List of law enforcement agencies
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A law enforcement agency
(LEA) is 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 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.
Military of Malaysia
Provincial
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
United States Department of State
United States Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of the Army
Department of the Air Force
Department of the Navy
Department of Education
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of the Interior
and derive from that list.
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
(LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration
Drug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States...
(DEA). It could also refer to a national police force such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency
Serious Organised Crime Agency
The Serious Organised Crime Agency is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom under Home Office sponsorship...
. Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol
Europol
Europol is the European Union's criminal intelligence agency. It became fully operational on 1 July 1999....
or Interpol
Interpol
Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
, organized by continent and then by country.
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International
- InterpolInterpolInterpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
(International Criminal Police Organization) - EUROGENDFOR (European Gendarmerie Force)
- EuropolEuropolEuropol is the European Union's criminal intelligence agency. It became fully operational on 1 July 1999....
(European Police Office) - European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- European Union Rule of Law Mission in KosovoEuropean Union Rule of Law Mission in KosovoThe European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, EULEX Kosovo, is a deployment of European Union police and civilian resources to Kosovo...
- United Nations Interim Administration Mission in KosovoUnited Nations Interim Administration Mission in KosovoThe United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo or UNMIK is the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, under the authority of the United Nations. The mission was established on 10 June 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244...
Algeria
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Sûreté NationaleSûreté Nationale (Algeria)The Sûreté Nationale is the civil police of Algeria. It polices Algeria's larger cities and urban areas. The Sûreté is part of the Ministry of Interior and is charged with maintaining law and order, protecting life and property, investigating crimes, and apprehending offenders...
Benin
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Police Nationale
Burkina Faso
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Burundi
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Cape Verde
- Polícia Nacional
- Polícia Judiciária
Chad
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Détection Militaire des Activités Anti-PatrieDEMIAPDEMIAP was the military intelligence organization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
- Agence nationale de renseignements
Djibouti
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Gabon
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Kenya
- Kenya PoliceKenya PoliceThe Kenya Police is a national body in charge of law enforcement in the East Africa State of Kenya. While organised at a national level, each arm reports to a Provincial police authority, which in turn divides its force by local Police Divisions, headquartered at local police stations...
- General Service UnitGeneral Service UnitThe General Service Unit is a paramilitary wing of the Kenyan Military and Kenyan Police, consisting of highly trained police officers and special forces soldiers, transported by 7 dedicated Cessnas and...
- Kenya Police Criminal Investigation DepartmentKenya Police Criminal Investigation DepartmentKenya Police Criminal Investigation Department is a unit of Kenya Police responsible for investigating complex cases popularly known as the CID. This department is headed by a Director who reports to the Police Commissioner. It is a common practice for the president of Kenya to appoint the CID...
- General Service Unit
- Administration PoliceAdministration PoliceAdministration Police is a security unit belonging to the government of Kenya. It was formed in 1958 when it took over the Tribal Police Ordinance, which was established 1929.- External links:**...
Madagascar
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Presidential Security Regiment
- Police Publique
Mali
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Mauritania
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Police Nationale
Morocco
- Gendarmerie Royale du Maroc (paramilitary national police force)
- Sûreté Nationale du Maroc (civilian national police force)
Niger
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Nigeria
- Nigeria Police ForceNigeria Police ForceThe Nigeria Police formerly known as the Nigeria Police Force is the national police of Nigeria.-Authority:The Nigeria Police Force is designated by Section 194 of the 1979 constitution as the national police of Nigeria with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country...
- Economic and Financial Crimes CommissionEconomic and Financial Crimes CommissionThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud and money laundering...
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Senegal
- Gendarmerie Nationale
South Africa
- South African Police ServiceSouth African Police ServiceThe South African Police Service is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1116 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders, and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in each province...
(SAPS) - Special Investigations UnitSpecial Investigations UnitThe Special Investigations Unit of Ontario, Canada, is a civilian agency responsible for investigating circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in a death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault. However all full-time SIU investigators are former law enforcement...
(SIU) - National Prosecuting Authority - Directorate of Special Operations (NPA)
- Counter Intelligence AgencyCounter Intelligence AgencyThe South African Counter Intelligence Agency in South Africa is a privatized organization responsible for Collection, analysis, and production of Enhanced Due Diligence products and services.- History :...
(SACIA)
Tanzania
- Tanzania Police Force
- Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau
Togo
- Gendarmerie Nationale
Uganda
- Uganda Police ForceUganda Police ForceThe Uganda Police Force is the national police force of Uganda. The head of the Force is called the Inspector General of Police . The current IGP is Major General Edward Kale Kayihura. He is a soldier of the UPDF....
- Internal Security OrganisationInternal Security OrganisationThe Internal Security Organisation is the Uganda government's counter intelligence agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to Uganda's policy makers.It also engages in covert activities at the request of the President of the Uganda.Founded in 1986, The organisation took...
Bahrain
- Royal Bahrain Police
- National Security Agency (Bahrain)National Security Agency (Bahrain)The National Security Agency or National Security Apparatus is an investigating authority in Bahrain that is associated with but not formally part of the Ministry of the Interior. The NSA was formed after King Hamad issued Decree No...
- Special Security Force CommandSpecial Security Force CommandThe Special Security Force Command is a paramilitary law enforcement body in Bahrain under the command of the National Security Agency, associated with the Ministry of the Interior...
People's Republic of China
- Ministry of Public Security
- People's Armed PolicePeople's Armed PoliceThe People's Armed Police , officially Chinese People's Armed Police Force is a paramilitary or gendarmerie force primarily responsible for civilian policing and fire rescue duties in the People's Republic of China, as well as provide support to PLA during wartime.In contrast to public security...
- General Administration of CustomsGeneral Administration of CustomsThe General Administration of Customs is an administrative agency within the government of the People's Republic of China...
- China Coast GuardChina Coast GuardThe China Coast Guard serves as a coordinating body for maritime search and rescue in the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China...
- China Maritime Safety Administration
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Police ForceHong Kong Police ForceThe Hong Kong Police Force is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. It is the world's second, and Asia's first, police agency to operate with a modern policing system. It was formed on 1 May 1844, with a strength of 32 officers...
- Independent Commission Against CorruptionIndependent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)The Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong was established by Governor Murray MacLehose on 15 February 1974, when Hong Kong was under British rule. Its main aim was to clean up endemic corruption in the many departments of the Hong Kong Government through law enforcement,...
- Hong Kong Correctional Services DepartmentHong Kong Correctional ServicesHong Kong Correctional Services is responsible for prisoners and prisons in Hong Kong. The Commissioner of Correctional Services reports to the Secretary for Security....
- Immigration DepartmentImmigration DepartmentThe Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. After the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty of the territory in July 1997, Hong Kong's immigration system remained largely unchanged from its British predecessor model...
- Customs and Excise Department
Macau
- Public Security Police Force of MacauPublic Security Police Force of MacauThe Public Security Police Force of Macau is the police department of Macau under the Macau Security Forces. Originally known at first as the Macau Police , the force went through several name changes before taking on its current name...
Taiwan
- National Police AgencyNational Police Agency (Republic of China)The National Police Agency is an agency under the Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China , which oversees all ROC police forces on a national level...
- National Immigration AgencyNational Immigration AgencyNational Immigration Agency or ' is the statutory agency under the Ministry of Interior which is responsible for immigration, entry and exit security, border services, citizenship, visas, and registration of foreigners transiting the Free Area of the Republic of China. The agency is headed by the...
- Bureau of Investigation
- Coast Guard AdministrationRepublic of China Coast GuardThe Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China is charged with maintaining law and order, protecting the resources of the territorial waters surrounding Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu Islands, Green Island, Orchid Island, Dongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands as well as providing a first...
- Military Police CommandRepublic of China Military PoliceThe Republic of China Military Police is a military police body under the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China . Unlike military police in many other countries, ROCMP is a separate branch of the ROC Armed Forces.-Warlords Era:...
India
- Indian Police ServiceIndian Police ServiceThe Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...
- one of the three all-India civil services - Central (federal) law enforcement agencies
- Assam RiflesAssam RiflesThe Assam Rifles are one of the Paramilitary forces of India. The unit can trace its lineage back to a paramilitary police force that was formed under the British in 1835 called Cachar Levy. Since then the Assam Rifles have undergone a number of name changes before the name Assam Rifles was finally...
- Border Security ForceBorder Security ForceThe Border Security Force is a border patrol agency of the Government of India. Established on December 1, 1965, it is one of the Central Armed Police Forces. Its primary role is to guard India's international borders during peacetime and also prevent transnational crime...
- Central Board of Direct Taxes
- Central Industrial Security ForceCentral Industrial Security ForceThe Central Industrial Security Force is a Central Armed Police Force in India.It was set up under an Act of the Parliament of India on March 10, 1969 with a strength of 2,800. CISF was subsequently made an armed force of the Union of India by another Act of Parliament passed on June 15, 1983. Its...
- Central Reserve Police ForceCentral Reserve Police ForceThe Central Reserve Police Force also known as CRPF is the largest of India's Central Armed Police Forces. It functions under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain...
- Defence Security Corps
- Indo-Tibetan Border PoliceIndo-Tibetan Border PoliceThe Indo-Tibetan Border Police is an Indian force conceived on October 24, 1962 for security along the India's border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, border covering 2115 kilometres...
- Mumbai PoliceMumbai PoliceThe Mumbai Police is the police force of the city of Mumbai, India. It has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai. The department's motto is ""...
- National Security GuardsNational Security GuardsThe National Security Guard is a Special Response Unit in India that has primarily been utilized for counter-terrorism activities and was created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of the Indian Parliament in 1986...
- Punjab PolicePunjab policeThe Punjab Police is responsible for policing in the state of Punjab, India. Its present Director General is a J&K cadre IPS officer Mr. PS Gill...
- Railway Protection ForceRailway Protection ForceThe Railway Protection force is an Indian Central Armed Police Force charged with protecting the Indian Railways.The strength of RPF is about 65,000.The duties of the Railway Protection Force include:...
- Rashtriya RiflesRashtriya RiflesThe Rashtriya Rifles or RR are a branch of the Indian Army placed under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs....
- Special Frontier ForceSpecial Frontier ForceThe Special Frontier Force is a paramilitary unit of India. It was conceived in the post Sino-Indian war period as a guerrilla force composed mainly of Tibetan refugees whose main goal was to conduct covert operations behind Chinese lines in case of another war between the People's Republic of...
- StateStates and territories of IndiaIndia is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
law enforcement agencies - Tamil Nadu PoliceTamil Nadu PoliceThe Tamil Nadu Police Force is the law enforcing agency / department of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is over 150 years old and is the fifth largest state police force in India. Tamil Nadu has a Police population ratio of 1 : 632.-Administration:...
- Rajasthan PoliceRajasthan PoliceThe Rajasthan Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Rajasthan in India. The Rajasthan Police has its headquarters in Jaipur, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Sevarth Katibaddhta", which means "Committed to serve".- History :...
- Delhi Police
- Andra Pradesh Police
- Arunachal Pradesh PoliceArunachal Pradesh PoliceThe Arunachal Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India.-Organizational structure:Arunachal Pradesh Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Arunachal Pradesh....
- Bihar PoliceBihar Police-Organizational structure:Bihar Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Bihar.The Bihar Police is headed by Director General of Police ....
- Chhattisgarh PoliceChhattisgarh PoliceThe Chhattisgarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Chhattisgarh in India.-Organizational structure:Chhattisgarh Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh....
- Goa PoliceGoa Police-Organizational structure:Goa Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Goa.The Goa Police is headed by Director General of Police .-History:...
- Gujarat PoliceGujarat PoliceThe Gujarat Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital....
- Haryana PoliceHaryana Police-Organizational structure:Haryana Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Haryana.The Haryana Police is headed by Director General of Police ....
- Himachal Pradesh PoliceHimachal Pradesh PoliceThe Himachal Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Himachal Pradesh in India.-Organizational structure:Himachal Pradesh Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Himachal Pradesh....
- Jammu and Kashmir PoliceJammu and Kashmir PoliceThe Jammu and Kashmir Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. They work with the Indian Army, the Central Reserve Police Force, and other Paramilitary forces of India to keep the state secure from incursions from Pakistan...
- Jharkhand PoliceJharkhand PoliceJharkhand Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Jharkhand, India. Jharkhand Police was formed in 2000, after the establishment of Jharkhand state. Jharkhand is among the top Indian states in terms of total recruitment....
- Karnataka Police
- Kerala PoliceKerala PoliceThe Kerala State Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Kerala, India. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The Police training college was set up by Travancore Maharaja in Thiruvananthapuram in mid 20th centuary. In 2004,a larger Kerala...
- Madya Pradesh Police
- Maharashtra PoliceMaharashtra PoliceMaharashtra State Police is the law enforcement agency responsible for the Indian state of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Police has one of the largest police forces in the country...
- Manipur PoliceManipur PoliceThe Manipur Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Manipur in India.-Organizational structure:Manipur Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Manipur....
- Meghalaya PoliceMeghalaya PoliceThe Meghalaya Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Meghalaya in India.-Organizational structure:Meghalaya Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Meghalaya....
- Mizoram PoliceMizoram PoliceThe Mizoram Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Mizoram in India.-Organizational structure:Mizoram Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Mizoram....
- Nagaland PoliceNagaland PoliceThe Nagaland Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Nagaland in India.-Organizational structure:Nagaland Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Nagaland....
- Orissa PoliceOrissa PoliceOrissa Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Orissa in India. It is headquartered in the erstwhile state capital Cuttack. The Orissa police is headed by a Director General of Police and falls under the purview of the state Home Department....
- Sikkim PoliceSikkim PoliceSikkim Police is the law enforcement agency of the government of Sikkim in India. It employs a large number of people to patrol the streets. It is headquartered in the state capital Gangtok. The Sikkim police is headed by a Director General of Police and falls under the purview of the state Home...
- Tripura PoliceTripura PoliceTripura Police is responsible for policing activities in the state of TripuraThe Tripura Police is often applauded across the Indian Nation for its modest approach towards a common man. Its regarded to be one of the most disciplined state police forces in India...
- Uttaranchal Police
- Uttar Pradesh PoliceUttar Pradesh PoliceUttar Pradesh Police is the police force of the state of Uttar Pradesh. UP Police is the largest police force in the world working under a single command.The Uttar Pradesh Police was formed in 1861 when the Indian Police Act came to be operational...
- West Bengal PoliceWest Bengal PoliceThe West Bengal Police is one of the two police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal....
Indonesia
- Kepolisian Negara Republik IndonesiaIndonesian National PoliceThe Indonesian National Police is the official police force for Indonesia. It had formerly been a part of the Tentara Nasional Indonesia. The police were formally separated from the military in April 1999, a process which was formally completed in July 2000. With 150,000 personnel, the police form...
- Kejaksaan Agung RI
- Departemen Kehakiman dan HAM
- Mahkamah Agung RI
Iran
- Iran Police ForceLaw enforcement in IranLaw enforcement in Iran has 60,000 police personnel served under the Ministry of Interior and Justice, including border patrol personnel.The Police-110 unit specializes in rapid-response activities in urban areas and dispersing gatherings deemed dangerous to public order. Marine police have 100...
