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This is a list of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies — local, regional, special and statewide government agencies (state police) of the U.S. states, of the federal district, and of the territories that provide law enforcement duties, including investigations, prevention and patrol functions.
The constabulary was founded in 1841, under the County Police Act, five years after the Hertford Borough Police and St Albans Borough Police had been formed. In 1889, the Hertford Borough Police force was merged into Hertfordshire. The first constables were working-class men and were paid at the level of an agricultural labourer.
Territorial police force Essex Police: County of Essex and unitary authorities of Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock: 3,678 [1] £320.2 [2] 3,670: 1969 East of England: England and Wales: Territorial police force Gloucestershire Constabulary: County of Gloucestershire: 1,279 [1] £126.9 [2] 3,150: 1839 South West England: England and Wales ...
Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) Texas: 1,664: November 2023 [26] 25: Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) Wisconsin: 1,595: December 2023 [27] References
Freiwilliger Polizeidienst: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse; Sicherheitspartner: Auxiliary police force, only in the state of Brandenburg; Sicherheitswacht: Auxiliary police force, only in the states of Bavaria and Saxony; Justiz: Penitentiary police; Car of the Stadtpolizei in Frankfurt. in Bavaria solely
Honorary Police – There is an Honorary Police (French: Police Honorifique) force in each parish in Jersey. Honorary Police officers have, for centuries, been elected by parishioners to assist the Connétable of the Parish to maintain law and order, and to this day the only person who may charge a person with an offence is the Centenier of the ...
By comparison, in 2010, the force had 3,748 police officers, 337 PCSOs and 2,424 police staff. The force has reduced its workforce by 23% since 2010, compared to the national average of 15%. This has led to some criticism from various sources around central government funding for the force. [61] [62] [63]
Suffolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Suffolk in East Anglia, England.The force serves a population of 761,000 in a mostly rural area of 1,466 square miles (3,796 km 2), including 49 miles of coastline and the Southern part of the Broads National Park.