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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.
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).
Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. The federal law enforcement agencies in the United States have tactical units. U.S. Department of Energy. Special Response Teams (SRT) [107] National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) – Special Response Force (SRF) [108] United States Department of Defense
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
The law enforcement agency headed by a sheriff is most commonly referred to as the "Sheriff's Office", while some are instead called the "Sheriff's Department." [5] According to the National Sheriffs' Association, an American sheriff's advocacy group, there were 3,081 sheriff's offices as of 2015. [6]
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Law enforcement has historically been a male-dominated profession. There are approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies at federal, state, and local level, with more than 1.1 million employees. [163] There are around 12,000 local law enforcement agencies, the most numerous of the three types. [163]
While no single definition of "special police" prevails across the United States, it is typically understood to mean either a law enforcement agency working for a unique jurisdiction (such as a hospital or park) or a law enforcement officer whose authority, training, and experience may differ somewhat from a "regular" law enforcement officer (LEO).