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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 357 law enforcement agencies employing 18,342 sworn police officers, about 280 for each 100,000 residents.
Rank Department State/Territory Number of full-time sworn officers As of (with reference) 1: New York City Police Department (NYPD): New York: 33,475: October 2024 [2]: 2
District Attorney offices often have officers or troopers assigned to them to assist with prosecutions. Railroad police also have authority on railroad property. Railroad and ferry company employees may be appointed as special state police officers under Massachusetts state law, with jurisdiction on company property and vehicles. [4]
Three of the following defunct Commonwealth of Massachusetts police agencies (Registry of Motor Vehicles Division of Law Enforcement, Massachusetts Capitol Police, Metropolitan District Commission Police) were merged in 1992 by Chapter 412 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1991 along with the former Department of Public Safety - Division of State Police to form the current Department of State Police.
WORCESTER, Mass. – Local police in this central Massachusetts city used excessive force and engaged in “outrageous” sexual contact with women during undercover operations, a two-year civil ...
The Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council or "NEMLEC" is a non-profit consortium made up of 63 police departments in Middlesex, Essex and Suffolk County and 2 County Sheriff's Departments. Member agencies participate by sharing resources and personnel, allowing member agencies to provide supplemental services to citizens in the 925 ...
As of August 5, 2006, the local media reported the MBTA Police could merge with the Massachusetts State Police due to budgetary and staffing concerns. [6] The union which represents the MBTA Transit Police supports this plan citing the difficulty the 257-member force has providing security for a transit system that spans 177 cities and towns in the state.
Gustine Police Department Reserve Officer Arthur Rincon has his badge pinned on by his father Albert, during a swearing in ceremony for four new Gustine Police Department Reserve Officers in ...