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). 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.

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

International

Africa

Algeria

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

Ghana

Kenya

  • National Police Service

Lesotho

  • [Lesotho Mounted Police Service]]

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

Namibia

Nationwide
Municipalities

Niger

  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Seychelles

  • Seychelles Police Force

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

  • Sudanese Police Service

Swaziland

  • Royal Swaziland Police Service

Tanzania

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

Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

People's Republic of China

Mainland China

A woman asking a Hong Kong policeman for directions.

Hong Kong

Macau

ROC Coast Guard patrol boats

Republic of China (Taiwan)

India

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

State law enforcement agencies

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Model of a Škoda Octavia, Israel Police Patrol Car

Japan

Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car

Jordan

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

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

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

Federal

Provincial

Philippines

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.
Philippine National Police boat on the Iloilo River, Iloilo City

National

Local

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

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

East Timor

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

The National Security Service NSS; in Uzbek Milliy Xavfsizlik Xizmati, MXX

Vietnam

National

  • Vietnam People's Public Security (Công an Nhân dân Việt Nam) under control of Ministry of Public Security (Bộ Công an Việt Nam), divides into:
    • Vietnam People's Police (Cảnh sát Nhân dân Việt Nam) consists of:
      • Traffic Police (Cảnh sát Giao thông), for traffic control and enforcement
      • Judiciary Police (Cảnh sát Bảo vệ và Hỗ trợ Tư pháp), for judiciary and executive enforcement
      • Rapid Response Police - also known as 113 Police (Cảnh sát Phản ứng Nhanh/Cảnh sát 113), for rapid criminal countering
      • Criminal Police (Cảnh sát Hình sự), for criminal investigation
      • Drug Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Điều tra Ma túy), for drug countering and investigation
      • Corruption Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Điều tra Tham nhũng), for corruption investigation
      • High Tech Investigation Police (Cảnh sát Điều tra Công nghệ cao), for high tech criminal investigation
      • Administrative Police (Cảnh sát Quản lý Hành chính), for administrative and resident services
      • Environmental Police (Cảnh sát Môi trường), for environmental law enforcement
      • Fire and Rescue Police (Cảnh sát Phòng cháy Chữa cháy và Cứu nạn Cứu hộ), for firefighting, search and rescue missions
      • Prison Guard (Cảnh sát Trại giam), for prison management and control
      • Mobile Police (Cảnh sát Cơ động), for riot and terrorist countering
      • Protective Guard (Cảnh vệ), for protective services of the State and Communist Party leaders
      • Order Police (Cảnh sát Trật tự), for public order response
      • Security Police (Cảnh sát Bảo vệ Mục tiêu), for protective services of properties and personnel
    • Vietnam People's Security (An ninh Nhân dân Việt Nam) consists of:
      • Cyber Security (An ninh Mạng), for cyber and internet affairs
      • Immigration Security (An ninh Xuất nhập cảnh), for immigration management, airport and seaport entry
      • Intelligence Service (Tình báo), for intelligence collection and investigation
      • Ciphering Service (Cơ yếu), for protection of top secret documents
      • Border Checkpoint Security (An ninh Cửa khẩu), for border checkpoint entry
      • Social Security (An ninh Xã hội), for social issues
      • Secret Service (Ngoại tuyến), for intelligence collection in secrecy
      • Political Security (An ninh Chính trị), for political protection
      • Financial and Monetary Security (An ninh Tài chính và Tiền tệ), for financial investigation
      • Economical Security (An ninh Kinh tế), for economical investigation
      • Agricultural and Rural Security (An ninh Nông nghiệp Nông thôn), for rural issues
      • Information and Communication Security (An ninh Thông tin và Truyền thông), for information, press and media investigation

Local

  • Provincial/Municipal Public Security (Công an Tỉnh/Thành phố Trực thuộc Trung ương)
    • District/Town/Provincial City Public Security (Công an Quận/Huyện/Thị xã/Thành phố Trực thuộc Tỉnh)
      • Commune/Ward/Township Public Security (Công an Xã/Phường/Thị trấn)

Yemen

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Federal
Municipalities

Azerbaijan

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Belarus

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

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

German policemen with Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine guns.

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
      • BFE+ (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus): Federal Police Anti-Terror Unit for long-lasting operations
      • BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit): Federal Police Special Detention Unit
    • 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
      • ZUZ (Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll): Customs SWAT Unit
  • 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

Municipalities

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána.
"Carabinieri" in Florence, Italy

Isle of Man

Italy

Kazakhstan

  • (National Police • Kazak Militsiya • Полиция Казахстана)

Latvia

Lichtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Republic of Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Civilian

Military

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

National

Autonomous communities

Municipal

  • Policía Municipal (also known as Policía Local or Guardia Urbana) in every town and city.
  • Autoridad Portuaria (Port Police)

Sweden

Switzerland

Swiss police car
  • 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

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Policing an animal rights demonstration in Oxford. Horse, car and bicycle police transport can be seen

Territorial police forces

Territorial police forces' area in the UK

National police bodies

National non-police law enforcement bodies

Service police

British Overseas Territories police

MOD overseas police

Overseas service police

  • British Indian Ocean Territory Joint Service Police Unit
  • Cyprus Joint Police Unit
  • Falkland Islands Joint Service Police Security Unit
  • Gibraltar Joint Provost and Security Unit

Vatican

North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Canada

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

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

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

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Federal

Nicaragua

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

An NYPD boat patrols the New York Harbor.

Federal

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 Air Force

Department of the Navy

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)
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
Other federal law enforcement agencies

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
  • North Miami Police Department
  • North Miami Beach 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
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

  • Nauru Police Force

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

  • Royal Tongan Police Service

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

South America

Argentina

Federal

Provincial

Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.

Local

Bolivia

Brazil

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

Czechoslovakia

Germany

Federal Republic of Germany
East Germany
Nazi Germany

Fascist Italy

Panama Canal Zone

Second Polish Republic

  • Policja Państwowa (State Police)

People's Republic of Poland

Philippines

Communist Romania

Former Soviet Union/Russia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "aseanapol.org.my". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "clacip.org".
  3. ↑ "Kyrgyzstan / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL". www.interpol.int.
  4. ↑ EJPD. "Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement". www.kobik.ch.
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