List of law enforcement agencies

A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a special or local police/sheriffs, state troopers, and feds such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). 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.

International – Africa – Asia – Europe – North America – Oceania – South America – Disbanded

International

• • Ameripol, (Police Community of the Americans or Ameripol)
  • ASEANAPOL, (Inter-Asean Police)
  • EUROGENDFOR (European Gendarmerie Force)
  • European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
  • Europol (European Police Office)
  • Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization)

• Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
• United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
• GCCPOL, ( Gulf Cooperation Council Police)
• SELEC ( Southeast European Law enforcement Center), for the region of Balkan Countries, Police and customs regional international cooperation and joint activities.

Africa

Algeria

• Gendarmerie Nationale
• Algerian police

Angola

• The National Police Force ( Angola )

Benin

• Gendarmerie Nationale
• Republican Police of Benin

Botswana

• Botswana Police Service

Burkina Faso

• Gendarmerie Nationale

Burundi

• Nationale Police of Burundi

Cameroon

• Cameroonian Police

Cape Verde

• Polícia Judiciária
• Polícia Nacional

Central African Republic

Chad

• National Police of Chad
• Gendarmerie Nationale

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Police nationale congolaise
• Détection Militaire des Activités Anti-Patrie
• Agence nationale de renseignements

Republic of the Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Djibouti

• Gendarmerie Nationale

Egypt

• Egyptian National Police

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

• Eritrea Police Force

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Federal Police

Gabon

• Gendarmerie Nationale
• National Police Force of Gabon

Gambia

• Gambia Police Force

Ghana

• Ghana Police Service

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

• Judicial Police
• National Republic Guards (Gendarmerie or Police)

Kenya

• National Police Service
  • Kenya Police Service
  • Administration Police Service
  • Directorate of Criminal Investigations

Lesotho

• Lesotho Mounted Police Service

Liberia

• Liberian National Police

Libya

• Libyan National Police

Madagascar

• Gendarmerie Nationale
• Presidential Security Regiment
• Police Publique

Malawi

• Malawi Police Service

Mali

• Gendarmerie Nationale

Mauritania

• Gendarmerie Nationale
• Police Nationale

Mauritius

• Mauritius Police Force

Morocco

• Gendarmerie Royale du Maroc (paramilitary national police force)
• Sûreté Nationale du Maroc (civilian national police force)
• Moroccan Auxiliary Forces

Mozambique

• Mozambique Republic Police

Namibia

Nationwide

• Namibian Police Force
  • Special Reserve Force
  • Special Field Force

Municipalities

• City Police (in some municipalities)

Niger

• National Police
• Gendarmerie Nationale

Nigeria

• Nigeria Police Force
• Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
• Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
• National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
• National agencies for food and drugs administration and control

Rwanda

• Rwanda National Police

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

• Police Force
• Senegalese Gendarmerie
  • Red Guard

Seychelles

• Seychelles Police Force

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Police

Somalia

• Somali Police Force

South Africa

• South African Police Service (SAPS)
• Provincial Highway Patrol
• Municipal Police

South Sudan

• South Sudan Police Service

Sudan

• Sudanese Police Service

Eswatini

• Royal Eswatini Police Service

Tanzania

• Tanzania Police Force
• Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau
• local police (mgambo and sungusungu)
• special jurisdiction police
• Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service

Togo

• Gendarmerie Nationale

Tunisia

• 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

• Uganda National Police
• Internal Security Organisation

Zambia

• Zambia Police Service
• Zambia Correctional Service

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Republic Police

Asia

Afghanistan

• Afghan National Police

Bahrain

• Royal Bahrain Police
• National Security Agency (Bahrain)
• Special Security Force Command

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Police
• Border Guard Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Coast Guard
• Bangladesh Ansar
• Bangladesh Customs
• Department of Narcotics Control
• Department of Immigration & Passport
• Department of Prison
• Department of Forest
• Telecommunication and Information Management
• Police Internal Oversight
• VAT Intelligence
• Financial Intelligence Unit
• Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate
• Village Defence Party
• Town Defence Party
• Railway Nirapotta Bahini
• AVSEC-Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh
• Anti Corruption Commission
• Chittagong Port Marine Department
• Mongla Port Marine Department

Bhutan

• Royal Bhutan Police

Brunei

• Royal Brunei Police Force

Cambodia

• Cambodian National Police

People’s Republic of China

Mainland China

• Ministry of Public Security
  • State Immigration Administration
• Ministry of State Security
• People’s Armed Police
  • China Coast Guard
  • Special Police Unit
  • Beijing SWAT
• China Maritime Safety Administration
• General Administration of Customs
• Urban Management (Chengguan)

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Police Force
• Independent Commission Against Corruption
• Hong Kong Correctional Services Department
• Immigration Department
• Customs and Excise Department

Macau

• Macau Security Force

Republic of China (Taiwan)

• National Police Agency
• National Immigration Agency
• Bureau of Investigation
• Coast Guard Administration
• Military Police Command

