royal Military Police Force)

[edit] South Africa

• South African Police Service

[edit] Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Republic Police

[edit] Asia

[edit] People's Republic of China

• Ministry of Public Security
• People's Armed Police

[edit] Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Police
• Independent Commission Against Corruption
• Immigration Department
• Customs and Excise Department
• Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force

[edit] Macau

• Macau Security Force

[edit] Republic of China (Taiwan)

• National Police Agency
• Republic of China Coast Guard
• Republic of China Military Police

[edit] India

• Central Reserve Police Force
• Indian Police Service
• Mumbai Police
• Punjab police

[edit] Indonesia

• Brigade Mobil (Mobile Brigade)

[edit] Iraq

• Iraqi Police

[edit] Israel

• Israel Border Police
• Israeli police
• YAMAM

[edit] Japan

• Imperial Guard of Japan
• National Police Agency
• National Public Safety Commission
• Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

[edit] Republic of Korea (South Korea)

• National Police Agency
• National Public Safety Commission

[edit] Malaysia

• Royal Malaysian Police

[edit] Pakistan

• Punjab Police
• Sindh Police
• NWFP Police
• Baluchistan Police
• Federal Police
• Federal Investigation Authority, FIA
• Pakistan Rangers
• Levis Force
• Elite Force Pakistan
• Crime Investigation Department, CID

[edit] Philippines

• Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
• Philippine National Police

[edit] Singapore

• Singapore Police Force
  • Special Operations Command
    • Crisis Negotiation Unit
    • [Police K-9 Unit (Singapore)|Police K-9 Unit]]
    • Police National Service Full-time Light Strike Force
    • Police Tactical Unit
    • Special Tactics and Rescue
• Auxiliary Police Forces
  • Aetos Security Management
  • CISCO Security Private Limited
  • SATS Security Services
• Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
• Internal Security Department
• National Police Cadet Corps
• Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

• Federal Investigation Bureau (Austria) (Bundeskriminalamt)
• Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
• Stadtpolizei (Local Police)
• Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando (Federal SWAT unit)
• Justizwache (Penitentiary Police)

[edit] Belgium

• Belgian police

[edit] France

Main article: Police in France

• Gendarmerie Nationale
  • Groupement de sécurité et d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GSIGN, military SWAT units and presidential protective detail)
    • EPIGN (airborne unit)
    • GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale)
• Police Nationale
  • Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité
• Customs (Douane)
• Local police (police municipale)
• Royal polices and territorial guard (Wallis and Futuna)
• Department of Corrections (Administration pénitentiaire)
  • Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT teams)

[edit] Germany

• Bundeskriminalamt (Federal Criminal Office)
• Bundespolizei (BPOL) (Federal Police)
  • GSG-9 (Federal Police Special Forces Group)
  • Fliegergruppe (Federal Police Air Group)
• Landespolizei (State Police)
  • Schutzpolizei (SchuPo) (Uniformed Branch of State Police)
  • Landeskriminalamt (State Criminal Office)
  • Kriminalpolizei (KriPo) (Detective Branch of State Police)
  • Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo) (Riot Police Branch of State Police)
  • Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK) (SWAT unit of State Police)
  • Autobahnpolizei (Highway patrol or motorway police)
  • Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP) (River Police)
• Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Federal Parliament Police)
• Ordnungsamt (Local Police)
• Bundeszollverwaltung (Federal Customs Administration)
  • Wasserzoll (Federal Maritime Customs Police)
• Zollkriminalamt (Customs Investigation Bureau)
  • Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) (Customs SWAT Unit)
• Justiz (Penitentiary Police)
• Prisons in Germany

[edit] Iceland

Main article: Icelandic Police

• Lögreglan (National Police)
• Tollgæzlan (Customs Police)

[edit] Ireland

• Auxiliary Division
• Criminal Assets Bureau
• Dublin Metropolitan Police
• Garda Síochána na hÉireann
• Royal Irish Constabulary (disbanded)

[edit] Italy

• Carabinieri (Military Police)
• Guardia di Finanza (Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a Military Corp)
• Polizia di Stato (State Police)
• Polizia Penitenziaria (Penitentiary Police)
• Corpo Forestale dello Stato (State Forestry Corps)
• Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police; originally called the Vigiles or Vigili Urbani)

[edit] The Netherlands

• Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary)
• Korps Landelijke Politiediensten (National Police)
• 25 regional police forces
• FIOD-ECD (fiscal and economic law enforcement)

[edit] Norway

• Politidirektoratet (National Police Directorate)
• Økokrim (National Economic and Fraud Police)
• Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (National Security Police)

[edit] Poland

• Policja (former Milicja Obywatelska)
• Centralne Biuro Śledcze

[edit] 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)
• Direcţia Generală Anticorupţie (Internal Affairs)
• Direcţia Naţională Anticorupţie (anti-corruption agency)

[edit] Russia

• MVD
• KGB followed by FSB
• Federal Protective Service
• Presidential Security Service
  • Militsiya

[edit] Spain

• Spanish security forces

[edit] Sweden

• Swedish National Police Board
• SÄPO (National Police Board Department of Security)

[edit] Switzerland

• Federal Police ( Bundespolizei, Bundeskriminalpolizei)
• State Police (Kantonspolizei, Police Cantonale, Polizia Cantonale)
• Local Police (Stadtpolizei, Police Municipale, Polizia Municipale, Pulizia Cumûnala)

