State bureau of investigation

A state bureau of investigation (SBI) is a state-level detective agency in the United States. They are plainclothes agencies which usually investigate both criminal and civil cases involving the state and/or multiple jurisdictions. They also typically provide technical support to local agencies in the form of laboratory and/or record services.

An SBI is a state's equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but can include investigative jurisidiction similar to other federal law enforcement agencies as well. The SBIs investigate all manner of cases assigned to them by their state's laws and usually report to their state's attorney general, or in some cases to their state's governor.

SBIs can also exist either independently or within a state Department of Public Safety/Department of Justice (which is an umbrella agency coordinating and/or controlling the various state level law enforcement agencies) or a state police force (which is a general law enforcement agency).

Specific state forces

• Alabama Department of Public Safety – Alabama Bureau of Investigation
• Alaska State Troopers – Alaska Bureau of Investigation (ABI)
• Arizona Department of Public Safety – Arizona Criminal Investigation Division
• Arkansas State Police – Arkansas Criminal Investigation Division
• California
  • California Department of Justice – CA DOJ Special Agents assigned to various investigative bureaus:
    • Bureau of Investigation
    • Bureau of Firearms
    • Bureau of Gambling Control
    • Bureau of Forensic Services
    • Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse
  • California Highway Patrol – Freeway traffic investigations
• Colorado Department of Public Safety – Colorado Bureau of Investigation
• Connecticut State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
• Delaware
  • Delaware State Police
    • Criminal Investigations Units
    • Special Investigations Section
  • Delaware Department of Justice
    • Office of the Attorney General - Special Investigators
• Florida
  • Florida Department of Law Enforcement (SBI)
  • Florida Highway Patrol – Bureau of Investigations
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation
• Hawaii Department of Public Safety – Hawaii Sheriff's Office
• Idaho State Police – Investigation Division
• Illinois State Police – Illinois Bureau of Investigation (merged into the State Police Operations Division in the 1970s) (SPI)
• Indiana State Police – Criminal Investigation Division (SBI)
• Kansas Office of Attorney General – Kansas Bureau of Investigation (SBI)
• Kentucky Office of the Attorney General – Kentucky Department of Criminal Investigation (SBI)
• Louisiana State Police
• Maine
  • Maine State Police
  • Office of the Maine Attorney General Investigation Division
• Maryland – Maryland State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB)
• Massachusetts State Police
• Michigan
• Michigan State Police
• Michigan Department of Attorney General Criminal Division SBI
• Michigan Department of Attorney General Financial Crimes Division SBI

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension ^[1] (SBI)
• Mississippi Bureau of Investigation ^[2] (SBI)
• Missouri Department of Public Safety
• Montana Department of Justice - Division of Criminal Investigations
• Nebraska State Patrol – Investigative Services
• Nevada Investigation Division
• New Hampshire Department of Safety - Division of State Police - Investigative Services Bureau
• New Jersey State Police – Division of Criminal Investigation
• New Mexico State Police – Special Investigations Division
• New York State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI).
• North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
• North Dakota Office of the Attorney General – North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations (Attorney General's website)
• Ohio Attorney General – Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (SBI)
• Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation an independent agency
• Oregon Department of Justice - Criminal Justice Division
• Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
  • Pennsylvania State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigation
• Rhode Island State Police – Detective Bureau
• South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) – an independent agency
• South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation
• Tennessee Bureau of Investigation – an independent agency (SBI)
• Texas
  • Texas Department of Public Safety –
    • Texas Rangers
    • Criminal Investigations Division
  • Texas Attorney General's Office – Criminal Investigations Division
• Utah Department of Public Safety - State Bureau of Investigation
• Vermont State Police - Bureau of Criminal Investigations
• Virginia State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigation
• Washington State Patrol - Criminal Investigations Division
• West Virginia State Police - Bureau of Criminal Investigations
• Wisconsin Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation (SBI)
• Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation

See also

• Law enforcement in the United States
• State police (United States)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Department of Public Safety
• Landeskriminalamt – German states
• Civil Police (Brazil) – Brazilian State Detective Agencies

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