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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 or local police/sheriffs, state troopers, and federal police such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the United States Marshals (USMS). Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies, organized by continent and then by country.

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


International

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Africa

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Algeria

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Angola

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  • The National Police Force ( Angola )

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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  • Judicial Police
  • National Republic Guards (Gendarmerie or Police)

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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  • Mozambique Republic Police

Namibia

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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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South Sudan

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Sudan

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Eswatini

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Tanzania

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Togo

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Tunisia

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

Uganda

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Asia

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Afghanistan

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Bahrain

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Bangladesh

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Bhutan

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Brunei

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Cambodia

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People's Republic of China

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Mainland China

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A woman asking a Hong Kong policeman for directions.

Hong Kong

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Macau

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ROC Coast Guard patrol boats

Republic of China (Taiwan)

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India

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  • Indian Police Service - is a civil service under the All India Service. The IPS officers provide senior level leadership to law enforcement agencies both federal and state levels.

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

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State law enforcement agencies

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State special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies

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Indonesia

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Iran

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Iraq

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Israel

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Japan

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Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car

Jordan

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Kazakhstan

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  • (National Police • Kazak Militsiya • Полиция Казахстана)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

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Republic of Korea (South Korea)

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Kuwait

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Kyrgyzstan

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Laos

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Lebanon

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Malaysia

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Police Counter-terrorist Force Pasukan Gerakan Khas during stormed the patrol vessel drill.
Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs
Malaysian Ministry of Finance
Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)
Military of Malaysia

Maldives

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Mongolia

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Myanmar

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Nepal

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Oman

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Pakistan

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

Federal

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Provincial

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Joint Army & Federal

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Philippines

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PSG SRU operators march during a parade in counter-terrorist combat gear. Note that they're marching with a mix of G36 and G36C assault rifles.
Philippine National Police Members on Rizal Park, Manila
Bell 429 Helicopter of the Philippine National Police
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology members in a Firearms Safety and Proficiency Training

Qatar

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Saudi Arabia

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Singapore

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Sri Lanka

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Syria

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Tajikistan

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Thailand

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East Timor

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Turkmenistan

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United Arab Emirates

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Dubai Police vehicle at the entrance of Dubai Gold Souk
Emirati level

Uzbekistan

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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)

Vietnam

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

Yemen

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Europe

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Albania

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Andorra

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Armenia

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Austria

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Federal
Car of the Austrian Finanzpolizei
VW Touran in the Austrian Police livery
Standard vehicle of the Austrian Justizwache
Municipalities

Azerbaijan

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Bailiwick of Guernsey

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Bailiwick of Jersey

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Belarus

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Belgium

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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

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Bulgaria

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Croatia

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Cyprus

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Czech police car in Prague in 2016.

Czech Republic

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National
Municipal

Denmark

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Estonia

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Finland

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France

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National

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Republican Guard Infantry in ceremonial uniform.
Police municipale Peugeot car in Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Georgia

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Germany

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German Bundespolizei (federal police) Eurocopter Super Puma
New Bundespolizei offshore patrol vessel BP 81 Potsdam
Landespolizei (state police) officer in Hamburg (Germany)
Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt

Greece

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Ireland

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A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána.

Isle of Man

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"Carabinieri" in Florence, Italy

Italy

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National
Guardia di Finanza police in central Rome.
Polizia di Stato Lamborghini Gallardo
Provincial
  • Polizia Provinciale (Provincial Police) that mainly enforce hunting and fishing laws, it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)
Municipal
  • Polizia Municipale (Municipal Police; originally called the Vigiles or Vigili Urbani), it consists of several organizations (not a LEA by itself)

Latvia

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Lichtenstein

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Lithuania

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Luxembourg

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Malta

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Moldova

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Monaco

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Montenegro

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The Netherlands

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North Macedonia

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Civilian

Military

Romania

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Russia

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San Marino

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Serbia

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Slovakia

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Car of National Police in Slovakia
National
Municipal

