List of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents. This is the highest proportion of police officers to citizens of any state or territory.
Listed by age
The oldest agencies are the:- United States Marshals Service, founded September 24, 1789
- United States Park Police, founded in 1791 as park watchmen to guard federal property in DC
- United States Mint Police, founded in 1792
- United States Capitol Police, founded in 1828
- Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, founded in 1861
- United States Secret Service, founded July 5, 1865
- District of Columbia Protective Services Division, founded by Congress in 1899 under the Watchmen in Municipal Facilities Act
Primary DC law enforcement (local and federal)
- District of Columbia Department of Corrections
- District of Columbia Housing Authority Police Department of Public Safety
- District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department
- District of Columbia Protective Services Division
- District of Columbia Public Schools Police - Law Enforcement Division
- District of Columbia Public Library Police
- Metro Transit Police Department
- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police
- United States Marshals
- United States Park Police
- Washington National Cathedral Police
- Humane Law Enforcement Department of the Humane Rescue Alliance
Federal police agencies with a uniformed presence in District of Columbia area
The majority of federal law enforcement agencies have some type of jurisdiction and/or headquarter offices in the District of Columbia; however, some are more overt than others.- Amtrak Police Department
- Armed Forces Retirement Home Police
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police
- Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service
- District of Columbia National Guard Military Police/Security Forces, if any
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Police
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Federal Protective Service
- Government Publishing Office Police
- Military Police : Military Police Corps ; Master-at-arms ; United States Air Force Security Forces; USMC Military Police; and the United States Coast Guard and United States Coast Guard Police
- Naval District of Washington Police
- Smithsonian Police and National Zoo Police
- Supreme Court Police
- United States Capitol Police
- United States Customs and Border Protection
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
- U.S. Federal Reserve Police
- United States Mint Police
- National Gallery of Art Office of Protective Services
- United States Park Police
- United States Pentagon Police
- United States Postal Police
- United States Secret Service Uniformed Division
College and university agencies
- American University Police Department
- Catholic University Department of Public Safety
- George Washington University Police
- Gallaudet University Department of Public Safety
- Georgetown University Police Department
- Howard University Campus Police
- University of the District of Columbia Police Department
- Trinity University Department of Public Safety