- Ministry of IntelligenceMinistry of Intelligence (Iran)The Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the secret police and primary intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran...
- Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Iraq
- Iraqi Police ServiceIraqi PoliceThe Iraqi Police Service are the uniformed Territorial police force responsible for the enforcement of civil law within Iraq.The current organisation, structure and recruitment practice was guided by the Coalition Provisional Authority following the 2003 invasion of Iraq...
(civilian) - Iraqi National Police ForceIraqi PoliceThe Iraqi Police Service are the uniformed Territorial police force responsible for the enforcement of civil law within Iraq.The current organisation, structure and recruitment practice was guided by the Coalition Provisional Authority following the 2003 invasion of Iraq...
(paramilitary)
Israel
- Israeli Police ForceIsrael PoliceThe Israel Police is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safety, and counter-terrorism...
- Israeli Border Police
- YAMAMYamamThe Yamam ) is an elite Border police, not civilian Police counter-terrorism unit in Israel. The Yamam is capable of both hostage-rescue operations and offensive take-over raids against targets in civilian areas...
- MossadMossadThe Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....
Japan
- National Public Safety CommissionNational Public Safety Commission (Japan)The is a Japanese Cabinet Office commission. It is headquartered in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Office at 2-1-2 Kasumigasaeki in Chiyoda, Tokyo....
- National Police AgencyNational Police Agency (Japan)The is an agency administered by the National Public Safety Commission of the Cabinet Office in the cabinet of Japan, and is the central coordinating agency of the Japanese police system....
- Imperial Guard of JapanImperial Guard of JapanThe Japanese is an organization which is dedicated to protection of the Emperor of Japan and his family, palaces and other imperial properties. Following the end of World War II the traditional Guard, which also served as a unit in the Imperial Japanese Army, was dissolved and in 1947 a civil...
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentTokyo Metropolitan Police DepartmentThe Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department serves as the police force for the entire Tokyo metropolis. Founded in 1874, it is headed by a superintendent general, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission and approved by the prime minister.The Metropolitan Police, with a staff of more...
- 46 prefecture police departments
- Imperial Guard of Japan
- National Police Agency
- Japan Coast GuardJapan Coast GuardThe , formerly the Maritime Safety Agency, is the Japanese coast guard. Comprising about 12,000 personnel, it is under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and is responsible for the protection the coast-lines of Japan...
(known as the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency from 1949–2000) - Ministry of FinanceMinistry of Finance (Japan)The ' is one of cabinet-level ministries of the Japanese government. The ministry was once named Ōkura-shō . The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Finance , who is a member of the Cabinet and is typically chosen from members of the Diet by the Prime Minister.The Ministry's origin was back in...
- Japan Customs
- Ministry of JusticeMinistry of Justice (Japan)The is one of Ministries of the Japanese government.-Meiji Constitution:The Ministry of Justice was established under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan in 1871 as the .-Constitution of Japan:...
- Correctional Bureau
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Republic of Korea National Public Safety CommissionNational Public Safety Commission (South Korea)The National Public Safety Commission is the policy making and oversight body of the National Police Agency of South Korea. It is headquartered in Seoul. It was established on July 31, 1991, as part of a general reorganization of the national police force....
- Republic of Korea National Police AgencyNational Police Agency (South Korea)South Korea has a relatively unified and integrated approach law enforcement. For example, the National Police Agency provides all policing services throughout the country...
- Seoul Metropolitan Police AgencySeoul Metropolitan Police AgencyThe Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency is the primary police force for the South Korean capital city of Seoul, and is one of 13 provincial police forces in the country, and is headquartered along with the National Police Headquarters in the city itself...
- 13 local police agencies
- Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
- Republic of Korea National Police Agency
- Republic of Korea Correctional Service
- Republic of Korea Customs Service
- Republic of Korea Coast GuardRepublic of Korea Coast GuardThe Korea Coast Guard is responsible for maritime safety and control off the coast of South Korea. The KCG is an external branch of Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs at peacetime...
(formerly known as the Republic of Korea Maritime Police)
Malaysia
Malaysian Ministry of Home AffairsMinistry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)
Ministry of Home Affairs in Malaysia is a Malaysian government ministry in charge of domestic affairs such as public safety, civil defence and immigration.- British colony :...
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- Royal Malaysian PoliceRoyal Malaysian PoliceThe Royal Malaysia Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering. Its headquarters is located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The police force is led by an...
- Royal Malaysian CustomRoyal Malaysian CustomThe Royal Malaysian Customs / is the government agency responsible for administrating the nation’s indirect tax policy. In other words, KDRM administers seven main and thirty-nine subsidiary laws. Apart from this,KDRM implements eighteen laws for other government agencies...
- National Anti-Drug Agency
- Malaysian Maritime Enforcement AgencyMalaysian Maritime Enforcement AgencyThe Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency , the Malaysian Coast Guard version, is the principal government agency tasked with maintaining law and order and coordinating search and rescue operations in the Malaysian Maritime Zone and on the high seas. It is in effect the Coast Guard of Malaysia...
- Malaysian Prison DepartmentMalaysian Prison DepartmentThe Malaysian Prison Department is a department controlled by the Malaysian Ministry of Internal Security responsible for jails where offenders sentenced by the courts are held...
- Malaysian Civil Defence ForceMalaysian Civil Defence ForceThe Malaysian Civil Defence Force or popularly known as JPAM is the civil defence services agency in Malaysia....
- Malaysian Anti-Corruption CommissionMalaysian Anti-Corruption CommissionThe Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ' ) is a government agency in Malaysia that investigates and prosecutes corruption in the public and private sectors...
- RELA CorpsRELA Corps"RELA Corps" is a paramilitary civil volunteer corps formed by the Malaysian government...
- Royal Malaysian Police
Military of Malaysia
Military of Malaysia
The Malaysian Armed Forces , the military of Malaysia, consists of three branches; the Royal Malaysian Navy , the Malaysian Army and the Royal Malaysian Air Force...
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- Kor Polis Tentera DiRajaKor Polis Tentera DiRajaKor Polis Tentera DiRaja is the Military Police branch of the Malaysian Army. Called "Redcaps" like their British cousins, Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja, more popularly called just "MPs", keep discipline within the Army ranks and ensure security at Malaysian Army Installations.- History :At the end of...
(Royal Military Police Corps) - Federal Intelligence Department
- Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja
Maldives
- Maldives Police ForceLaw enforcement in the Maldives-Secret police organizations:*National Security Service...
- Maldives National Defence ForceMaldives National Defence ForceThe Maldives National Defence Force is the combined security organisation responsible for defending the security and sovereignty of the Maldives, having the primary task of being responsible for attending to all internal and external security needs of the Maldives, including the protection of the...
- Maldivian Coast GuardMaldivian Coast GuardThe Maldivian Coast Guard is the naval or maritime arm of the Maldivian National Defence Force. With the absence of a navy in the country, the MNDF Coast Guard functions as the armed maritime force of the nation with a charter to contribute to national defence and by and large to respond to issues...
- Maldivian Coast Guard
Nepal
- Nepalese Police Force
- Nepalese Armed Police ForceArmed Police Force Nepal- History :The Armed Police Force of Nepal is a paramilitary force with the basic roles of catalyst in maintaining law and order and containing insurgency cracking down terrorist activities. Its foundation is similar to the paramilitary force. Service is voluntary and the minimum age for...
Pakistan
Federal- Airport Security Force
- Anti-Narcotics ForceAnti-Narcotics ForceThe Anti Narcotics Force is a government controlled organization in Pakistan which targets the eradication of drug supply, drug dealing and organizing rehabilitation programmes. The ANF is a Pakistani police's special forces that is mandate to conduct difficult operations against the drug mafia...
- Federal Investigation AgencyFederal Investigation AgencyThe Federal Investigation Agency is an agency of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Interior, that serves as a federal criminal investigative body with one of the Directorate dealing as Pakistani body of Interpol. It has a wide role in anti-terrorism, anti-fascism, anti-corruption, human smuggling...
- Frontier ConstabularyFrontier ConstabularyThe Frontier Constabulary, FC, is a paramilitary force responsible for maintaining law and order in the country.- Introduction :The Frontier Constabulary is a Federal Paramilitary Force of Pakistan which is largely drawn from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, but operates in all the provinces of...
- Frontier CorpsFrontier CorpsThe Frontier Corps is a federally-controlled paramilitary force of Pakistan, recruited mostly from the tribal areas along the western borders and led by officers from the Pakistan Army...
- National Highways and Motorway PoliceNational Highways and Motorway PoliceNational Highway and Motorway Police Pakistan is a Police Force responsible for the Law Enforcement of traffic rules and regulation on highways and newly constructed motorways of Pakistan.- History :...
- Pakistan Coast GuardPakistan Coast GuardThe Pakistan Coast Guards is an important branch of the Pakistan Civil Armed Forces and one of the six paramilitary services operating under the administrative control of Minisrty of Interior, Government of Pakistan. Pakistan Coast Guards, headquartered in Karachi, is unique in that it has...
- Pakistan CustomsPakistan CustomsPakistan Customs is a government organization working under the federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Board of Revenue in Pakistan. Its headquarters is FBR, Islamabad.-Pakistan Customs Ranks:Assistant Collector Deputy Collector...
- Pakistan Railways Police
- Pakistan RangersPakistan RangersThe Pakistan Rangers are part of the Paramilitary forces of Pakistan, and consists of members of the Pakistan Army under the direct control of the Ministry of the Interior of the Pakistan Government. The Rangers are an internal security force with the prime objective to provide and maintain...
Provincial
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police
- Balochistan Constabulary
- Balochistan PoliceBalochistan PoliceThe Balochistan Police are responsible for policing in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The current Inspector-General of Balochistan Police is Malik Muhammad Iqbal, Bps [22]-See also:* Law enforcement in Pakistan...
- Capital Territory PoliceCapital Territory PoliceThe Capital Territory Police is a police force formed in 1981 to police Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. The force is headed by a senior officer of the Police Service of Pakistan, who serves as the Inspector General of the law enforcement agency....
- Frontier PoliceFrontier PoliceThe Frontier Police is responsible for policing in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Frontier Police is headed by Akbar Khan Hoti.-History:At the time of war of independence in 1857, no organized Police force existed in the India...
- Gilgit-Baltistan Police
- Punjab PolicePunjab Police (Pakistan)The Punjab Police are responsible for policing in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.-Mughal Era:The system of policing in Mughal Era was organized on the basis of land tenure. Zamindars were responsible for apprehending disturbers of the public peace and performing other policing duties. At the...
- Sindh PoliceSindh Police-History:On the pattern of the colonial Irish constabulary, Sir Charles Napier established a police system in Sindh in 1843. The British Army Officers closely supervised and controlled forces which were resultantly more disciplined, efficient and not corrupt...
Philippines
- Office of the President
- Presidential Security GroupPresidential Security Group- External links :*...
(PSG) - Philippine Drug Enforcement AgencyPhilippine Drug Enforcement AgencyThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is the lead anti-drugs law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines...
(PDEA) - Metropolitan Manila Development Authority - Traffic Enforcement DivisionMetropolitan Manila Development AuthorityThe Metropolitan Manila Development Authority , is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines created embracing the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasig, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Malabon, Taguig, Navotas and San Juan and the...
(MMDA-TED)
- Presidential Security Group
- Department of Interior and Local Government
- Philippine National PolicePhilippine National PoliceThe Philippine National Police is the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines. It is both a national and a local police force in that it does provides all law enforcement services throughout the Philippines...
- created in 1991 from the below agencies:- Philippine ConstabularyPhilippine ConstabularyThe Philippine Constabulary ' was the oldest of four service commands of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It was a gendarmerie type para-military police force of the Philippines established in 1901 by the United States-appointed administrative authority replacing the Guardia Civil...
(1898–1991) - Integrated National PoliceIntegrated National PoliceThe Integrated National Police was one of two national police forces in the Philippines prior to 1991...
( ? - 1991)
- Philippine Constabulary
- Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)
- Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)
- Philippine National Police
- Department of JusticeDepartment of Justice (Philippines)The Department of Justice , abbreviated as DOJ, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines...
- National Bureau of InvestigationNational Bureau of InvestigationThe National Bureau of Investigation , is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Justice, responsible for handling and solving major high profile cases that are in the interest of the nation.-Organization and Jurisdiction:The NBI is a government entity that is civilian in...
(NBI) - Bureau of Immigration - Law Enforcement Division (BI-LED)
- National Bureau of Investigation
- Department of Transportation and CommunicationsDepartment of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)The Department of Transportation and Communications is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation and communications systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic...
- Philippine Ports Authority - Port Police Department)Philippine Ports AuthorityThe Philippine Ports Authority is a government-owned corporation under the Department of Transportation and Communications as an attached agency...
(PPA-PPD) - Land Transportation Office - Law Enforcement ServiceLand Transportation Office (Philippines)The Philippines' Land Transportation Office , abbreviated as LTO, is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Transportation and Communications responsible for optimizing the land transportation service and facilities and to effectively implement the various transportation...
(LTO-LES)
- Philippine Ports Authority - Port Police Department)
- Department of FinanceDepartment of Finance (Philippines)The Philippines' Department of Finance is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the formulation, institutionalization and administration of fiscal policies, management of the financial resources of the government, supervision of the revenue operations of all local...
- Bureau of Internal RevenueBureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines)The Bureau of Internal Revenue is an attached agency of Department of Finance. BIR collects more than one-half of the total revenues of the government.-Functions:...
(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
- Department of Trade and IndustryDepartment of Trade and Industry (Philippines)The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry , abbreviated as DTI is the executive department of the Philippine Government tasked to expand Philippine trade, industries and investments as the means to generate jobs and raise incomes for Filipinos...
- Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group (DTI-CWTRG)
- Department of Environment and National ResourcesDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for governing and supervising the exploration, development, utilization, and conservation of the country's natural resources.-History:The Department of Environment and Natural...
- Law Enforcement and Licenses Division (DENR-LELD)
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
- MabahithMabahithThe Mabahith , also spelled Mabaheth, is the secret police agency of the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia.According to Human Rights Watch, the Mabahith "monitors suspected political opponents and others, targets individuals for arrest, and interrogates detainees...
(Secret Service) - Hay'ah (Religious Police)
Singapore
- Singapore Police ForceSingapore Police ForceThe Singapore Police Force is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. Formerly known as the Republic of Singapore Police , it has grown from an 11-man organisation to a 38,587 strong force...
- Special Operations CommandSpecial Operations Command (Singapore)The Special Operations Command is a frontline unit of the Singapore Police Force grouping together various specialist units into a single strategic reserve of the regular forces to be called upon in any contingency and serious case of public disorder.Today, the unit is composed of:The SOC also...
- Crisis Negotiation Unit
- Police K-9 Unit
- Police National Service Full-time Light Strike ForcePolice National Service Full-time Light Strike ForceThe Police National Service Full-time Light Strike Force is part of Special Operations Command , a division of Singapore Police Force, located at Queensway in Singapore.-History and Nature:...