[edit] Ukraine

• MVS
• Militsiya

[edit] United Kingdom

Main article: List of police forces in the United Kingdom

Main article: British police

• British Transport Police
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
• Ministry of Defence Police
• MI5 (Security Service)
• MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)
• Royal Air Force Police
• Royal Marines Police
• Royal Military Police
• Royal Navy Regulating Branch
• Royal Parks Constabulary (now defunct)
• Serious Organised Crime Agency
• Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency

[edit] England

• Avon and Somerset Constabulary
• Bedfordshire Police
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• Cheshire Constabulary
• City of London Police
• Cleveland Police
• Cumbria Constabulary
• Derbyshire Constabulary
• Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
• Dorset Police
• Durham Constabulary
• Essex Police
• Gloucestershire Constabulary
• Greater Manchester Police
• Hampshire Constabulary
• Hertfordshire Constabulary
• Humberside Police
• Kent Police
• Lancashire Constabulary
• Leicestershire Constabulary
• Lincolnshire Police
• Merseyside Police
• Metropolitan Police
• Norfolk Constabulary
• Northamptonshire Police
• Northumbria Police
• North Yorkshire Police
• Nottinghamshire Police
• South Yorkshire Police
• Staffordshire Police
• Suffolk Constabulary
• Surrey Police
• Sussex Police
• Thames Valley Police
• Warwickshire Police
• West Mercia Constabulary
• West Midlands Police
• West Yorkshire Police
• Wiltshire Constabulary

[edit] Scotland

• Central Scotland Police
• Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary
• Fife Constabulary
• Grampian Police
• Lothian and Borders Police
• Northern Constabulary
• Strathclyde Police
• Tayside Police

[edit] Wales

• South Wales Police
• Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)
• Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)
• North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)
• South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)

[edit] Northern Ireland

• Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Royal Ulster Constabulary (disbanded)
• Ulster Special Constabulary (disbanded)

[edit] Vatican

• Swiss Guard
• Vigilanza

[edit] North America

[edit] Bermuda

• Bermuda Police Service
• Bermuda Reserve Police
• Airport Security Police

[edit] Canada

Main article: List of Law Enforcement Agencies in Canada

Main article: Policing in Canada

[edit] Federal

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Canadian Forces Military Police
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

[edit] Provincial

• Ontario Provincial Police
• Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
• Sûreté du Québec

[edit] Municipal

• Barrie Police
• Brockville Police Service
• Calgary Police Service
• Charlottetown Police Department
• Durham Regional Police
• Edmonton Police Service
• Fredericton Police Force
• Gatineau Police
• Halifax Regional Police
• Halton Regional Police Service
• Hamilton Police Service
• Laval Police Service
• London 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
• Montreal Police Service
• Sûreté du Québec
• Toronto Police Service
• Vancouver Police Department
• Victoria Police Department
• Waterloo Regional Police Service
• West Vancouver Police Department
• Winnipeg Police Service
• York Regional Police

[edit] Mexico

• Agencia Federal de Investigación
• Federal Preventative Police

[edit] United States

[edit] Federal

• Department of Homeland Security
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  • United States Secret Service
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  • Federal Air Marshal Service (FAM)
  • United States Coast Guard
  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  • United States Border Patrol (USBP)
• Department of Justice
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • United States Marshals Service
• Department of State
• Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DSS)
• Other Major Federal Law Enforcement Agencies]
• Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
• United States Capitol Police
• United States Park Police
• United States Postal Inspection Service
• Veterans Affairs Police
• United States Mint Police
• Department of Education
  • Office of the Inspector General
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • Food and Drug Administration
    • Office of Criminal Investigations

[edit] State and Local

Main article: List of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies

[edit] Other

[edit] Railroad Police

• Union Pacific Police Department
• BNSF Police Department
• CSX Police Department
• Norfolk Southern Police Department
• Amtrak Police Department

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Australia

• Australian Federal Police
  • Australian Protective Service
• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• New South Wales Police
• Northern Territory Police
• Queensland Police
• South Australia Police
• Tasmania Police
• Victoria Police
• Western Australia Police

[edit] New Zealand

• New Zealand Police

[edit] South America

[edit] Argentina

See also: Sistema de Seguridad Interior (SSI) (Interior Security System)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Provincial

• Policía Bonaerense (Buenos Aires Police)
• Policía de la Provincia de Santa Fe (Santa Fe Province Police)
• Policía de la Provincia de Córdoba (Córdoba Province Police)
• Policía de la Provincia de Tucumán (Tucumán Province Police)

[edit] Local

• Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires Urban Guard)

[edit] Colombia

• Colombian National Police (Policia Nacional de Colombia)
• Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, the national security agency.

[edit] Disbanded agencies

Note: Many of these fall under the definition of secret police and derive from that list.

[edit] Nazi Germany

• Ordnungspolizei (Order Police)
• Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police)
• Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police)
• Gestapo (Secret State Police)

[edit] East Germany

• Volkspolizei (People's Police)
• Stasi (State Security Police)

[edit] Fascist Italy

• Milizia Volontaria (Volunteer Militia; Blackshirts)
• Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (National Republician Guard)

[edit] Panama Canal Zone

• Canal Zone Police

[edit] Philippines

• Philippine Constabulary

[edit] Communist Romania

• Securitate

[edit] Soviet Union

• KGB (Committee for State Security)

[edit] See also

• List of intelligence agencies
• List of protective service agencies
• Police