List of law enforcement agencies


A law enforcement agency 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 or the United States Marshals. 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

Africa

Algeria

Angola

Benin

  • Gendarmerie Nationale
  • Republican Police of Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

  • Cameroonian Police

Cape Verde

  • Polícia Judiciária
  • Polícia Nacional

Central African Republic

  • Sûreté Nationale *Central African Gendarmerie

Chad

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Djibouti

  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea-Bissau

  • Judicial Police
  • National Republic Guards

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

  • Libyan National Police

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Mauritania

  • Gendarmerie Nationale
  • Police Nationale

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

  • Mozambique Republic Police

Namibia

; Nationwide
;Municipalities

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

  • Sudanese Police Service

Eswatini

  • Royal Eswatini Police Service

Tanzania

Togo

  • Gendarmerie Nationale

Tunisia

  • Ministry of Interior
  • *Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale
  • *Direction Générale de la Garde Nationale
  • *Office National de la Protection Civile
  • Ministry of Finance
  • *Direction Générale des Douanes
  • Ministry of Justice
  • *Direction Générale des Prisons et de la Rééducation
  • Presidency
  • *Direction Générale de la Sécurité du Chef de l'Etat et des Personnalités Officielles

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

People's Republic of China

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Macau

Republic of China (Taiwan)

India

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

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Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

*

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

; 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

Joint Army & Federal

Palestine

Philippines

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

East Timor

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

;Emirati level

Uzbekistan

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)

Vietnam

;National
  • Vietnam People's Public Security under the Ministry of Public Security, divides into:
  • * Vietnam People's Police consists of:
  • ** Traffic Police, for traffic control and enforcement
  • ** Judiciary Police, for judiciary and executive enforcement
  • ** Rapid Response Police - also known as 113 Police, for rapid criminal countering
  • ** Criminal Investigation Police, for criminal investigation
  • ** Drug Investigation Police, for drug countering and investigation
  • ** Corruption Investigation Police, for corruption investigation
  • ** High Tech Investigation Police, for high tech criminal investigation
  • ** Administrative Police, for administrative and resident services
  • ** Environmental Police, for environmental law enforcement
  • ** Fire and Rescue Police, for firefighting, search and rescue missions
  • ** Prison Guard, for prison management and control
  • ** Mobile Police command, for riot and terrorist countering
  • ** Order Police, for public order response
  • ** Protective Police, for protective services of properties and personnel
  • * Vietnam People's Security consists of:
  • ** Cyber Security, for cyber and internet affairs
  • ** Immigration Security, for immigration management, airport and seaport entry
  • ** Intelligence Service, for intelligence collection and investigation
  • ** Ciphering Service, for protection of top secret documents
  • ** Border Checkpoint Security, for border checkpoint entry
  • ** Protective Guard command, for protective services of the State and Communist Party leaders
  • ** Social Security, for social issues
  • ** Secret Service, for intelligence collection in secrecy
  • ** Political Security, for political protection
  • ** Financial and Monetary Security, for financial investigation
  • ** Economical Security, for economical investigation
  • ** Agricultural and Rural Security, for rural issues
  • ** Information and Communication Security, 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
  • * District/Town/Provincial City Public Security
  • ** Commune/Ward/Township Public Security

Yemen

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

;Federal

;Municipalities

Azerbaijan

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Belarus

Belgium

Federal level
Local level

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

;National
;Municipal

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

National

Municipal">Communes of France">Municipal

[Overseas France]

  • Royal police and territorial guard

Georgia

Germany

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Municipalities">Municipalities of Germany">Municipalities

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

;National
;Provincial
  • Polizia Provinciale that mainly enforce hunting and fishing laws, it consists of several organizations
;Municipal

Kosovo

Latvia

Lichtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

The Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Civilian
Military

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

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;National
;Municipal

Slovenia

Spain

;National
;Autonomous communities
;Municipal

Sweden

Switzerland

Türkiye

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Territorial police forces
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

North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Canada

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica, Commonwealth of

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

*
  • Financial Services Commission
*
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Mexico

Federal

State and local

  • State police, 32 independent agencies under each State's governor authority
  • State Ministerial Police, under each State's Attorney authority
  • Local or Municipal Police. Most of 2,454 Municipalities of Mexico have its own Police Department under mayor's authority
  • Mexico City Police in both state and municipal duties throughout the 16 boroughs of Mexico City

Nicaragua

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

Federal

[Federal law enforcement agencies in the United States] (Feds)
[United States Department of State] (DOS)
Department of the Army
Department of the Navy
Department of the Air and Space Force
National Security Agency

State, county and local

Territorial police

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

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

  • Royal Tongan Police Service

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

South America

Argentina

Federal

Armed Forces of Argentina

Provincial

Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.
  • Buenos Aires Provincial Police
  • Santa Fe Provincial Police
  • Córdoba Provincial Police
  • Tucumán Provincial Police
  • Chaco Provincial Police
  • San Juan Provincial Police
  • San Luis Provincial Police
  • Formosa Provincial Police
  • Neuquén Provincial Police
  • Chubut Provincial Police
  • Santa Cruz Provincial Police
  • Tierra del Fuego Provincial Police
  • Rio Negro Provincial Police
  • La Pampa Provincial Police
  • Catamarca Provincial Police
  • Santiago del Estero Provincial Police
  • Salta Provincial Police
  • Jujuy Provincial Police
  • Misiones Provincial Police
  • La Rioja Provincial Police
  • Entre Ríos Provincial Police
  • Corrientes Provincial Police
  • Mendoza Provincial Police

Local

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

  • Law enforcement in 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.''

Austria

Costa Rica

Czechoslovakia

Germany

;Federal Republic of Germany
;East Germany
;Nazi Germany

Fascist Italy

Empire of Japan

Panama Canal Zone

Second Polish Republic

People's Republic of Poland

Philippines

Communist Romania

Former Soviet Union/Russia

South Vietnam