- Police Tactical UnitPolice Tactical Unit (Singapore)The Police Tactical Unit is a paramilitary specialist unit of the Singapore Police Force and comes under the direct command of the Special Operations Command. Based in Queenstown, it is the main anti-rioting and disaster-management unit of the police force. They are also called upon to handle...
- Special Tactics and RescueSpecial Tactics and Rescue (Singapore)The Special Tactics and Rescue is the elite Special Operations SWAT of the Singapore Police Force. Its official task is to provide the Singapore Police Force with a tactical armed-response capability, and its motto is "Vigilance, Valour, Victory"....
- Special Operations Command
- Auxiliary PoliceAuxiliary policeAuxiliary police or special constables in England) are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated...
Forces- Aetos Security ManagementAetos Security ManagementAETOS Security Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, provides security solutions to a diverse clientele.Established in 2004, AETOS commenced operations following the strategic merger of the Auxiliary Police Forces of PSA Corporation Ltd, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd and...
- Certis CISCO Security Private Limited
- SATS Security ServicesSATS Security ServicesSATS Security Services Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of SATS Ltd, providing security services for aviation-related activities at the Singapore Changi Airport. It provides armed auxiliary police officers for mainly airline clients, one of three companies licensed to do so in Singapore...
- Aetos Security Management
- Corrupt Practices Investigation BureauCorrupt Practices Investigation BureauCorrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is a government agency in Singapore which investigates and prosecutes corruption in the public and private sectors...
- Internal Security DepartmentInternal Security DepartmentThe Internal Security Department is a domestic intelligence agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore. It was formerly part of the Ministry of Interior and Defence until it was split on 11 August 1970...
- Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command
Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Police
- Special Task ForceSpecial Task ForceThe Special Task Force is an elite special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Police Service specializing in Counter-Terrorist and Counter-Insurgency operations. It was formed in 1983 not as a military force but rather as a highly specialised police unit...
- Criminal Investigation Department
- Special Task Force
- Sri Lanka Corps of Military PoliceSri Lanka Corps of Military PoliceThe Sri Lanka Corps of Military Police is the branch of the Sri Lanka Army responsible for the policing of service personnel and providing a military police presence on service property, operations and exercises. It is made up of three regular regiments and with headquartered at Regiment Center...
- Naval Provost Branch
- Air Force Police
- Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption (Bribery Commission)
Andorra
- Andorran Police ServiceLaw enforcement in AndorraThe Police Force of Andorra is the national police of Andorra. In 2010, the force had 75 officers serving a population of approximately 85,000.-Structure:...
and traffic police (local police) divided by comunes
Austria
- Federal Investigation Bureau (Austria) (Bundeskriminalamt)
- Bundespolizei (Federal Police) - Polizei (Austria)
- Stadtpolizei (Local Police)
- EKO Cobra (Federal SWATSWATA SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
unit, which is not part of the federal police) - Justizwache (Penitentiary Police)
Belarus
- Belarusian MilitsiyaMilitsiyaMilitsiya or militia is used as an official name of the civilian police in several former communist states, despite its original military connotation...
(National Police) - Belarusian Presidential GuardPresidential Guard (Belarus)The Belarusian Presidential Guard or officially the Presidential Security Service is a law-enforcement body that was designed to protect the President of Belarus and other high ranking officials and officers.However, the United States State Department stated that the Presidential Guard is a secret...
- Belarusian State Security Agency
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal PoliceLaw enforcement in Bosnia and HerzegovinaLaw enforcement in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the responsibility of an EU-sponsored Bosnia police force to which the role of maintaining security in the region was handed over from the United Nations's 18,000 International Police Task Force...
Bulgaria
- National Investigative Service
- National Police ServiceNational Police Service (Bulgaria)The National Police Service is an independent agency of the Ministry of the Interior responsible for general law enforcement in Bulgaria.- Ranks and shoulder insignia of the Bulgarian police officers :...
- Central Office for Combating Organized Crime
- Gendarmerie
- Border Police
Finland
- Finnish PoliceLaw enforcement in FinlandLaw enforcement in Finland falls under the jurisdiction of the Finnish Police, a national police agency.The Finnish Police is divided into 24 local departments and three national agencies...
- The Finnish Border Guard
France
- Gendarmerie Nationale
- Gendarmerie DépartementaleDepartmental GendarmerieThe Departmental Gendarmerie is the territorial police branch of the French Gendarmerie. The departmental gendarmerie has regular contact with the population and conducts local policing functions throughout the French territory....
- Gendarmerie MobileMobile GendarmerieThe Mobile Gendarmerie is a subdivision of the French Gendarmerie. The Mobile Gendarmerie is the inheritor of the traditions of the gendarmerie's historic infantry component. Specific anti-riot units of the Gendarmerie date back to the beginning of the 19th century...
- Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)
- Gendarmerie Maritime (maritime police)
- Gendarmerie de l'Air (air police)
- Garde républicaineFrench Republican GuardThe Republican Guard is part of the French Gendarmerie. It is responsible for providing security in the Paris area and for providing guards of honor.Its missions include:...
(Republican Guard)
- Gendarmerie Départementale
- Police NationaleFrench National PoliceThe National Police , formerly the Sûreté Nationale, is one of two national police forces and the main civil law enforcement agency of France, with primary jurisdiction in cities and large towns. The other main agency is the military Gendarmerie, with primary jurisdiction in smaller towns and rural...
- Compagnies Républicaines de SécuritéCompagnies Républicaines de SécuritéThe Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité are the riot control forces and general reserve of the French National Police. The CRS were created on 8 December 1944 and the first units were organised by 31 January 1945. The CRS were reorganized in 1948...
(riot control force) - Prefecture de Police Parisian Police Service
- Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité
- Garde champêtreGarde champêtreA garde champêtre is a combination of forest ranger, game warden and police officer in certain rural communes in France. They report to the local mayor. Many of these officers wear green uniforms and many carry firearms. They fall under the general supervision of the Gendarmerie.- External links :*...
(Park Rangers/Game Wardens) - Douane (Customs)
- Police Municipale (Local Police)
- Royal police and territorial guard (Wallis and FutunaWallis and FutunaWallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands , is a Polynesian French island territory in the South Pacific between Tuvalu to the northwest, Rotuma of Fiji to the west, the main part of Fiji to the southwest, Tonga to the southeast,...
) - Administration pénitentiaire (Department of Corrections)
- Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWATSWATA SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
teams)
- Équipe régionale d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT
Germany
- BundeskriminalamtFederal Criminal Police Office (Germany)The Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany is a national investigative police agency in Germany and falls directly under the Federal Ministry of the Interior...
(Federal Criminal Office) - BundespolizeiBundespolizeiBundespolizei is German for Federal Police and may refer to:*Federal Police *Federal Police...
(BPOL) (Federal Police)- GSG-9 (Federal Police Special Forces Group)
- Fliegergruppe (Federal Police Air Group)
- LandespolizeiLandespolizeithumb|[[Germany|German]] police officer in [[Hamburg]]The Landespolizei are the main police forces of Germany. They are under the sole jurisdiction, funded and operated by the states of Germany.-History:...
(State Police)- SchutzpolizeiSchutzpolizeiThe Schutzpolizei , or Schupo for short, is a branch of the Landespolizei, the state level police of the German states. Schutzpolizei literally means security or protection police but is best translated as Uniformed Police....
(SchuPo) (Uniformed Branch of State Police) - LandeskriminalamtLandeskriminalamtLandeskriminalamt - is the German term for a State Investigation Bureau in Germany. LKAs are part of the state police which, in turn, is directly subordinate to the respective state ministry of the interior.-Investigations:...
(State Criminal Office) - KriminalpolizeiKriminalpolizeiis the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany during 1936, the Kripo became the Criminal Police Department for the entire Reich...
(KriPo) (Detective Branch of State Police) - BereitschaftspolizeiBereitschaftspolizeiThe Bereitschaftspolizei are the support and rapid reaction units of Germany's police forces...
(BePo) (Riot Police Branch of State Police) - SpezialeinsatzkommandoSpezialeinsatzkommandoSpezialeinsatzkommandos are the special response units of the German state police forces. German SEKs are full-time units whose members do not perform any other duties, and are essentially the equivalent of American SWAT Teams...
(SEK) (SWATSWATA SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
unit of State Police) - AutobahnpolizeiAutobahnpolizeiAutobahnpolizei is the term in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland for the highway patrol. Heavy traffic and high-speed accidents resulted in the creation of special police units to patrol the expressways known as Autobahnen....
(Highway patrol or motorway police) - WasserschutzpolizeiWasserschutzpolizeiThe Wasserschutzpolizei is the water police that patrols the waterways, lakes and harbours of Germany around the clock. The WSP are part of the Landespolizei ....
(WSP) (River Police)
- Schutzpolizei
- Polizei beim Deutschen BundestagPolizei beim Deutschen BundestagThe Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag is a German Federal police organization protecting the premises of the Bundestag in Berlin....
(Federal Parliament Police) - Stadtpolizei, Ordnungsamt or Ordnungsdienst (Local Police)
- BundeszollverwaltungBundeszollverwaltungThe Bundeszollverwaltung is an executive and fiscal administrative unit of the German government and part of the Federal Ministry of Finance. It was founded in 1949 in West Germany...
(Federal Customs Administration)- Wasserzoll (Federal Maritime Customs Police)
- ZollkriminalamtZollkriminalamtThe German Customs Investigation Bureau in Cologne and its investigation offices are federal agencies that fall under the German Finance Ministry...
(Customs Investigation Bureau)- Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe ZollZentrale Unterstützungsgruppe ZollThe Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll is the SWAT unit of the German Customs Service and subordinate to the German Customs Investigation Bureau .-History:...
(ZUZ) (Customs SWATSWATA SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
Unit)
- Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll
- Justiz (Penitentiary Police)
- Prisons in GermanyPrisons in GermanyThe prisons in Germany are run solely by the federal states, although governed by a federal law. The aim of prison confinement in Germany is twofold: emphasis is placed on enabling prisoners to lead a life of "social responsibility free of crime" upon release, but society is also to be protected...
Greece
- Hellenic Police ServiceGreek PoliceThe Hellenic Police is the national police force of Greece. It is a very large agency, its responsibilities ranging from road traffic control to counter-terrorism....
- created in 1984 from the below agencies:- Hellenic GendarmerieGreek GendarmerieThe Hellenic Gendarmerie was the national gendarmerie and military police force of Greece.-19th Century:The Greek Gendarmerie was established after the enthronement of King Otto in 1833 as the Royal Gendarmerie and modeled after the French Gendarmerie. It was at that time formally part of the...
(1833–1984) - Hellenic City Police ( ? - 1984)
- Hellenic Gendarmerie
- Hellenic Coast GuardHellenic Coast GuardThe Hellenic Coast Guard is the national coast guard of Greece. Like most other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but resides under separate civilian control in times of peace...
Hungary
- Hungarian National PoliceLaw enforcement in HungaryLaw enforcement in Hungary is split among the Police and Border Guards, and the Customs and Excise Authority. Since 2006, the Police has been subject to the Ministry of Justice, when the Ministry of Interior was re-structured to deal with Municipalities and Regional Development...
- Hungarian Border GuardLaw enforcement in HungaryLaw enforcement in Hungary is split among the Police and Border Guards, and the Customs and Excise Authority. Since 2006, the Police has been subject to the Ministry of Justice, when the Ministry of Interior was re-structured to deal with Municipalities and Regional Development...
- Hungarian Customs and Excise AuthorityLaw enforcement in HungaryLaw enforcement in Hungary is split among the Police and Border Guards, and the Customs and Excise Authority. Since 2006, the Police has been subject to the Ministry of Justice, when the Ministry of Interior was re-structured to deal with Municipalities and Regional Development...
Iceland
- Lögreglan (National Police of Iceland)
- TollstjóriIcelandic CustomsThe Icelandic Directorate of Customs is the national customs service of the Republic of Iceland...
(Icelandic Customs Directorate) - FangelsismálastofnunIcelandic Prison ServiceThe Icelandic Prison Service is the national correctional agency of the Republic of Iceland. Along with the Icelandic National Police, Icelandic Customs Directorate, and the Icelandic Coast Guard, the Icelandic Prison Service is one of the few law-enforcement agencies in Iceland...
(Icelandic Prison Service)
Ireland
- Garda SíochánaGarda Síochána, more commonly referred to as the Gardaí , is the police force of Ireland. The service is headed by the Commissioner who is appointed by the Irish Government. Its headquarters are located in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.- Terminology :...
- Criminal Assets BureauCriminal Assets BureauThe Criminal Assets Bureau is a law enforcement agency in Ireland, the purpose of which is to recover the proceeds of organised crime. It is a division of the Garda , but reports annually to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform...
(joint unit between the Garda and Irish Sheriff Service) - Civic GuardCivic GuardCivic Guard may refer to:* Garda Síochána in Ireland* Schutterij in the Netherlands...
(disbanded and merged into the Garda Síochána in 1923) - Dublin Metropolitan PoliceDublin Metropolitan PoliceThe Dublin Metropolitan Police was the police force of Dublin, Ireland, from 1836 to 1925, when it amalgamated into the new Garda Síochána.-19th century:...
(disbanded and merged into the Garda Síochána in 1925)
- Criminal Assets Bureau
- Garda Síochána ReserveGarda Síochána ReserveThe Garda Síochána Reserve is the volunteer reserve section of the Garda Siochana - the police force of Ireland. It was created in 2006 and the first 36 Reserves graduated on 15 December 2006 at the Garda College, in Templemore.- Establishment :...
(Reserve police force that works with and assists regular Police) - Irish RevenueOffice of the Revenue CommissionersThe Office of the Revenue Commissioners , - now called simply Revenue - is the Irish Government agency responsible for customs, excise, taxation and related matters...
- Irish Customs Service
- Irish Sheriff Service
- Irish Prison ServiceIrish Prison ServiceThe Irish Prison Service manages the day-to-day running of the Irish penal system. Political responsibility for Irish prisons still rests with the Minister and governmental Department for Justice and Law Reform....
- 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)
Italy
- CarabinieriCarabinieriThe Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...
(Paramilitary Police - military corps)- Raggruppamento Operativo SpecialeRaggruppamento Operativo SpecialeThe Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale , is part of the Italian Carabinieri. Founded on 3 December 1990 to coordinate investigative activities against organized crime, it now the main investigative arm of the Carabinieri which deals with organized crime and terrorism...
(Special Operations Group) - Gruppo di Intervento SpecialeGruppo di Intervento SpecialeGruppo di Intervento Speciale is an elite Special Operations counter-terrorism tactical response unit inside the Italian Carabinieri military police, first formed in 1978...
(Special Intervention Group) - CorazzieriCorazzieriThe Cuirassiers' Regiment is an Italian elite military unit and the honor guard of the President of the Italian Republic...
(Cuirassiers)
- Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale
- Guardia di FinanzaGuardia di FinanzaThe Guardia di Finanza is a Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. Like the Carabinieri, it is part of the Italian Armed Forces. The Guard is essentially responsible for dealing with financial crime and smuggling; it has also evolved into Italy's...
(Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a military corps)- Antiterrorismo Pronto ImpiegoAntiTerrorismo Pronto ImpiegoThe Counter-terrorism Rapid Response force, formed in 1983, is a special police unit of the Guardia di Finanza dealing with anti-terrorism in Italy. The unit took part in counterterrorism operations and VIP protection details in Italy. This unit has done operations in Albania, Kosovo and Hungary....
(Anti-Terrorism) - Gruppo di investigazione criminalità organizzataGruppo di Investigazione Criminalità OrganizzataGruppo d'investigazione sulla criminalità organizzata, also knew with the acronym GICO, is a specialized department of the Italian Guardia di Finanza, a Special Police force that combats international drugs trafficking, smuggling, money laundering, terrorist financing, financial crimes and illegal...
(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)
- Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego
- Polizia di StatoPolizia di StatoThe Polizia di Stato is one of the national police forces of Italy.It is the main police force for providing police duties and it is also responsible for patrolling motorways , railways , airports , customs as well as certain waterways, and assisting the local police...
(State Police)- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di SicurezzaNucleo Operativo Centrale di SicurezzaThe Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza is a special operations division of the Italian state police.-History:In 1974 the Chief of the Polizia di Stato Anti-Terrorism Bureau, Emilio Santillo, announced the necessity to establish a tactical unit with the capability to arrest known terrorists and...
(Central Security Operations Service) - Polizia StradalePolizia StradaleThe Polizia Stradale is the national Highway patrol of Italy and is a sub-directorate of the Italian State Police.The Polizia Stradale patrols the 7,000 kilometers of motorways in Italy and the main highways and arterial roads outside towns...
(Traffic Police) - Polizia FerroviariaPolizia FerroviariaThe Polizia Ferroviaria are the branch of the Italian Polizia di Stato responsible for policing the Italian state railways, managed by the Ferrovie dello Stato.-External links:*...
(Railroad Police)
- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
- Corpo Forestale dello StatoCorpo Forestale dello StatoThe State Forestry Corps is a national police agency in Italy.It was established on 15 October 1822 by Charles Felix of Sardinia as "Amministrazione forestale per la custodia e la vigilanza dei boschi".An agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, the CFS acts...
(State Forestry Corps) - Polizia PenitenziariaPolizia PenitenziariaThe Polizia Penitenziaria is a law enforcement agency in Italy.Subordinate to the Italian Ministry of Justice, the Polizia Penitenziaria operate the Italian prison system as corrections officers. It ensures the security of Italian prisons, keeping unauthorized people out and preventing escape by...
(Penitentiary Police) - Polizia MunicipalePolizia MunicipaleThe polizia municipale are the municipal police of Italy responsible to the mayors of the various municipalities of Italy and are usually limited to performing public order duties...
(Municipal Police; originally called the VigilesVigilesThe Vigiles or more properly the Vigiles Urbani or Cohortes Vigilum were the firefighters and police of Ancient Rome.-History:...
or Vigili Urbani) - Polizia ProvincialePolizia ProvincialeIn Italy, the polizia provinciale is a general term used to identify provincial-level police forces. Each Italian province can by statute have its own police force , but most of them have not instituted one for lack of fundings or because it is deemed "not necessary"; most of the...
(Provincial Police) that mainly enforce hunting and fishing laws.
Latvia
- Latvian State PoliceLaw enforcement in LatviaLaw enforcement in Latvia is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior, which is composed of the State Police, Security Police and State Border Guard branches.In 2003, the State Police consisted of 8,222 officers..-External links:***...
- Latvian State Security PoliceLaw enforcement in LatviaLaw enforcement in Latvia is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior, which is composed of the State Police, Security Police and State Border Guard branches.In 2003, the State Police consisted of 8,222 officers..-External links:***...
- Latvian State Border GuardLaw enforcement in LatviaLaw enforcement in Latvia is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior, which is composed of the State Police, Security Police and State Border Guard branches.In 2003, the State Police consisted of 8,222 officers..-External links:***...
Republic of Macedonia
- Macedonian Police ServiceLaw enforcement in the Republic of MacedoniaLaw enforcement in the Republic of Macedonia is the responsibility of the Police of the Republic of Macedonia, a force that has been the subject of a number of recent reforms regarding both the Albanian insurgency, and possible violations of human rights, with NATO officials stating that the force...
Moldova
- Moldovan Ministry of the Interior
- Moldovan National PoliceInternal security in MoldovaIn 1995 the national police of Moldova were under the direction of the Ministry of Interior. Internal troops were reported to have 2,500 men, and the numbers of riot police were put at 900....
- Moldovan National Police
Monaco
- Sûreté Publique de MonacoLaw enforcement in MonacoLaw enforcement in Monaco is provided by an armed national police force consisting of 515 men and women. With 515 police officers for 35,000 people in 1.96km², Monaco has the largest police force and police presence in the world on both a per-capita and per-area basis...
(Police) - Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince de MonacoCompagnie des Carabiniers du PrinceThe Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince is a military unit of the military force of Monaco and is one of the only militaries that recruit foreigners. Although Monaco's defence is the responsibility of France, it maintains a small force for the protection of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco...
(Prince's Guard)
The Netherlands
- Koninklijke MarechausseeKoninklijke MarechausseeThe Koninklijke Marechaussee, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, abbreviated to KMar, is one of the four Services of the armed forces of the Netherlands...
(Royal Constabulary) - Korps landelijke politiedienstenKorps landelijke politiedienstenThe Korps landelijke politiediensten is the national police force in the Netherlands, responsible for specialist missions that benefit from a centralized approach. It is independent from the regional police forces; but like them, it is subordinate to the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and has a...
(National Police Services Agency) - Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst en Economische controledienstFIOD-ECDThe Fiscal Information and Investigation Service, in Dutch "Fiscale inlichtingen- en opsporingsdienst" is the Dutch Anti-Fraud agency.- History :The FIOD-ECD was formed when the FIOD and the ECD were merged in 1999.In 2010 the name changed into FIOD....
(Fiscal Information and Investigation Service/Economic Investigation Service), referred to as "FIOD-ECD" - 25 regiokorpsen (regional police forces)
Norway
- PolitidirektoratetPolitidirektoratetPolitidirektoratet, or the National Police Directorate, is a Norwegian directorate unit under the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police, which manages and coordinates the police "in order to ensure a predictable, efficient and flexible service for the benefit of the public"...
(National Police Directorate) - ØkokrimØkokrimThe National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime is Norway's central unit for fighting economic and environmental crimes. The unit, created in 1989, has its main office in Oslo....
(National Economic and Fraud Police) - Politiets sikkerhetstjenestePolitiets sikkerhetstjenesteThe Norwegian Police Security Service is the police security agency of Norway, somewhat comparable to the British MI5. The agency was previously known as POT , the name change was dictated by the Parliament of Norway on 2 June 2001.The service was established in 1936 or 1937...
(National Security Police)
Poland
- PolicjaPolicjaPolicja is the generic name for the police in Poland. The Polish police force was known as policja throughout the Second Polish Republic , and in modern post-communist Republic of Poland since 1990. Its current size is 103.309 officers and ca. 12.000 civilian employees...
(Police) - Żandarmeria Wojskowa (Military Gendarmerie)
- Straż miejskaStraz miejskaStraż miejska is the name given to the separate municipal police forces maintained by some Polish cities. They operate in conjunction with the Policja .The City Guards' uniforms and livery of the squad cars varies by city....
(City guardCity guardCity guard, city watch, town guard or town watch was a law enforcement formation found in some countries and historical periods, usually subordinate to the local municipal government...
) - Biuro Ochrony RząduBiuro Ochrony RzaduThe Government Protection Bureau is Poland's equivalent of the United States Secret Service, providing antiterrorism and VIP security services for the Polish government.-Subjects of protection:* President of the Republic of Poland...
- (Government Protection Bureau) - Straż GranicznaBorder Guard (Poland)Border Guard is a Polish state security agency tasked with patrol of the Polish border. It existed in the Second Polish Republic from 1928 to 1939 and was recreated in Third Polish Republic in 1990.- 1928-1939 :...
- (Border Guard)
Portugal
- Guarda Nacional RepublicanaPortuguese National Republican GuardThe Portuguese National Republican Guard is the gendarmerie of Portugal. Members of the GNR are soldiers, who, unlike the agents of the Public Security Police , are subject to military law and organisation...
(paramilitary police) - Polícia de Segurança PúblicaPolícia de Segurança PúblicaThe Polícia de Segurança Pública - PSP is the Portuguese police force that works in large urban areas. Rural towns and areas are under the protection of the Portuguese Republican National Guard...
(civilian police)- Grupo de Operações EspeciaisGrupo de Operações Especiais (Portugal)Grupo de Operações Especiais - GOE is the Portuguese PSP special operations unit, manned slightly over 200 elements....
- Grupo de Operações Especiais
- Polícia JudiciáriaPolícia JudiciáriaThe Polícia Judiciária is the main police branch of criminal investigation in Portugal, dedicated to fighting criminality, organized crime, terrorism, drugs, corruption and financial crimes...
(investigation police)
Romania
- Poliţia RomânăRomanian PoliceThe Romanian Police is the national police force and main civil law enforcement agency in Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform.-Duties:The Romanian Police are responsible for:...
(Romanian Police, national police force) - Poliţia de FrontierăRomanian Border PoliceThe Romanian Border Police is the structure of the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior responsible for the border security and passport control at border crossing points, airports and ports.-Ranks:...
(Border Police) - Jandarmeria RomânăJandarmeria RomânaJandarmeria Română is the military branch of the two Romanian police forces .The gendarmerie is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and does not have responsibility for policing the Romanian Armed Forces...
(Romanian Gendarmerie, has military status) - Poliţia ComunitarăPolitia ComunitaraPoliţia Comunitară is the generic name for the local police in Romania - on city or commune level. They are subordinated to the mayors and their main duties are to enforce the local ordinances and to assist the National Police and the Gendarmerie in maintaining and restoring the public order.-See...
(Local/Municipal Police) - Direcţia Generală AnticorupţieDirectia Generala AnticoruptieDirecţia Generală Anticorupţie is an agency subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, tasked with preventing and investigating the corruption offenses, the criminal acts and misconduct among the personnel of the Ministry.-History:The Anti-Corruption General...
(Internal Affairs) - Direcţia Naţională AnticorupţieNational Anticorruption DirectorateNational Anticorruption Directorate , formerly National Anticorruption Prosecution Office , is the Romanian agency tasked with preventing, investigating and prosecuting corruption-related offenses that caused a material damage higher than €200,000 or whose value of the involved amounts or goods is...
(anti-corruption agency) - Financial GuardFinancial Guard (Romania)The Financial Guard is the control agency, subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance, tasked with the enforcement of the tax laws, prevention and investigation of tax evasion and tax-related fraud....
Russia
- Police of RussiaPolice of the Russian FederationThe Police is the central law enforcement body in Russia, operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
- Internal Troops
- Federal Protective Service
- Federal Security Service
San Marino
- Gendarmeria (paramilitary police)
- Polizia CivileCivil Police (San Marino)The Civil Police are one of the law enforcement organisations of San Marino. The Ministry of Interior controls the Civil Police, who are responsible for domestic security, traffic, and civil defence. Currently there are around 225 police officers serving in San Marino...
(civilian police) - Guardia di Rocca (border patrol and permanent military force)
Serbia
- Bezbednosno Informativna Agencija (BIA)
- Serbian Ministry of the Interior (MUP)
- Gendarmerie (Serbia)Gendarmerie (Serbia)The Žandarmerija is the gendarmery of Serbia, Dissolved at the end of World War II, it was reestablished on 28 June 2001, by the Interior Minister Dušan Mihailović. The Special Operations Unit and Special Police Unit were later attached to the Gendarmery...
Slovenia
- Slovenian National PoliceLaw enforcement in SloveniaLaw enforcement in Slovenia is governed by the Slovenian Ministry of Internal Affairs and is the responsibility of the Slovenian National Police force, which is composed of the 8 police directorates in Celje, Koper, Kranj, Ljubljana, Maribor, Murska Sobota, Nova Gorica and Novo mesto...
- Specialna Enota PolicijeSpecialna Enota PolicijeSpecialna Enota Policije - also known as "Red Panthers" - is a detachment of the Slovenian national police forces that is utilised for Counter-Terrorism and other high-risk tasks that are too dangerous or too difficult for regular police units...
Spain
- National
- Guardia Civil
- Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (National Police Corps)
- Dirección de Instituciones Penitenciarias (Directorate of Penitentiary Institutions)
- Vigilancia Aduanera (Customs Service)
- Autonomous communitiesAutonomous communities of SpainAn autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
- ErtzaintzaErtzaintzaThe Ertzaintza , is the police force of the Basque Country, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. An Ertzaintza member is an ertzaina .- Origins :...
in the Basque Country - Mossos d'EsquadraMossos d'EsquadraThe Mossos d'Esquadra are the police force of Catalonia, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. It is the oldest civil police force in Europe, founded in the 18th century as the Esquadres de Catalunya to protect the people of Catalonia....
in CataloniaCataloniaCatalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an... - Policía ForalPolicía ForalThe Chartered Police of Navarre is the regional police force for the chartered autonomous community of Navarre in Spain. It operates across the region, and was founded from a traffic police unit set up by the Provincial Council of Navarre in 1929....
in NavarreNavarreNavarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...
- Ertzaintza
- MunicipalMunicipal police.Municipal police are law enforcement agencies that are under the control of local government, including the municipal government, where it is the smallest administrative subdivision. They receive pay from the city budget, and usually have fewer rights than the "state paid" police...
- Policía MunicipalPolicía MunicipalIn Spanish towns and cities, the Policia Municipal , also known as the Policia Local or Guardia Urbana, is a police force organized at the municipal level....
(also known as Policía Local or Guardia Urbana) in every town and city.
- Policía Municipal
Sweden
- National Laboratory of Forensic Science
- Coast GuardSwedish Coast GuardThe Swedish Coast Guard is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with:* maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea....
- Customs ServiceSwedish Customs ServiceThe Swedish Customs Service is the customs service of Sweden. It is a department of the Government of Sweden.-History:Customs duties have existed in Sweden since the twelfth century, and the current organisation was created in 1636. During this period, the Swedish administration was being...
- Enforcement AdministrationSwedish Enforcement AdministrationThe Swedish Enforcement Administration is a government agency handling all debt collection in Sweden.The Swedish Enforcement Administration is the only organization in Sweden empowered to withdraw money from bank accounts of debtors and, if necessary, visit the homes and companies of debtors to...
- Police ServiceSwedish Police ServiceThe Swedish Police Service is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden. The Swedish Police Service consists of 28,500 employees of which 39 per cent are women. The staff consists of 20,000 police officers of which 25 per cent are women and 8,500 civilian staff of...