Slovenia

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Spain

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National
Autonomous communities
Municipal

Sweden

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Switzerland

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Swiss police car

Turkey

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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Territorial police forces

Territorial police forces' area in the UK

National police forces

National non-police law enforcement forces

Military Service police forces

British Overseas Territories police forces

MOD overseas police forces

Overseas service police forces

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

Vatican

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North America

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Bahamas

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Barbados

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Belize

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Bermuda

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Canada

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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer stands watch over detained migrants aboard R-V Strait Hunter, which was simulating a migrant vessel, 8 May 2012, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, during exercise 120508-N-IL267-082

Federal

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Provincial

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Municipal

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Costa Rica

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Cuba

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Dominica, Commonwealth of

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Dominican Republic

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El Salvador

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Grenada

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Guatemala

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Haiti

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Honduras

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Jamaica

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Mexico

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Federal

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  • Federales (former federal law enforcement agencies of Mexico):
    • Federal Police (Policía Federal), former Policía Federal Preventiva (Federal Preventive Police, 1999–2009), disbanded in 2019
    • 3rd Military Police Brigade from the Mexican Army
    • Policía Federal de Caminos (Federal Highway Police, 1928–1999)
  • Guardia Nacional, since 2019, a gendarmerie that replaced the former civilian agency
  • Policía Federal Ministerial (Federal Ministerial Police; since 2019, Coordinación de Métodos de Investigación, Investigative Methods Coordination), federal investigative agency under the authority of Fiscalía General de la República (Attorney General of Mexico)

State and local

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  • State police (Policía Estatal, its official name may vary from state to state), 32 independent agencies under each State's governor authority
  • State Ministerial Police (Policía Estatal Ministerial, its mame also may vary), under each State's Attorney authority
  • Local or Municipal Police (Policía municipal). Most of 2,454 Municipalities of Mexico have its own Police Department under mayor's (presidente municipal) authority
  • Mexico City Police in both state and municipal duties throughout the 16 boroughs of Mexico City

Nicaragua

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Panama

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Trinidad and Tobago

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United States

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Bat Masterson (standing second from right), Wyatt Earp (sitting second from left), and other Deputy Marshals during the Wild West era. Some of the earliest types of law enforcement in the U.S.
Modern day Deputy Marshals getting prepared for a raid.

Federal

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Department of the Army

Department of the Navy

Department of the Air and Space Force

National Security Agency

Customs officers board a ship at the US Canada border
Other federal law enforcement agencies
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State, county and local

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Territorial police

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

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Oceania

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Australia

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Federal

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Service Police

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State

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Fiji

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Kiribati

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Marshall Islands

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Federated States of Micronesia

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Nauru

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New Zealand

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Palau

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Papua New Guinea

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Pitcairn Islands

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Samoa

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Solomon Islands

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Tonga

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Tuvalu

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Vanuatu

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South America

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Argentina

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Federal

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Armed Forces of Argentina

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Provincial

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

Local

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Bolivia

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Brazil

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Chile

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Colombia

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Ecuador

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Guyana

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Panama

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Paraguay

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Peru

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Suriname

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Uruguay

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Venezuela

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Disbanded agencies

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

Austria

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Costa Rica

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Czechoslovakia

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Germany

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Federal Republic of Germany
East Germany
Nazi Germany

Fascist Italy

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Empire of Japan

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Panama Canal Zone

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Second Polish Republic

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People's Republic of Poland

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Philippines

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Communist Romania

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Former Soviet Union/Russia

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South Vietnam

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "aseanapol.org.my". 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
  2. ^ selec.org
  3. ^ "Senegalese Criminal Justice System". The US Embassy in Senegal. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Kyrgyzstan / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL". www.interpol.int.
  5. ^ EJPD. "Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement". www.kobik.ch.
  6. ^ DASG
  7. ^ ONI Police