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 special, local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). It could also refer to a national police force such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency. Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies, organized by continent and then by country.

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

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International

Africa

Algeria

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Angola

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Benin

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Botswana

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Burkina Faso

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Burundi

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Cameroon

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Cape Verde

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Central African Republic

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Chad

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Comoros

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Republic of the Congo

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Côte d'Ivoire

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Djibouti

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Egypt

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Equatorial Guinea

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Eritrea

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Ethiopia

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Gabon

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Gambia

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Ghana

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Guinea

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Guinea-Bissau

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Kenya

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Lesotho

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Liberia

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Libya

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Madagascar

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Malawi

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Mali

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Mauritania

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Mauritius

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Morocco

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Mozambique

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Namibia

Nationwide
Municipalities

Niger

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Nigeria

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Rwanda

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Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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São Tomé and Príncipe

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Senegal

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Seychelles

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Sierra Leone

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Somalia

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South Africa

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Sudan

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Swaziland

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Tanzania

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Togo

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Tunisia

  • Ministry of Interior
    • Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale (Police)
    • Direction Générale de la Garde Nationale (National Guard)
    • Office National de la Protection Civile (Firefighter)
  • Ministry of Finance
    • Direction Générale des Douanes (Custums)
  • Ministry of Justice
    • Direction Générale des Prisons et de la Rééducation (Prisons Guards)
  • Presidency
    • Direction Générale de la Sécurité du Chef de l'Etat et des Personnalités Officielles (Presidential Guards)

Uganda

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

People's Republic of China

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Hong Kong

Macau

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ROC Coast Guard patrol boats

Taiwan

India

Indian Police Service – one of the three all-India civil services

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

State law enforcement agencies

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

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Model of a Skoda Octavia, Israel Police Patrol Car

Japan

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Jordan

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

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Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs

Malaysian Ministry of Finance

Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)

Military of Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Oman

Pakistan

Federal

Provincial

Philippines

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Philippine National Police boat on the Iloilo River, Iloilo City

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

East Timor

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

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Vietnam

Yemen

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

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Federal
Municipalities

Azerbaijan

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Belarus

Belgium

Federal level

  • Federal police (1 federal force for the entire country, responsible for specialized and supra-local policing as well as support to the local police)

Local level

  • Local police (189 local forces for 189 police zones that encompass either one muninicipality or multiple municipalities, responsible for basic policing)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

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Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

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Georgia

Germany

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Federal

  • Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office
    • MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
  • Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal Police
    • Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of Federal Police
      • BFE+ (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus): Federal Police Anti-Terror Unit for long-lasting operations
      • BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit): Federal Police Special Detention Unit
    • Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel: Federal Police Air Group
    • GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei): Federal Police Special Forces Group
    • MFE (Mobile Fahndungseinheit): Special Unit for Covered (Individual and Technical) Surveillance
  • Bundeszollverwaltung: Federal Customs Service
    • Zollkriminalamt (ZKA): Customs Investigation Bureau
      • ZUZ (Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll): Customs SWAT Unit
  • Feldjägertruppe: Military Police of the Federal Defense Force
  • Küstenwache: Coast Guard, it is not separate agency, it consists of units compiled of ships and personnel of the Federal Police, Customs Service, the Wasser und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes (WSV) (Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) and the Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) (Federal Agency for Agriculture and Nutrition)
  • Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Polizei DBT): Federal Parliament Police

State

Municipalities

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

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Ireland

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Isle of Man

Italy

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Lichtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Republic of Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Civilian

Military

Romania

Russia

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San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

National

Autonomous communities

Municipal

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

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Territorial police forces' area in the UK
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Policing an animal rights demonstration in Oxford. Horse, car and bicycle police transport can be seen

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Subnational police

National police

Service police

Overseas police

Non-police

British Overseas Territories police

Vatican

North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Canada

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Ontario police car on night patrol.

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Federal

Provincial

Municipal

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Federal

Nicaragua

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

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An NYPD boat patrols the New York Harbor.

Federal

United States Department of State (DOS)
United States Department of the Treasury
United States Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of the Army

Department of the Air Force

Department of the Navy

National Security Agency

United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
United States Department of the Interior (USDI)
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
United States Department of Education (ED)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Other federal law enforcement agencies

State and local

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Territorial Police

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Territory of Guam
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Territory of American Samoa
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands

Railroad Police

Oceania

Australia

Federal

Service Police

State

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

South America

Argentina

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

Federal

Provincial

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

Local

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Disbanded agencies

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

Czechoslovakia

Germany

Federal Republic of Germany
East Germany
Nazi Germany

Fascist Italy

Panama Canal Zone

Second Polish Republic

People's Republic of Poland

Philippines

Communist Romania

Soviet Union/Russia

South Vietnam/Republic of Vietnam

See also

References