- Prison and Probation ServiceSwedish Prison and Probation ServiceKriminalvården or Swedish Prison and Probation Service is a government agency that is part of the Swedish judicial system, tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the agency is located in Norrköping.- External links :** ]...
- The National Criminal Investigations Department
- Security ServiceSwedish Security ServiceThe Swedish Security Service , former name Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning , is the security service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board....
- Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau
Switzerland
- Border Guard CorpsBorder Guard CorpsBorder Guard Corps are the federal law enforcement agency who act as both the border guard and customs service of Switzerland. It is the uniformed section of the Federal Customs Administration, which is attached to the Federal Department of Finance. The BGC conducts people, vehicle and object...
- Federal Office of PoliceFederal Office of PoliceThe Federal Office of Police or fedpol of Switzerland is subject to the Federal Department of Justice and Police. It is responsible for the coordination between cantonal police corps and between Swiss and foreign police forces...
- Cybercrime Coordination Unit Switzerland (CYCO) , http://www.kobik.ch/index.php?language=en
- Cantonal policeCantonal policeThe Cantonal police are the law enforcement agencies for each of the 26 Swiss Cantons. Law enforcement in Switzerland is mainly a responsibility of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, which each operate cantonal police agencies. Some cities also operate municipal police agencies as provided for by...
- Municipal policeMunicipal police.Municipal police are law enforcement agencies that are under the control of local government, including the municipal government, where it is the smallest administrative subdivision. They receive pay from the city budget, and usually have fewer rights than the "state paid" police...
Turkey
- Turkish National Police
- Gendarmerie - responsible only for policing the civilian population
- Military PoliceMilitary policeMilitary police are police organisations connected with, or part of, the military of a state. The word can have different meanings in different countries, and may refer to:...
- responsible for provostProvost (military police)Provosts are military police whose duties are policing solely within the Armed Forces, as opposed to Gendarmerie duties in the civilian population. However, many countries use their gendarmerie for provost duties....
services - Turkish Coast GuardTurkish Coast GuardThe Turkish Coast Guard is a branch of the Turkish Armed Forces and was established in 1859.-Organization:...
- National Intelligence OrganizationNational Intelligence OrganizationThe National Intelligence Organization is the governmental intelligence organization of Turkey. It was established in 1965 to replace the National Security Service....
- Public Safety Agency
- Village guardsVillage guard systemVillage guards ) are paramilitaries. Originally they were set up and funded by the Turkish state in the mid-1980s under the direction of Turgut Özal. Their stated purpose was to act as a local militia in towns and villages, protecting against attacks and reprisals from the insurgents, terrorists...
United Kingdom
England
- Avon and Somerset ConstabularyAvon and Somerset ConstabularyAvon & Somerset Constabulary is the territorial police force in England responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, the city & county of Bristol and the unitary authorities of South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset; before 1996 these districts...
- Bedfordshire PoliceBedfordshire PoliceBedfordshire Police, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in England, which includes the unitary authorities of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. Its headquarters are in Kempston. The county had an estimated population of 602,500 in...
- Cambridgeshire ConstabularyCambridgeshire ConstabularyCambridgeshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. In addition to the non-metropolitan county, the Police area includes the city of Peterborough, which became a unitary authority area in...
- Cheshire ConstabularyCheshire ConstabularyCheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of with a population of roughly 1 million.The Chief Constable of the...
- City of London PoliceCity of London PoliceThe City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temple. The service responsible for law enforcement within the rest of Greater London is the Metropolitan Police Service, a separate...
- The City of London only, known as The Square Mile - Cleveland PoliceCleveland PoliceCleveland Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the area of former county of Cleveland in north east England. The Cleveland Police area covers approximately and has a population of over 554,000....
- Cumbria ConstabularyCumbria ConstabularyCumbria Constabulary is the territorial police force in England covering Cumbria. It is currently the fifth-largest force in England and Wales in terms of geographic area but one of the smallest in terms of officer numbers. Given the force area's size and population of just under 500,000, it is...
- Derbyshire ConstabularyDerbyshire ConstabularyDerbyshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Derbyshire, England. The force covers an area of over with a population of just under one million.-Organisation and structure:...
- Devon and Cornwall ConstabularyDevon and Cornwall ConstabularyDevon and Cornwall Police, formerly Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England and the unitary authorities of Plymouth, Torbay and the Isles of Scilly....
- Dorset PoliceDorset PoliceDorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English county of Dorset in the south-west of England.-History:Dorset County Constabulary was formed in 1855. On 1 October 1967 it merged with Bournemouth Borough Police to form Dorset and Bournemouth Constabulary...
- Durham ConstabularyDurham ConstabularyDurham Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of County Durham and the unitary authority of Darlington. The force covers the 2,232 km² of the county which has a resident population of 595,308. It is one of the smaller forces of the...
- Essex PoliceEssex PoliceEssex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex in the east of England.It is one of the largest non-metropolitan police forces in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 3,600 police officers and operating across an area of over and with a population of...
- Gloucestershire ConstabularyGloucestershire ConstabularyGloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England...
- Greater Manchester PoliceGreater Manchester PoliceGreater Manchester Police is the police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England...
- Hampshire ConstabularyHampshire ConstabularyHampshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England.The force area includes the cities of Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth...
- Hertfordshire ConstabularyHertfordshire ConstabularyHertfordshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Hertfordshire in England. Its headquarters is situated in Welwyn Garden City...
- Humberside PoliceHumberside PoliceHumberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing an area covering the East Riding of Yorkshire, the city of Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire...
- Kent PoliceKent PoliceKent Police is the territorial police force for Kent in England, including the unitary authority of Medway.-Area and organisation:The force covers an area of with an approximate population of 1,660,588 . The Chief Constable is currently Ian Learmonth, who was appointed in 2010 and is the former...
- Lancashire ConstabularyLancashire ConstabularyLancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in the North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston...
- Leicestershire ConstabularyLeicestershire ConstabularyLeicestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland in England. Its headquarters are at Enderby, Leicestershire.The current Chief Constable is Simon Cole.-History:...
- Lincolnshire PoliceLincolnshire PoliceLincolnshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. Despite the name, the force's area does not include North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, which are covered by Humberside Police instead.In terms of...
- Merseyside PoliceMerseyside PoliceMerseyside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The force area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million...
- Metropolitan PoliceMetropolitan Police ServiceThe Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police...
- Greater LondonGreater LondonGreater London is the top-level administrative division of England covering London. It was created in 1965 and spans the City of London, including Middle Temple and Inner Temple, and the 32 London boroughs. This territory is coterminate with the London Government Office Region and the London...
excluding the City of LondonCity of LondonThe City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of... - Norfolk ConstabularyNorfolk ConstabularyNorfolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for the county of Norfolk in England. As of March 2009 the force had a strength of 1,668 police officers, 243 Special Constables, 277 PCSOs and just over 1,300 police staff.-History:...
- Northamptonshire PoliceNorthamptonshire PoliceNorthamptonshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Northamptonshire in the East Midlands of England.The force area amounts to and has a resident population of 642,708...
- Northumbria PoliceNorthumbria PoliceNorthumbria Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in North East England. The service is the sixth largest police force in England and Wales. The current Chief Constable is Sue Sim who was appointed by Northumbria Police...
- North Yorkshire PoliceNorth Yorkshire PoliceNorth Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. The force covers England's largest county and comprises three area command units...
- Nottinghamshire PoliceNottinghamshire PoliceNottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. The area has a population of just over 1 million....
- South Yorkshire PoliceSouth Yorkshire PoliceSouth Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing South Yorkshire in England.The police force covers an area of approximately 1,554 square kilometres which is made up of the county's three boroughs , along with the City of Sheffield. The resident population is 1.2...
- Staffordshire PoliceStaffordshire PoliceStaffordshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of England...
- Suffolk ConstabularySuffolk ConstabularySuffolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England.Suffolk Constabulary is responsible for policing an area of , with a population of...
- Surrey PoliceSurrey PoliceSurrey Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey in the south of England.The force is led by Chief Constable Mark Rowley and has its headquarters at Mount Browne, Guildford, Surrey...
- Sussex PoliceSussex PoliceSussex Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing East Sussex, West Sussex and City of Brighton and Hove in southern England. Its head office is in Lewes, Lewes District, East Sussex.-History:...
- Thames Valley PoliceThames Valley PoliceThames Valley Police, formerly known as Thames Valley Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley area covered by the ceremonial counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire....
- Warwickshire PoliceWarwickshire PoliceWarwickshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Warwickshire in England. It was known as Warwickshire Constabulary until 2001. It is the second smallest territorial police force in England and Wales after the City of London Police, with only 998.6 regular officers as...
- West Mercia ConstabularyWest Mercia ConstabularyWest Mercia Police, formerly known as West Mercia Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the counties of Shropshire , Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. The force area covers making it the fourth largest police area in England and Wales...
- West Midlands PoliceWest Midlands PoliceWest Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.Covering an area with nearly 2.6 million inhabitants, which includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and also the Black Country; the force is made up...
- West Yorkshire PoliceWest Yorkshire PoliceWest Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing West Yorkshire in England. It is the fourth largest force in England and Wales by number of officers, with 5671 officers....
- Wiltshire ConstabularyWiltshire ConstabularyWiltshire Police, formerly known as the Wiltshire Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing Wiltshire and Swindon in the south-west of England.-History:...
Scotland
- Central Scotland PoliceCentral Scotland PoliceCentral Scotland Police is the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire . The headquarters of the force are at Randolphfield House in Stirling....
- Dumfries and Galloway ConstabularyDumfries and Galloway ConstabularyDumfries and Galloway Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for the council area of Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.The police force was formed in 1948 as an amalgamation of the police forces of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, and preceded the creation of...
- Fife ConstabularyFife ConstabularyFife Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council area of Fife.The area policed by Fife Constabulary has a resident population of just over 350,000, almost a third of whom live in one of the three principal towns of Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes...
- Grampian PoliceGrampian PoliceGrampian Police is the territorial police force of the northeast region of Scotland, covering the council areas of Aberdeenshire, the City of Aberdeen, and Moray . The Force area also covers some of the North Sea, giving Grampian Police the responsibility of policing the oil and gas platforms of...
- Lothian and Borders PoliceLothian and Borders PoliceLothian and Borders Police is the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian...
- Northern ConstabularyNorthern ConstabularyThe Northern Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for Northern Scotland, covering the Highland council area along with the Western Isles, the Orkney Isles and the Shetland Isles, which comprise most of the Highlands and Islands area...
- Strathclyde PoliceStrathclyde PoliceStrathclyde Police is the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West...
- Tayside PoliceTayside PoliceTayside Police is the territorial police force covering the Scottish council areas of Angus, City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross . The total area covered by the force is with a population of 388,000....
Wales
- Dyfed-Powys Police (Heddlu Dyfed Powys)Dyfed-Powys PoliceDyfed-Powys Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and the county of Powys, in Wales. The territory it covers is the largest police area in England and Wales, and the fourth largest in the United Kingdom...
- Gwent Police (Heddlu Gwent)Gwent PoliceGwent Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen in southeast Wales....
- North Wales Police (Heddlu Gogledd Cymru)North Wales PoliceNorth Wales Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing North Wales. The headquarters are in Colwyn Bay, with divisional headquarters in St Asaph, Caernarfon and Wrexham....
- South Wales Police (Heddlu De Cymru)South Wales PoliceSouth Wales Police is one of the four territorial police forces in Wales. Its headquarters are based in Bridgend.Covering Wales' capital city, Cardiff, as well as Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea, and the western South Wales Valleys, it is the largest police force in Wales in terms of population,...
Special police forces
- British Transport PoliceBritish Transport PoliceThe British Transport Police is a special police force that polices those railways and light-rail systems in Great Britain for which it has entered into an agreement to provide such services...
- Civil Nuclear ConstabularyCivil Nuclear ConstabularyThe Civil Nuclear Constabulary is a special police force responsible for providing law enforcement and security at civil nuclear installations, and for nuclear materials in transit, throughout the United Kingdom....
- Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (Scotland only)
- Ministry of Defence PoliceMinistry of Defence PoliceThe Ministry of Defence Police is a civilian police force which is part of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The force is part of the larger government agency, the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency , together with the Ministry of Defence Guard Service...
England & Wales
- Environment AgencyEnvironment AgencyThe Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
- Health and Safety ExecutiveHealth and Safety ExecutiveThe Health and Safety Executive is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland...
- Her Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes and the payment of some forms of state support....
- Her Majesty's Prison ServiceHer Majesty's Prison ServiceHer Majesty's Prison Service is a part of the National Offender Management Service of the Government of the United Kingdom tasked with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales...
- Marine and Fisheries Agency
- Serious Organised Crime AgencySerious Organised Crime AgencyThe Serious Organised Crime Agency is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom under Home Office sponsorship...
- Serious Fraud OfficeSerious Fraud OfficeThe Serious Fraud Office may refer to:*Serious Fraud Office *Serious Fraud Office...
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection CentreChild Exploitation and Online Protection CentreThe Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre , formed in April 2006, is a UK cross agency and cross business department of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders, including those involved in the...
- UK Border AgencyUK Border AgencyThe UK Border Agency is the border control body of the United Kingdom government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency , UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs...
Northern Ireland
- Health and Safety Executive for Northern IrelandHealth and Safety Executive for Northern IrelandThe Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland is a Northern Ireland non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. It is responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of occupational health and safety in Northern Ireland...
- Her Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes and the payment of some forms of state support....
- Northern Ireland Prison ServiceNorthern Ireland Prison ServiceThe Northern Ireland Prison Service is an executive agency of the Department of Justice, the headquarters of which are in Dundonald House in the Stormont Estate in Belfast....
- Her Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes and the payment of some forms of state support....
- Serious Organised Crime AgencySerious Organised Crime AgencyThe Serious Organised Crime Agency is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom under Home Office sponsorship...
(limited) - UK Border AgencyUK Border AgencyThe UK Border Agency is the border control body of the United Kingdom government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency , UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs...
- Serious Fraud OfficeSerious Fraud OfficeThe Serious Fraud Office may refer to:*Serious Fraud Office *Serious Fraud Office...
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection CentreChild Exploitation and Online Protection CentreThe Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre , formed in April 2006, is a UK cross agency and cross business department of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders, including those involved in the...
Scotland
- Health and Safety ExecutiveHealth and Safety ExecutiveThe Health and Safety Executive is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland...
- Her Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and CustomsHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes and the payment of some forms of state support....
- Scottish Environment Protection AgencyScottish Environment Protection AgencyThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency is Scotland’s environmental regulator. Its main role is to protect and improve Scotland's environment...
- Marine ScotlandMarine ScotlandMarine Scotland is part of the core Scottish Government and was set up to manage Scotland's waters. It was established on April 1, 2009 and is the lead marine management organisation in Scotland and the champion of Scotland's Seas....
- Scottish Prison ServiceScottish Prison ServiceThe Scottish Prison Service is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons in Scotland...
- Serious Organised Crime AgencySerious Organised Crime AgencyThe Serious Organised Crime Agency is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom under Home Office sponsorship...
