State police


State police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction over the relevant sub-national jurisdiction, and may cooperate in law enforcement activities with municipal or national police where either exist.

Argentina

In Argentina, as a federal country, each province has its own independent police force and its responsible of its funding, training and equipment. State police agencies are responsible of all the territory of a determinate state. There is almost no municipal/local law enforcement in Argentina, and if there is, they are generally limited to traffic duties.

Australia

Prior to the Federation of Australia, each colony within Australia had numerous police forces, but these were largely amalgamated well before federation.
Today each state of Australia, as well as the Northern Territory, has its own state police force. Municipalities do not have police forces and it is left to the state forces to police all geographic areas within their respective states. Australia does have a national police force, the Australian Federal Police, whose role is to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth, both criminal law and civil law, as well as to protect the interests of the Commonwealth, both domestically and internationally. The AFP does, however, provide policing for the Australian Capital Territory, Jervis Bay Territory, and Australia's other external territories such as Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands.
The state and territory police forces are:
Each federative unit in Brazil, beside its military firefighters corps and its penal and scientific polices, has two main police corporations working together with different skills:
  • PCAC - Civil Police of Acre State
  • PMAC - Military Police of Acre State
  • PCAL - Civil Police of Alagoas State
  • PMAL - Military Police of Alagoas State
  • PCAP - Civil Police of Amapá State
  • PMAP - Military Police of Amapá State
  • PCAM - Civil Police of Amazonas State
  • PMAM - Military Police of Amazonas State
  • PCBA - Civil Police of Bahia State
  • PMBA - Military Police of Bahia State
  • PCCE - Civil Police of Ceará State
  • PMCE - Military Police of Ceará State
  • PCDF - Civil Police of the Federal District
  • PMDF - Military Police of the Federal District
  • PCES - Civil Police of Espírito Santo State
  • PMES - Military Police of Espírito Santo State
  • PCGO - Civil Police of Goiás State
  • PMGO - Military Police of Goiás State
  • PCMA - Civil Police of Maranhão State
  • PMMA - Military Police of Maranhão State
  • PCMT - Civil Police of Mato Grosso State
  • PMMT - Military Police of Estado do Mato Grosso State
  • PCMS - Civil Police of Mato Grosso do Sul State
  • PMMS - Military Police of Mato Grosso do Sul State
  • PCMG - Civil Police of Minas Gerais State
  • PMMG - Military Police of Minas Gerais State
  • PCPA - Civil Police of Pará State
  • PMPA - Military Police of Pará State
  • PCPB - Civil Police of Paraíba State
  • PMPB - Military Police of Paraíba State
  • PCPR - Civil Police of Paraná State
  • PMPR - Military Police of Paraná State
  • PCPE - Civil Police of Pernambuco State
  • PMPE - Military Police of Pernambuco State
  • PCPI - Civil Police of Piauí State
  • PMPI - Military Police of Piauí State
  • PCERJ - Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State
  • PMERJ - Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State
  • PCRN - Civil Police of Rio Grande do Norte State
  • PMRN - Military Police of Rio Grande do Norte State
  • PCRS - Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul State
  • BMRS - Military Brigade of Rio Grande do Sul State
  • PCRO - Civil Police of Rondônia State
  • PMRO - Military Police of Rondônia State
  • PCRR - Civil Police of Roraima State
  • PMRR - Military Police of Roraima State
  • PCSC - Civil Police of Santa Catarina State
  • PMSC - Military Police of Santa Catarina State
  • PCESP - Civil Police of São Paulo State
  • PMESP - Military Police of São Paulo State
  • PCSE - Civil Police of Sergipe State
  • PMSE - Military Police of Sergipe State
  • PCTO - Civil Police of Tocantins State
  • PMTO - Military Police of Tocantins State

