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A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local police, sheriffs, state troopers, and federal agents such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the United States Marshals Service (USMS). Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as UNPOL or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies and military police, 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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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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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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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.

Municipal

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Overseas France

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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

Federal

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Landespolizei (state police) officer in Hamburg (Germany)

State

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Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt

Municipalities

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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)

Kosovo

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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

Türkiye

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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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Belize

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Bermuda

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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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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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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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Federal law enforcement agencies in the United States (Feds)
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United States Department of State (DOS)
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United States Department of the Treasury
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United States Department of Defense (DOD)
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Department of the Army

Department of the Navy

Department of the Air and Space Force

National Security Agency

United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
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United States Department of the Interior (USDI)
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
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United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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United States Department of Education (ED)
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
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Customs officers board a ship at the US Canada border
United States Department of Transportation (DOT)
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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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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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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
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