(limited) - UK Border AgencyUK Border AgencyThe UK Border Agency is the border control body of the United Kingdom government and part of the Home Office. It was formed on 1 April 2008 by a merger of the Border and Immigration Agency , UKvisas and the Detection functions of HM Revenue and Customs...
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection CentreChild Exploitation and Online Protection CentreThe Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre , formed in April 2006, is a UK cross agency and cross business department of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, which is tasked to work both nationally and internationally to bring online child sex offenders, including those involved in the...
Military police
- Royal Air Force PoliceRoyal Air Force PoliceThe Royal Air Force Police is the Service Police branch of the Royal Air Force. It was formed on 1 April 1918, when the RAF was formed by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service . It is responsible for the policing of all service personnel much like there RN or Army...
- Royal Marines PoliceRoyal Marines PoliceThe Royal Marines Police is the military police of the British Royal Marines.The RM Police is responsible for providing garrison policing services; law enforcement and crime prevention as well as general security advice to the command, and includes a Special Investigation Branch section for the...
- Royal Military PoliceRoyal Military PoliceThe Royal Military Police is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of service personnel, and for providing a military police presence both in the UK, and whilst service personnel are deployed overseas on operations and exercises.Members of the RMP are generally known as...
- Royal Navy PoliceRoyal Navy Regulating BranchThe Royal Navy Police is the Service Police branch of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. Members of the RNP enforce law, discipline, and maintain order as outlined in the Armed Forces Act 2006....
Vatican
- Swiss GuardSwiss GuardSwiss Guards or Schweizergarde is the name given to the Swiss soldiers who have served as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. They have had a high reputation for discipline, as well as loyalty to their employers...
- Corpo della GendarmeriaCorps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityThe Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City. The corps is responsible for security, public order, border control, traffic control, criminal investigation, and other general police duties in Vatican City...
(known as the Corpo di Vigilanza until 2002)
Antigua and Barbuda
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police ForceLaw enforcement in Antigua and BarbudaLaw enforcement in Antigua and Barbuda is primarily carried out by the 350-strong Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda. Additionally, the 185-strong Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force may act as Military Aid to the Civil Power....
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force
- Antigua and Barbuda RegimentAntigua and Barbuda RegimentThe Antigua and Barbuda Regiment is the infantry unit and main fighting arm of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force. Previously known as the Rifle Company, it was formed in 1995 and consists of a single light infantry battalion, commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel and made up of four...
- Royal Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard
- Antigua and Barbuda Regiment
Bahamas
- Royal Bahamas Defence ForceRoyal Bahamas Defence ForceThe Royal Bahamas Defence Force is the navy of The Bahamas. Since The Bahamas does not have an army or an air force, its navy composes the entirety of its armed forces...
- Royal Bahamas Police ForceRoyal Bahamas Police ForceThe Royal Bahamas Police Force is the national law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The RBPF is located within the portfolio of the Ministry of National Security. The police force was established on 1 March 1840. The force is headquartered on the hill on East Street, New...
- Bahamas Prison Service
- Bahamas Customs ServiceBahamas Customs ServiceBahamas Customs Service is the agency of the Bahamaian government responsible for collecting revenue and taxes. It was established on March 21st, 1914 by an act of the Bahamian Legislature known as an Act to provide for the establishment of a Customs Department. About 55% to 60% of revenue...
- Bahamas Immigration Service
Barbados
- Barbados Defence ForceBarbados Defence ForceThe Barbados Defence Force is the name given to the combined armed forces of Barbados. The BDF was established August 15, 1979, and has responsibility for the territorial defence and internal security of the island. The headquarters for the Barbados Defence Force are located in the St...
- Barbados RegimentBarbados RegimentThe Barbados Regiment is the land force component of the Barbados Defence Force. Its main tasks are the defence of Barbados from external threats, internal security and assisting the local police in maintaining law and order. The regiment also provides Barbados' contribution to international...
- Barbados Coast GuardBarbados Coast GuardThe Barbados Coast Guard is the maritime division of the Barbados Defence Force. Its responsibilities are patrolling Barbados' territorial waters as well as drug interdiction and humanitarian and life-saving exercises. The Barbados Coast Guard currently is based at its new home at in Bridgetown,...
- Barbados Regiment
- Royal Barbados Police ForceRoyal Barbados Police ForceThe Royal Barbados Police Force , as outlined by the Constitution of Barbados is a part of the government responsible for local law enforcement. The Commissioner of the Police force is Darwin Dottin, who also served as the last president of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police...
Belize
- Belize Defense ForceMilitary of BelizeThe Belize Defence Force is the military of Belize, and is responsible for protecting the sovereignty of Belize The BDF, along with the National Forensic Science Service, the National Coast Guard, and the Immigration Department, is a department of the Ministry of National Security, which is...
- Ground Forces
- Air Wing
- Maritime Wing
- Volunteer Guard
- Royal Belize Police Force
Bermuda
- Bermuda Police ServiceBermuda Police ServiceThe Bermuda Police Service is the law enforcement agency of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is responsible for policing the entire archipelago, including incorporated municipalities, and the surrounding waters. It is part of, and entirely funded by, the Government of Bermuda...
- Bermuda Reserve Police
- Bermuda International Airport Security PoliceAirport Security Police (Bermuda)-History of the Bermuda International Airport:Prior to 1995, the airfield was a US Naval Air Station, NAS Bermuda. Following a US network news report, which scandalised it as the 'Club Med of the US Navy', NAS Bermuda, and the other US Naval facilities in Bermuda, were slated for rapid closure...
Canada
Federal
- Canada Border Services AgencyCanada Border Services AgencyThe Canada Border Services Agency is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border enforcement, immigration enforcement and customs services....
- composed of the former agencies listed below:- Canada Customs and Revenue AgencyCanada Customs and Revenue AgencyCanada Customs and Revenue Agency was a department of the government of Canada and existed from November 1, 1999 until December 12, 2003. It was created from the merging of the Department of National Revenue with Canada Customs....
- Citizenship and Immigration CanadaCitizenship and Immigration CanadaCitizenship and Immigration Canada is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for issues dealing with immigration and citizenship...
- Canadian Food Inspection AgencyCanadian Food Inspection AgencyThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency is a science based regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, animals, and plants, which enhance the health and well-being of Canada's people, environment and economy...
- Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
- Canadian Forces Military PoliceCanadian Forces Military PoliceThe Canadian Forces Military Police provide military police services to the Canadian Forces.Canadian Military Police are unusual in that they are classified as Peace Officers in the Criminal Code of Canada, which gives them the same powers as civilian law enforcement personnel to enforce Acts of...
- Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
- Canadian National Railway Police
- Environment CanadaEnvironment CanadaEnvironment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment Canada (EC) (French: Environnement Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment...
Federal Game Officers - Parks CanadaParks CanadaParks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...
Park Wardens - Fisheries and Oceans CanadaFisheries and Oceans CanadaFisheries and Oceans Canada, frequently referred to as DFO , is the department within the government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters...
Fishery Enforcement Officers - Correctional Service of CanadaCorrectional Service of CanadaThe Correctional Service of Canada , or CSC, is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted criminal offenders sentenced to two years or more...
- Canadian Pacific Railway Police
Provincial
- Ontario Provincial PoliceOntario Provincial PoliceThe Ontario Provincial Police is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The OPP is the the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas...
- Royal Newfoundland ConstabularyRoyal Newfoundland ConstabularyThe Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is a police force in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It provides policing to the communities of St. John's and the Northeast Avalon Peninsula, Corner Brook, Churchill Falls, and Labrador City....
- Sûreté du QuébecSûreté du QuébecSûreté du Québec or SQ is the provincial police force for the Canadian province of Québec...
- Alberta Sheriffs
Municipal
- Abbotsford Police DepartmentAbbotsford Police DepartmentAbbotsford Police Department is the police force for the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. The force was established in 1955 as the Matsqui Police Department and was renamed the Abbotsford Police Department when Matsqui and Abbotsford amalgamated in 1995 to become the City of Abbotsford...
- Barrie PoliceBarrie PoliceThe Barrie Police Service provides policing services to the City of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is made up of 218 police personnel and 94 civilians that serve a population of 134,530 in an area covering ....
- Brockville Police ServiceBrockville Police ServiceThe Brockville Police Service provides policing services for Brockville, the community of the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville is located directly opposite Morristown, New York on the north shore of...
- Calgary Police ServiceCalgary Police ServiceCalgary Police Service, formed in 1885, is the municipal police force for the City of Calgary, Alberta.- Organization :Founded in 1885, the current head of the CPS is Chief Rick Hanson...
- Camrose Police ServiceCamrose Police ServiceCamrose Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Camrose, Alberta. Currently headed by Chief Darrell Kambeitz.- External links :*...
- Charlottetown Police DepartmentCharlottetown Police DepartmentCharlottetown Police Department is the police force for the City of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.The force has 74 officers and 14 staffers...
- Durham Regional PoliceDurham Regional PoliceThe Durham Regional Police Service is the police service operated by and serving the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. The force serves the following local municipalities, with a combined population of 589,850:* Pickering, Ontario...
- Edmonton Police ServiceEdmonton Police ServiceEdmonton Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Organization:The current head of the EPS is Roderick Knecht....
- Fredericton Police ForceFredericton PoliceFredericton Police is the police force for the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick. A rather crooked force at that.-History:Fredericton Police was created on June 27, 1851. One Police Officer was hired to patrol wards. Their first unofficial Chief of Police was Sgt. Paul Phillips...
- Gatineau Police
- Halifax Regional PoliceHalifax Regional PoliceThe Halifax Regional Police is one of a number of law enforcement agencies operating in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia; the other primaries being the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Forces Military Police...
- Halton Regional Police ServiceHalton Regional Police ServiceThe Halton Regional Police Service provides policing service for the Regional Municipality of Halton, which is located at the western end of the Greater Toronto Area , in Ontario, Canada. Halton Region encompasses the City of Burlington and the Towns of Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills...
- Hamilton Police ServiceHamilton Police Service (Ontario)The Hamilton Police Service, formerly The Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police, is the local police service for the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This agency is the primary service charged with the duty of enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada in the City of Hamilton. The organization became a...
- Laval Police ServiceService de police de la Ville de LavalThe Service de police de la ville de Laval is the municipal police force of the city of Laval, Quebec, north of Montreal. The service consists of approximately 500 officers.-Recent Deaths:...
- Lethbridge Regional Police ServiceLethbridge Regional Police ServiceLethbridge Regional Police Service was established 1 February 2004 when the police services of Lethbridge and Coaldale, Alberta, amalgamated. The service covers Lethbridge and Coaldale.-History:...
- London Police ServiceLondon Police ServiceThe London Police Service provides policing services for the London, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1855 and renamed from the name London Police Force, its current headquarters is located at 601 Dundas Street in London, Ontario.-Organization:...
- Medicine Hat Police ServiceMedicine Hat Police ServiceMedicine Hat Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Currently headed by Chief Andy McGrogan when Chief Gordon Earl suddenly died in office....
- Niagara Parks PoliceNiagara Parks PoliceThe Niagara Parks Police Service provide policing services for the Niagara Parks Commission in Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada...
- Niagara Regional Police ServiceNiagara Regional Police ServiceThe Niagara Regional Police Service provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Niagara in the Canadian province of Ontario....
- Ottawa Police ServiceOttawa Police ServiceThe Ottawa Police Service serves the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.-History:The OPS roots come from the formation of the "Bytown Association" in 1847. In 1855 Roderick Ross was the first Chief Constable for the newly formed City of Ottawa...
- Peel Regional PolicePeel Regional PolicePeel Regional Police provides police services for Peel Region in Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest municipal police service in Ontario after the Toronto Police Service and third largest municipal force in Canada with 1,900 uniformed members and close to 800 support staff.Peel Region...
- Quebec City PoliceService de police de la Ville de QuébecThe Service de police de la Ville de Québec is the police force of Quebec City, Quebec.The force patrols from four stations:* Arrondissements de Beauport et de Charlesbourg* Arrondissement de La Cité-Limoilou...
- Rivière-du-Nord PoliceRégie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-NordThe Régie intermunicipale de police de la Rivière-du-Nord was the shared police service of three municipalities in Quebec's Laurentians:*Saint-Hippolyte*Piedmont*Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs...
- Regina Police ServiceRegina Police ServiceRegina Police Service, formed in 1892, is the municipal police force for the City of Regina, Saskatchewan.During the late 1890s, Regina was capital of the Northwest Territories, though not more than a collection of frame buildings and tents...
- Saskatoon Police ServiceSaskatoon Police ServiceSaskatoon Police Service is the municipal police force in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and holds both municipal and provincial jurisdiction. Police Chief Clive Weighill is the head of the force. The deputy chiefs are Deputy Chief Gary Broste , and Deputy Chief Bernie Pannell...
- Montreal Police ServiceService de police de la Ville de MontréalThe Service de police de la Ville de Montréal is the police force for the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With about 4,400 officers and 1,600 civilian staff, it is the second largest municipal police agency in Canada after the Toronto Police Service and second largest in the province behind the...
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service
- South Simcoe Police ServiceSouth Simcoe Police ServiceThe South Simcoe Police Service is a municipal police service in Ontario, Canada. It borders the York Regional Police to the south and Barrie Police to the north....
- Toronto Police ServiceToronto Police ServiceThe Toronto Police Service , formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police service for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest municipal police service in Canada and second largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
- Vancouver Police DepartmentVancouver Police DepartmentThe Vancouver Police Department is the police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several police departments within the Metro Vancouver Area and is the second largest police force in the province after RCMP "E" Division.VPD was the first Canadian police force...
- Victoria Police DepartmentVictoria Police DepartmentVictoria Police Department is the municipal police force for the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Canadian law enforcement agency to deploy Tasers and creating the...
- Waterloo Regional Police ServiceWaterloo Regional PoliceThe Waterloo Regional Police Service provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada which encompasses the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge,as well as the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.WRPS was established in 1973 to...
- West Grey PoliceWest Grey PoliceWest Grey Police is the police service for the Municipality of West Grey in southwestern Ontario. West Grey is an amalgamated municipality , consisting of the former Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg and Normanby, the former Village of Neustadt, and the former Town of Durham...
- West Vancouver Police DepartmentWest Vancouver Police DepartmentWest Vancouver Police Department is a police force for the district municipality of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Organization:...
- Winnipeg Police ServiceWinnipeg Police ServiceThe Winnipeg Police Service is the police force of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-History:When Winnipeg became a city in 1873, an election was held to select the city's new Mayor and Aldermen. Those appointed decided to hire city officials, including a Chief Constable. On February 23,...
- York Regional PoliceYork Regional PoliceYork Regional Police is a law enforcement organization that serves over 1.1 million residents in the York Region, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto...
Costa Rica
- Guardia Civil
- Guardia Rural
Dominican Republic
- Policia Nacional Dominicana
- Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD)
- Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones (DNI)
Haiti
- Haitian National PoliceLaw enforcement in HaitiOther than the temporary United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti force, the Haitian National Police is the only security force in the country following the disbandment of the Haitian military. According to the U.S...
