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.
The National Police Force ( Angola )
Central African Republic [ edit ]
Democratic Republic of the Congo [ edit ]
Republic of the Congo [ edit ]
Judicial Police
National Republic Guards (Gendarmerie or Police)
Mozambique Republic Police
Nationwide
Municipalities
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [ edit ]
São Tomé and Príncipe[ edit ]
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)
People's Republic of China[ edit ]
A woman asking a Hong Kong policeman for directions.
ROC Coast Guard patrol boats
Republic of China (Taiwan)[ edit ]
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[ edit ]
State special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies[ edit ]
Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car
(National Police • Kazak Militsiya • Полиция Казахстана)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)[ edit ]
Republic of Korea (South Korea)[ edit ]
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
A personnel of the Sindh Police in uniform with a handgun on his belt.
Joint Army & Federal[ edit ]
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
United Arab Emirates [ edit ]
Dubai Police vehicle at the entrance of Dubai Gold Souk
Emirati level
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)
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 )
Federal
Car of the Austrian Finanzpolizei
VW Touran in the Austrian Police livery
Standard vehicle of the Austrian Justizwache
Municipalities
Bailiwick of Guernsey [ edit ]
Bailiwick of Jersey [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
Czech police car in Prague in 2016.
National
Municipal
Administration pénitentiaire (Department of Corrections)
Douane (Customs)
Republican Guard Infantry in ceremonial uniform.
Police municipale Peugeot car in Antibes , Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur .
German Bundespolizei (federal police) Eurocopter Super Puma
New Bundespolizei offshore patrol vessel BP 81 Potsdam
Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office
MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando) : Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal police
Bundeszollverwaltung : Federal Customs Service
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
Landespolizei (state police) officer in Hamburg (Germany)
Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt
A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána .
"Carabinieri " in Florence , Italy
National
Guardia di Finanza police in central Rome .
Guardia di Finanza (Border Police, Financial and Customs Police, is also a military corps)
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)
Civilian
Military
Car of National Police in Slovakia
National
Municipal
National
Autonomous communities
Municipal
Swiss police car
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
Antigua and Barbuda [ edit ]
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
Dominica, Commonwealth of[ edit ]
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 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
Saint Kitts and Nevis [ edit ]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [ edit ]
Trinidad and Tobago [ edit ]
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.
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 [ edit ]
State, county and local[ edit ]
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico [ edit ]
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [ edit ]
Territory of American Samoa [ edit ]
Territory of the United States Virgin Islands [ edit ]
Federated States of Micronesia [ edit ]
Armed Forces of Argentina [ edit ]
Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.
Note: Many of these fall under the definition of secret police and derive from that list .
Federal Republic of Germany
East Germany
Nazi Germany
Second Polish Republic [ edit ]
People's Republic of Poland[ edit ]