    Canada

operates at the federal, provincial, and local levels. Five provinces of Canada have a dedicated police force, with jurisdiction over some or all of the province:
The federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police provides provincial-level policing in the remaining land area of Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as the remaining seven provinces and three territories. The RCMP began being contracted to provide provincial policing in the late 1920s as provincial police forces were disbanded and their duties contracted out to provincial divisions of the RCMP. The most recent provincial police force to be disbanded, the British Columbia Provincial Police, existed from the mid-19th century until its jurisdiction was transferred to RCMP "E" Division on August 15, 1950.
Provinces which have disbanded their provincial police may retain other provincial law enforcement agencies, such as sheriff services or conservation officers. For example, the Alberta Sheriffs Branch is responsible for traffic enforcement in Alberta together with the RCMP, despite being a law enforcement agency and not a police force, although there have been plans to create a new provincial police service "under the sheriffs".

Germany

The Landespolizei is a term used in the Federal Republic of Germany to denote the law enforcement services that perform law enforcement duties in the states of Germany. The German federal constitution leaves the majority of law enforcement responsibilities to the 16 states of the country.
  • Baden-Württemberg Police
  • Bavarian State Police
  • Berlin Police
  • Brandenburg Police
  • Bremen Police
  • Hamburg Police
  • Hesse State Police
  • Lower Saxony Police
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police
  • North Rhine-Westphalia Police
  • Rhineland-Palatinate Police
  • Saarland Police
  • Saxony Police
  • Saxony-Anhalt Police
  • Schleswig-Holstein Police
  • Thuringia Police
There also are several auxiliary state police forces.
  • Baden-Württemberg Voluntary Police Service
  • Bavarian Security Watch
  • Brandenburg Security Partner
  • Hesse Voluntary Police Service
  • Saxony Security Watch

    Italy

The Polizia di Stato, law enforcement in Italy.

India

The Constitution of India delineates the roles and responsibilities of both the central and state governments, with matters related to police, public order, and law and order falling under the purview of the state governments. India has 28 state police agencies.
Each state has a state police force and its own distinct state police services, headed by the director general of police or commissioner of police, who is an Indian Police Service officer. The state police forces operate under the authority of the respective state governments and are empowered to enforce laws, prevent crime, investigate offenses, and maintain public order.
Most municipal or city police forces operate under their respective state police departments, with the exception of the Kolkata Police. State police agencies typically have jurisdiction across the entire state. However, in West Bengal, the jurisdiction of the state police excludes Kolkata, which is served by the Kolkata Police.
The police forces of union territories in India are either directly or indirectly under the purview of the union government. Unlike state police forces, the Delhi Police operate under the direct control of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, government of India due to Delhi's status as both the national capital territory and a union territory. While they function under the respective union territory administrations for day-to-day operations and governance, their ultimate authority and oversight lie with the central government.
The Indian Police Service is not a law enforcement agency in its own right; rather it is the body to which all senior police officers of all states belong regardless of the agency for whom they work. The IPS officers provide senior level leadership to law enforcement agencies, both at the state and federal levels.
SrNoState/union territoryPolice emblemPolice force
1Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman Nicobar Islands Police
2Andhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh Police
3Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh Police
4AssamAssam Police
5BiharBihar Police
6Chandigarh Chandigarh Police
7ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh Police
8Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuDadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Police
9DelhiDelhi Police
10GoaGoa Police
11GujaratGujarat Police
12HaryanaHaryana Police
13Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh Police
14Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Police
15JharkhandJharkhand Police
16KarnatakaKarnataka State Police
17KeralaKerala Police
18Ladakh Ladakh Police
19Lakshadweep Lakshadweep Police
20Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh Police
21MaharashtraMaharashtra Police
22ManipurManipur Police
23MeghalayaMeghalaya Police
24MizoramMizoram Police
25NagalandNagaland Police
26OdishaOdisha Police
27PuducherryPuducherry Police
28PunjabPunjab Police
29RajasthanRajasthan Police
30SikkimSikkim Police
31Tamil NaduTamil Nadu Police
32TelanganaTelangana State Police
33TripuraTripura Police
34Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh Police
35UttarakhandUttarakhand Police
36West BengalWest Bengal Police