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in HaitiUnited Nations Stabilization Mission in HaitiThe United Nations Stabilisation Mission In Haiti , also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of the French translation, is a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has been in operation since 2004. The mission's military component is led by the Brazilian Army and the force commander is...
- Army Force of Haiti (FAd'H)
Mexico
- Federal Investigations AgencyFederal Investigations AgencyThe Federal Investigations Agency was a Mexican federal agency that existed to fight corruption and organized crime, through an executive order by President Vicente Fox Quesada. The AFI replaced an earlier agency, the Federal Judicial Police...
(Agencia Federal de Investigación)- known as the Federal Judicial PoliceFederal Judicial PoliceThe Federal Judicial Police was the former federal police force of Mexico.The jurisdiction of the Federal Judicial Police encompasses the entire nation and was divided into thirteen zones with fifty-two smaller detachment headquarters...
(Policía Judiciara Federal) until 2002.
- known as the Federal Judicial Police
- Federal Preventive PoliceFederal Preventive PoliceThe Federal Police , formerly known as the Policía Federal Preventiva , are the uniformed federal police force of Mexico...
was created in 1998 from the below agencies:- Federal Highway Police (Policía de Federal Caminos)
- Fiscal Police (Policía Fiscal Federal)
- Investigation and National Security Center (Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional)
- 3rd Military Police Brigade from the Mexican ArmyMexican ArmyThe Mexican Army is the combined land and air branch and largest of the Mexican Military services; it also is known as the National Defense Army. It is famous for having been the first army to adopt and use an automatic rifle, , in 1899, and the first to issue automatic weapons as standard issue...
- Mexican Customs (Aduana)
Panama
- Panamanian Policía NacionalLaw enforcement in PanamaPanama abolished its army in 1990, confirmed by a unanimous vote by the National Assembly of Panama for constitutional change in 1994. Some units within the Public Force have limited warfare capabilities....
(called the Fuerza Publica from 1990–2006)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Police ForceLaw enforcement in Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis has no standing army, but maintains a small defense force, for internal purposes. Defense is the responsibility of the Regional Security System.-Sources:...
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence ForceSaint Kitts and Nevis Defence ForceThe Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force is the military of Saint Kitts and Nevis. It currently consists of an infantry unit and a maritime unit . Both units having regular and reserve elements, all under the command Force Headquarters . The current Commander of the SKNDF is Lieutenant Colonel...
Saint Lucia
- Royal Saint Lucia Police ForceLaw enforcement in Saint LuciaLaw enforcement in Saint Lucia is the responsibility of the Royal Saint Lucia Police. A coast guard and Special Services Unit are maintained. The Commissioner of Police is Ausbert Regis....
- Regional Security SystemRegional Security SystemThe Regional Security System is an international agreement for the defence and security of the eastern Caribbean region.The Regional Security System was created out of a need for collective response to security threats, which were impacting on the stability of the region in the late 1970s and...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police ForceLaw enforcement in Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLaw enforcement in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the responsibility of the Royal Saint Vincent Police. The force maintains a coast guard and a Special Services Unit ....
- Regional Security SystemRegional Security SystemThe Regional Security System is an international agreement for the defence and security of the eastern Caribbean region.The Regional Security System was created out of a need for collective response to security threats, which were impacting on the stability of the region in the late 1970s and...
Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago Police Force
United States
Department of Homeland SecurityUnited States Department of Homeland SecurityThe United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to...
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- United States Coast GuardUnited States Coast GuardThe United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
(USCG)- Coast Guard Police (CGPD)
- Coast Guard Investigative ServiceCoast Guard Investigative ServiceThe Coast Guard Investigative Service is a division of the United States Coast Guard that investigates crimes where the Coast Guard has an interest...
(CGIS)
- United States Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Customs and Border Protection is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs and immigration. CBP is the...
(CBP)- United States Border PatrolUnited States Border PatrolThe United States Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency within U.S. Customs and Border Protection , a component of the Department of Homeland Security . It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to...
(USBP)
- United States Border Patrol
- Federal Protective ServiceUnited States Federal Protective ServiceThe Federal Protective Service is the federal police force of the Secretary of Homeland Security. As a component of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate within DHS Headquarters, FPS is responsible for law enforcement and security of nearly 9,000...
(FPS) - United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- United States Secret ServiceUnited States Secret ServiceThe United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
(USSS) - Transportation Security AdministrationTransportation Security AdministrationThe Transportation Security Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that exercises authority over the safety and security of the traveling public in the United States....
(TSA)- Federal Air Marshal ServiceFederal Air Marshal ServiceThe Federal Air Marshal Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security...
(FAMS)
- Federal Air Marshal Service
- United States Coast Guard
Department of JusticeUnited States Department of JusticeThe United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
(USDOJ)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
- Drug Enforcement AdministrationDrug Enforcement AdministrationThe Drug Enforcement Administration is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States...
(since 1973)- Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous DrugsBureau of Narcotics and Dangerous DrugsThe Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs was a predecessor agency of the Drug Enforcement Administration . It was formed as a subsidiary of the United States Department of Justice in 1968, combining the Bureau of Narcotics and Bureau of Drug Abuse Control The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous...
(1968–73)- Federal Bureau of NarcoticsFederal Bureau of NarcoticsThe Federal Bureau of Narcotics was an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. Established in the Department of the Treasury by an act of June 14, 1930 consolidating the functions of the Federal Narcotics Control Board and the Narcotic Division...
(1930–68)- Bureau of ProhibitionBureau of ProhibitionThe Bureau of Prohibition was the federal law enforcement agency formed to enforce the National Prohibition Act of 1919, commonly known as the Volstead Act, which backed up the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution regarding the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and transportation...
(1927–33)
- Bureau of Prohibition
- Bureau of Drug Abuse ControlBureau of Drug Abuse ControlThe Bureau of Drug Abuse Control was formed as a part of the United States Food and Drug Administration in February 1966 and existed until 1968 when it was merged with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to form the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs...
(1966–68)
- Federal Bureau of Narcotics
- Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of InvestigationThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(FBI) - Federal Bureau of PrisonsFederal Bureau of PrisonsThe Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system. The system also handles prisoners who committed acts considered felonies under the District of Columbia's...
(BOP) - United States Marshals ServiceUnited States Marshals ServiceThe United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...
(USMS)
United States Department of StateUnited States Department of StateThe United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...
(DOS)
- Bureau of Diplomatic SecurityBureau of Diplomatic SecurityThe Bureau of Diplomatic Security, more commonly known as Diplomatic Security, or DS, is the security and law enforcement arm of the United States Department of State. DS is a world leader in international investigations, threat analysis, cyber security, counterterrorism, security technology, and...
- Diplomatic Security ServiceDiplomatic Security ServiceThe U.S. Diplomatic Security Service is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Department of State. The majority of its Special Agents are members of the Foreign Service and federal law enforcement agents at the same time, making them unique...
(DSS)
- Diplomatic Security Service
United States Department of CommerceUnited States Department of CommerceThe United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...
(DOC)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law EnforcementNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law EnforcementThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement is a federal police part of the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland...
United States Department of Treasury
- Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations DivisionIRS Criminal Investigation DivisionInternal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation investigates potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner intended to foster confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law...
(IRS-CID) - Treasury Inspector General for Tax AdministrationTreasury Inspector General for Tax AdministrationThe Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s audits, investigations, and inspections promote the fair administration of the Federal tax system. TIGTA provides independent oversight of Department of the Treasury matters involving Internal Revenue Service activities, the IRS Oversight...
(TIGTA) - United States Mint PoliceUnited States Mint PoliceThe United States Mint Police is one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It is responsible for the protection of the United States Treasury and the United States Mint.-Official duties:...
(USMP) - United States Treasury PoliceUnited States Treasury PoliceThe United States Treasury Police were the federal security police of the United States Department of the Treasury responsible for providing police and security to the Treasury Building and the Treasury Annex.-History:...
- merged into the US Secret Service Uniformed DivisionUnited States Secret ServiceThe United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
in 1986.
Department of DefenseUnited States Department of DefenseThe United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
- Defense Criminal Investigative ServiceDefense Criminal Investigative ServiceThe Defense Criminal Investigative Service is the criminal investigative arm of the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense...
(DCIS) - Pentagon Force Protection AgencyUnited States Pentagon PoliceThe United States Pentagon Police is the federal police force of the Secretary of Defense. The mission of the USPPD is to promote high quality law enforcement and security services, in order to provide a safe and orderly work environment for the Department of Defense in the National...
Department of the Army
United States Department of the Army
The Department of the Army is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency which the United States Army is organized within, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has...
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- United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (Army CID)
- United States Army Military Police Corps
Department of the Air Force
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- Air Force Office of Special InvestigationsAir Force Office of Special InvestigationsThe Air Force Office of Special Investigations , is a Field Operating Agency of the United States Air Force that provides professional investigative services to commanders throughout the Air Force...
(Airforce OSI) - Air Force Security ForcesAir Force Security ForcesUnited States Air Force Security Forces are the Military Police, Base Security and Air Base Ground Defense forces of the United States Air Force...
- Department of the Air Force PoliceDepartment of the Air Force PoliceThe United States Air Force Police are the civilian uniformed police service of the United States Air Force, responsible for the Force Protection of assets and all aspects of Law Enforcement on Air Force installations, and other facilities operated by United States Air Force.The Air Force Police...
- Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Department of the Navy
United States Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy of the United States of America was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy and, from 1834 onwards, for the United States Marine Corps, and when directed by the President, of the...
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- Naval Criminal Investigative ServiceNaval Criminal Investigative ServiceThe United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service is the primary security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy...
(NCIS) - Office of Naval Intelligence Police (ONI Police)
- Marine Corps Provost Marshal's Office
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Department of EducationUnited States Department of EducationThe United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
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- Office of the Inspector GeneralOffice of the Inspector GeneralOffice of the Inspector General is an office that is part of Cabinet departments and independent agencies of the United States federal government as well as some state and local governments. Each office includes an Inspector General and employees charged with identifying, auditing, and...
(OIG)
- Office of the Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
- Food and Drug AdministrationFood and Drug AdministrationThe Food and Drug Administration is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments...
(FDA)- Office of Criminal Investigations
United States Department of AgricultureUnited States Department of AgricultureThe United States Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food...
(USDA)
- U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and InvestigationsUnited States Forest ServiceThe United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass...
- Office of Inspector General
United States Department of the InteriorUnited States Department of the InteriorThe United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native...
(USDI)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs PoliceBureau of Indian Affairs PoliceThe Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, usually known as the BIA Police is the law enforcement arm of the Bureau of Indian Affairs which polices Indian tribes and reservations that don't have their own police force, and oversee other tribal police organizations...
- Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement & SecurityBureau of Land ManagementThe Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
- National Park ServiceNational Park ServiceThe National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
- National Park RangerNational Park RangerNational Park Service Rangers are among the uniformed employees charged with protecting and preserving areas set aside in the National Park System by the United States Congress and/or the President of the United States...
s - United States Park PoliceUnited States Park PoliceThe United States Park Police is one of the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It functions as a full service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San...
- National Park Ranger
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement
Other Major Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
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- Central Intelligence AgencyCentral Intelligence AgencyThe Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
Security Protective Service (SPS) - Federal Reserve PoliceFederal Reserve PoliceThe U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.-History:...
- Library of Congress PoliceLibrary of Congress PoliceLibrary of Congress Police was a federal law enforcement agency of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. headed by the Office of the Librarian....
- National Security Agency Police (NSA Police)
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park PoliceSmithsonian PoliceThe Smithsonian Institution Office of Protection Services is the guard force of the Smithsonian Institution.It is a federal guard force consisting of 850 officers with limited special police authority tasked with protecting visitors, staff, property, and grounds of the federally-owned and managed...
- United States Capitol PoliceUnited States Capitol PoliceThe United States Capitol Police is a federal police force charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories.-History:...
(USCP) - United States Postal Inspection ServiceUnited States Postal Inspection ServiceThe United States Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. Its jurisdiction is defined as "crimes that may adversely affect or fraudulently use the U.S...
(USPIS) - United States Supreme Court PoliceSupreme Court PoliceThe Supreme Court of the United States Police is a small U.S. federal law enforcement agency headquartered in the District of Columbia, whose mission is to ensure the integrity of the constitutional mission of the U.S. Supreme Court by protecting the Supreme Court building, the Justices, employees,...
- Veterans Affairs Police
- Central Intelligence Agency
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Department of JusticePuerto Rico Department of JusticeThe Puerto Rico Department of Justice, headed by the Attorney General, has been in existence, in one form or another since Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony...
- Special Investigations Bureau
- 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 RangersPuerto Rico Department of Natural Resources Conservation RangersThe Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources Conservation Rangers, better known in Puerto Rico as the 'Cuerpo de Vigilantes' is the law enforcement conservation officers for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico...
- Puerto Rico Department of Parks and Recreation Park Rangers
- Puerto Rico Ports AuthorityPuerto Rico Ports AuthorityThe Puerto Rico Ports Authority is a public corporation created by the Legislative Assembly of the United States' Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to develop and operate ports and airports within the Commonwealth...
- Puerto Rico Port Authority Police Department (Policia de los Puertos)
- Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and RehabilitationPuerto Rico Department of Corrections and RehabilitationThe Department of Correction and Rehabilitation of Puerto Rico is an executive department of the government of Puerto Rico, headquartered in San Juan...
- Adjuntas Police Department
- Aguada Police Department
- Aguadilla Police DepartmentAguadilla City Police DepartmentThe Aguadilla City Police Department , or Policia Municipal de Aguadilla in Spanish, are the local police force in the town of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. It was created under law #19 of May 12, 1977, known as Ley de la Policia Municipal creating the local police forces in each city of Puerto Rico....
- 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 DepartmentCarolina Police DepartmentThe Carolina Police Department or Policia Municipal de Carolina is the main police force for the city of Carolina, Puerto Rico. It was created under law #19 of May 12, 1977, known as Ley de la Policia Municipal creating the local police forces in each city of Puerto Rico. It was one of the first...
- 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 DepartmentPonce Police DepartmentThe Ponce Municipal Police is the main police force for the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico, with jurisdiction in the entire municipality, including all 31 barrios of Ponce...
- 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 DepartmentGuam Police DepartmentThe Guam Police Department is the law enforcement agency for Guam, which has jurisdiction across the entire territory, except for areas covered by the port, airport and military bases....
- 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 AgricultureGuam Department of AgricultureThe Guam Department of Agriculture is a government agency of Guam. Its headquarters are in Mangilao. It was founded on order of Governor Henry Bertram Price in 1924.-External links:*...
Conservation Officers - Guam Department of Parks and RecreationGuam Department of Parks and RecreationThe Guam Department of Parks and Recreation operates public parks in Guam. The agency has its headquarters in Agana Heights.-External links:*...
Park Patrol Officers - Guam Department of CorrectionsGuam Department of CorrectionsThe Guam Department of Corrections is an agency of the government of Guam that operates the territory's correctional facilities....
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety
- Police DivisionPolice divisionA division was the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces. In major reforms of police organisation in the 1990s divisions of many forces were restructured and retitled Basic Command Units , although some forces continue to refer to them as divisions.The...
- Fire/Rescue Division
- Police 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
- American Samoa Territorial PoliceAmerican Samoa Territorial PoliceThe American Samoa Department of Public Safety, formerly the American Samoa Territorial Police is the police law enforcement agency for American Samoa, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the territory. It was created to protect the lives and property of American Samoans...
- American Samoa Territorial Police
- 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 DepartmentUnited States Virgin Islands Police DepartmentThe United States Virgin Islands Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the United States Virgin Islands, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the territory. It was created to protect the lives and property of United States Virgin Islanders....
- United States Virgin Islands Territorial Marshal's Office
Railroad Police
- Union Pacific Police DepartmentUnion Pacific Police DepartmentThe Union Pacific Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the Union Pacific Railroad. Its headquarters is in Omaha, Nebraska and its current Chief of Police is Dennis Jenson.-Jurisdiction and duties:...
- BNSF Police DepartmentBNSF Police DepartmentThe BNSF Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the BNSF Railway. Its headquarters is situated in Fort Worth, Texas.-Jurisdiction:...
- CSX Police Department
- Norfolk Southern Police Department
- Amtrak Police DepartmentAmtrak PoliceThe Amtrak Police is a railroad police agency that acts as the security and law enforcement agency of Amtrak, a passenger train system in the United States...
- Canadian National Railway Police
- Canadian Northern Railway Police
Federal
- Australian Federal PoliceAustralian Federal PoliceThe Australian Federal Police is the federal police agency of the Commonwealth of Australia. Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies, it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to the federation of...
(AFP) (also ACT territory police) - Australian Crime CommissionAustralian Crime CommissionThe Australian Crime Commission is an Australian Government national criminal intelligence and investigation agency. It was formulated under the Australian Crime Commission Act which came into effect on 1 January 2003, establishing the ACC as a national statutory authority to combat serious and...
(ACC) (ex. National Crime Authority) - Australian Customs ServiceAustralian Customs ServiceThe Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is the Australian Federal Government agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border, facilitating the movement of legitimate international travellers and goods, and collecting border-related duties and...
(ACS) (Border protection) - Australian Government Attorney General's DepartmentAttorney-General's Department (Australia)The Attorney-General's Department is an Australian Government Department. Its role is to serve the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice...
- Australian Protective ServiceAustralian Protective ServiceThe Australian Protective Service was an Australian Commonwealth agency which existed between 1984 and 2004. The APS was created by the separation of the Protective Service component of the Australian Federal Police into a new agency based upon recommendations contained in the Stewart Royal...
(APS) (diplomatic & Head of Govt. protection) - Australian Quarantine and Inspection ServiceAustralian Quarantine and Inspection ServiceThe Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service is the Australian government agency responsible for enforcing Australian quarantine laws...
(AQIS) - Australian Securities and Investments CommissionAustralian Securities and Investments CommissionThe Australian Securities & Investments Commission is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia's corporate regulator...
(ASIC) - Australian Security Intelligence OrganisationAustralian Security Intelligence OrganisationThe Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is Australia's national security service, which is responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically-motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, and...
(ASIO) (domestic intelligence)
State
- New South Wales PoliceNew South Wales PoliceThe New South Wales Police Force is the primary law enforcement agency in the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is an agency of the Government of New South Wales within the New South Wales Ministry for Police...
- Northern Territory PoliceNorthern Territory PoliceThe Northern Territory Police is the police body that has legal jurisdiction over the Northern Territory of Australia. This police service has 1302 gazetted police positions made up of 55 Senior Sergeants, 200 Sergeants, 741 Constables, 159 Auxiliaries, and 84 Aboriginal Community Police Officers...
- Office of the Sheriff of New South Wales
- Queensland PoliceQueensland PoliceThe Queensland Police Service is the law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve"...
- RailCorp Transit OfficerRailCorp Transit OfficerA Transit Officer is the primary security and law enforcement officer for RailCorp train services in New South Wales, Australia. Transit Officers conduct uniformed and plain-clothes patrols on CityRail and CountryLink train services and are assigned to ensure the safety and security of passengers,...
- South Australia PoliceSouth Australia PoliceThe South Australia Police is the police force of the Australian state of South Australia. It is an agency of the Government of South Australia within the South Australian Department of Justice.-History:...
- Tasmania PoliceTasmania PoliceTasmania Police is the police force of the Australian state of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has over 1,200 officers policing Tasmania's population of about half a million people.-Structure:...
- Victoria PoliceVictoria PoliceVictoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. , the Victoria Police has over 12,190 sworn members, along with over 400 recruits, reservists and Protective Service Officers, and over 2,900 civilian staff across 393 police stations.-Early history:The Victoria Police...
- Western Australia PoliceWestern Australia PoliceThe Western Australia Police services an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction. In 2008, its 7,526 employees included 5,647 police officers.-History:-Early history:...
- Crime and Corruption Commission, Western Australia
- Crime and Misconduct Commission, Queensland
- Independent Commission Against Corruption, New South Wales
- New South Wales Crime CommissionNew South Wales Crime CommissionThe New South Wales Crime Commission is an Australian statutory corporation with the main objectives of reducing the occurrence of illegal drug trafficking and organised crime in New South Wales. In more recent years, the commission has also taken on a charter of assisting with the investigation of...
- New South Wales Police Integrity Commission
- Office of Police Integrity, Victoria
- Local GovernmentLocal governmentLocal government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...
Council RangerCouncil rangerCouncil rangers are officers employed by Local Government Areas in Australia to enforce the by-laws of those local governments and a limited range of state laws relating to such matters as litter control, animal control, dog laws, fire control, off-road vehicles, emergency management, and...
Federated States of Micronesia
- Federated States of Micronesia National PoliceLaw enforcement in the Federated States of MicronesiaDefense of the Federated States of Micronesia is the responsibility of the United States, but local police matters are handled by the FSM National Police, a small federal national police force, a division of the Department of Justice....
New Zealand
- New Zealand PoliceNew Zealand PoliceThe New Zealand Police is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand...
- Armed Offenders SquadArmed Offenders SquadThe Armed Offenders Squad is a specialist unit of the New Zealand Police designed to "cordon, contain and appeal to" armed and dangerous offenders. As the name explains, they are called upon when conflict with an armed offender has occurred or is considered imminent.The AOS draw upon a varied...
- Diplomatic Protection SquadDiplomatic Protection SquadThe Diplomatic Protection Squad is a branch of the New Zealand Police that provides personal security for both national and visiting VIPs. National VIPs protected include the Prime Minister, the Governor General, Ministers of the Crown, and the Leader of the Opposition, both within New Zealand and...
- Organised Crime AgencyOrganised Crime AgencyThe Organised and Financial Crime Agency of New Zealand is an agency hosted within the New Zealand Police. The agency's stated objective is to "disrupt and combat organised crime"....
- Serious Fraud Office
- Royal New Zealand Police CollegeRoyal New Zealand Police CollegeThe Royal New Zealand Police College is the central training institution for police recruits and police officers in New Zealand. It is located at Papakowhai, approximately 2 km north of Porirua City....
- Special Tactics GroupSpecial Tactics GroupThe Special Tactics Group , formerly known as the Anti-Terrorist Squad, is the full-time tactical and counter-terrorism group of the New Zealand Police....
- Armed Offenders Squad
- New Zealand Security Intelligence ServiceNew Zealand Security Intelligence ServiceThe New Zealand Security Intelligence Service is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.-Purpose:As a civilian organisation, the Security Intelligence Service takes no part in the enforcement of security...
- Government Communications Security BureauGovernment Communications Security BureauThe Government Communications Security Bureau is an intelligence agency of the New Zealand government.The mission statement is given as:To contribute to the national security of New Zealand through:...
- Government Communications Security Bureau
- New Zealand Customs ServiceNew Zealand Customs ServiceThe Customs Service is a state sector organisation of New Zealand whose role is to provide border control and protect the community from potential risks arising from international trade and travel, as well as collecting duties and taxes on imports to the country. New Zealand's Minister of Customs...
- New Zealand Department of Corrections
- Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is the state sector organisation of New Zealand which deals with matters relating to agriculture, forestry and biosecurity...
- Ministry of FisheriesMinistry of Fisheries (New Zealand)The Ministry of Fisheries , also known by its acronym MFish, is a state sector organisation of New Zealand whose role is ensuring the sustainable utilisation of fisheries. This involves conserving, using, enhancing and developing New Zealand's fisheries resources. New Zealand's Minister of...
- Immigration New ZealandImmigration New ZealandImmigration New Zealand or INZ is a part of the Workforce group of the New Zealand Department of Labour. It is responsible for managing the benefits and consequences of immigration to New Zealand.-Visa:...
- Military Police
Federal
- Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (GNA) (Argentine National Gendarmerie)
- Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA) (Argentine Naval Prefecture)
- Policía de Seguridad AeroportuariaPolicía de Seguridad AeroportuariaThe Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria is an Argentine law enforcement agency created to protect and guard national public airports.Its director is Marcelo Saín....
(PSA) (Airport Security Police) - Policía Federal ArgentinaPolicía Federal ArgentinaThe Policía Federal Argentina is a police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country, but its main responsibility is policing the Federal District of Buenos Aires...
(PFA) (Argentine Federal Police) - Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) (Federal Penitentiary Service)
- Oficina AnticorrupciónOficina AnticorrupciónThe Oficina Anticorrupción is an Argentinian agency which investigates and prosecutes political corruption in the federal government. It was officially created on December 10, 1999...
(OA) (Counter Corruption Bureau)
Provincial
Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.- Buenos Aires Provincial PoliceBuenos Aires Provincial PoliceThe Buenos Aires Provincial Police is the police service responsible for policing the Province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina....
(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)
Brazil
- Law enforcement in Brazil
- Brazilian Federal PoliceBrazilian Federal PoliceThe Polícia Federal is the federal police force of Brazil subordinate to the Ministry of Justice, whose main assignments are the investigations of crimes against the Federal Government or its organs and companies, the combat of international drug trafficking and terrorism, and immigration and...
- Brazilian Military Police
- Brazilian Civil Police
- Brazilian Intelligence AgencyBrazilian Intelligence AgencyThe Brazilian Intelligence Agency is the successor organization to the Serviço Nacional de Informações or National Information Service formed during the government of Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco in the mid-1960s....
- Municipal Guards
Colombia
- Policia Nacional de ColombiaColombian National PoliceThe National Police of Colombia is the national police force of Colombia. Although the National Police is not part of the Military of Colombia , it constitutes along with them the "Public Force" and is also controlled by the Ministry of Defense. They are the largest police force in Colombia...
- Departamento Administrativo de SeguridadDepartamento Administrativo de SeguridadThe Administrative Department of Security was the Security Service agency of Colombia, also responsible for the immigration services. It was dissolved on 31 October 2011 as part of a wider Executive Reform, and it was superseded by the National Directorate of Intelligence, DNI.- Activities :Its...
, the national security agency.
Venezuela
- Law enforcement in VenezuelaLaw enforcement in VenezuelaLaw enforcement in Venezuela is highly fragmented, being split across multiple police agencies of various types. The National Guard, with around 33,000 officers, is attached to the Ministry of Defence. Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, with around 8,000 officers, is...
- Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y PrevenciónDirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevenciónthumb|250px|right|El Helicoide building in Caracas - old headquarters of SEBINSEBIN, the Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia , is the premier intelligence agency in Venezuela...
Disbanded agencies
Note: Many of these fall under the definition of secret policeSecret police
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime....
and derive from that list.
Nazi Germany
- OrdnungspolizeiOrdnungspolizeiThe Ordnungspolizei or Orpo were the uniformed regular police force in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1945. It was increasingly absorbed into the Nazi police system. Owing to their green uniforms, they were also referred to as Grüne Polizei...
(Order Police) - KriminalpolizeiKriminalpolizeiis the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany during 1936, the Kripo became the Criminal Police Department for the entire Reich...
(Criminal Police) - SicherheitspolizeiSicherheitspolizeiThe Sicherheitspolizei , often abbreviated as SiPo, was a term used in Nazi Germany to describe the state political and criminal investigation security agencies. It was made up by the combined forces of the Gestapo and the Kripo between 1936 and 1939...
(Security Police) - Geheime StaatspolizeiGestapoThe Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
(Secret State Police)
East Germany
- VolkspolizeiVolkspolizeiThe Volkspolizei , or VP, were the national police of the German Democratic Republic . The Volkspolizei were responsible for most law enforcement in East Germany, but its organisation and structure were such that it could be considered a paramilitary force as well...
(People's Police) - Ministerium für StaatssicherheitStasiThe Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (abbreviation , literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered...
(Ministry for State Security)
Fascist Italy
- Milizia VolontariaBlackshirtsThe Blackshirts were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II...
(Volunteer Militia; Blackshirts) - Guardia Nazionale RepubblicanaItalian National Republican GuardThe Italian National Republican Guard was a paramilitary force of the Italian Social Republic created by decree on December 8, 1943, replacing the Carabinieri and the National Security Volunteer Militia . General Renato Ricci appointed as its commandant...
(National Republician Guard) - Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'AntifascismoOVRAThe Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo was the secret police of the Kingdom of Italy, founded in 1927 under the regime of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and during the reign of King Victor Emmanuel III. The German Gestapo were the equivalent of the OVRA...
(Organisation for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism)
People's Republic of Poland
- Milicja ObywatelskaMilicja ObywatelskaMilicja Obywatelska was a state police institution in the People's Republic of Poland. It was created in 1944 by Soviet-sponsored PKWN, effectively replacing the pre-war police force. In 1990 it was transformed back into Policja....
(Citizens' Militia)- Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji ObywatelskiejZOMOZmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej , were paramilitary-police formations during the Communist Era, in the People's Republic of Poland...
(Motorized Reserves of the Citizens' Militia)
- Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej
- Wojskowa Służba WewnętrznaInternal Military ServiceWojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna - or WSW, Military Internal Service, it was a military counterintelligence, military police, and secret police Service during the years of 1957-1990 in the Polish People's Republic or PRL.- Background :...
(Internal Military Service) - Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa PublicznegoMinistry of Public Security of PolandThe Ministry of Public Security of Poland was a Polish communist secret police, intelligence and counter-espionage service operating from 1945 to 1954 under Jakub Berman of the Politburo...
(Ministry of Public Security) - Służba Bezpieczeństwa MSW (Security Service of the Ministry of Internal AffairsMinistry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of PolandMinistry of the Interior and Administration is an administration structure controlling main administration and security branches of the Polish government. Current Minister is Jerzy Miller.-History and function:...
)
South Vietnam/Republic of Vietnam
- South Vietnamese National Police (Canh Sat Quoc Gia Viet Nam Cong Hoa)
See also
- Law enforcement by countryLaw enforcement by countryIn many countries, particularly those with a federal system of government, there may be several police or police-like organizations, each serving different levels of government and enforcing different subsets of the applicable law.- Argentina :...
- List of intelligence agencies
- List of protective service agencies
- PolicePoliceThe police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...