India

• 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

• Central Bureau of Investigation
• National Investigation Agency
• Enforcement Directorate
• Central Armed Police Forces
  • Assam Rifles
  • Border Security Force
  • Central Reserve Police Force
  • Indo-Tibetan Border Police
  • Sashastra Seema Bal
  • National Security Guard
• Central Board of Direct Taxes
• Central Industrial Security Force
• Central Board of Excise and Customs
• Defence Security Corps
• Railway Protection Force
• Rashtriya Rifles
• Special Frontier Force
• Narcotics Control Bureau

State law enforcement agencies

• Andhra Pradesh Police
• Arunachal Pradesh Police
• Bihar Police
• Chhattisgarh Police
• Delhi Police
• Goa Police
• Gujarat Police
• Haryana Police
• Himachal Pradesh Police
• Jammu and Kashmir Police
• Jharkhand Police
• Karnataka Police
• Kerala Police
  • Thiruvananthapuram City Police
  • Kochi City Police
• Madhya Pradesh Police
• Maharashtra Police
  • Mumbai Police
• Manipur Police
• Meghalaya Police
• Mizoram Police
• Nagaland Police
• Odisha Police
• Punjab Police
• Rajasthan Police
• Sikkim Police
• Tamil Nadu Police
  • Chennai Police
• Telangana Police
• Tripura Police
• Uttarakhand Police
• Uttar Pradesh Police
• West Bengal Police
• Kolkata Police

State special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies

• Kerala Excise
• Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department
• Andhra Pradesh Prohibition and Excise Department
• Department of Excise & Taxation, Haryana
• Telangana Excise
• Tamil Nadu Forest Department
• Maharashtra Forest Department
• Forests Department, Haryana
• Department of Forest and Wildlife (Punjab)
• Telangana Forest Department
• Environment and Forests Department (Uttarakhand)
• Environment and Forests Department (Assam)
• Environment and Forests Department (Arunachal Pradesh)
• Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu)
• Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (Kerala)
• Anti-Corruption Bureau (Maharashtra) (ACB)
• Anti-Corruption Bureau (Andhra Pradesh)

Indonesia

• Indonesian National Police
  • Detachment 88
  • Mobile Brigade Corps
  • Municipal Police (Indonesia)
  • Indonesia Forest Rangers
  • Military Police Corps (Indonesia)
  • National Anti-Narcotics Agency (Indonesia)
  • National Agency for Combating Terrorism
• Customs Tactical Unit

Iran

• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
• Iran Police Force
• Ministry of Intelligence

Iraq

• Iraqi National Police Force (paramilitary)
• Iraqi Police Service (civilian)

Israel

• Israel Police
  • Israel Border Police
• Military Police Corps

Japan

• National Public Safety Commission
  • National Police Agency
    • Imperial Guard of Japan
    • Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
    • 46 prefecture police departments
• Japan Coast Guard (known as the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency from 1949 to 2000)
• Ministry of Finance
  • Japan Customs
• Ministry of Justice
  • Correctional Bureau
  • Immigration Services Agency

Jordan

• Law enforcement in Jordan
• Public Security Directorate (PSD)

Kazakhstan

• (National Police • Kazak Militsiya • Полиция Казахстана)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

• Police of North Korea
• Social Security Forces

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

• Republic of Korea National Public Safety Commission
  • Republic of Korea National Police Agency
    • Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
• Korea Correctional Service
• Korea Customs Service
• Korea Coast Guard (formerly known as the Republic of Korea Maritime Police)
• Korea Immigration Service
• Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials
• Jeju Municipal Police
• Korea Railway Police

Kuwait

• Kuwait Police

Kyrgyzstan

• Law enforcement in Kyrgyzstan
• Ministry of the Interior Kyrgyzstan National Police

Laos

• Ministry of Security

Lebanon

• Internal Security Forces

Malaysia

Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs

• Royal Malaysia Police (Malay: Polis Diraja Malaysia – PDRM)
• National Anti-Drug Agency (Malay: Agensi Anti-Dadah Kebangsaan – AADK)
• Malaysian Prison Department (Malay: Jabatan Penjara Malaysia)
• RELA Corps
• Immigration Department of Malaysia (Malay: Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia)
• Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK)
• Special Actions Unit (UTK)
• General Operations Force

Senoi Praaq

• Counter Smuggling Unit
• UNGERIN

Federal Reserve Unit

• Marine Operations Force
• Royal Malaysian Police Air Wing Unit

Malaysian Ministry of Finance

• Royal Malaysian Custom (Malay: Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia)
• Customs Operational Battle Force Response Assault
• Pasukan Tindakan Khas
• Pasukan Kawalan Khas

Trup Tindakan Cepat

• Pauskan Taktikal Khas Jabatan Imigresen

Special Tactical Response and Investigation Key Enforcers

Prime Minister’s Department (Malaysia)

• Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malay: Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
• Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Malay: Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia – SPRM)

Military of Malaysia

• Kor Polis Tentera DiRaja (Royal Military Police Corps)

Maldives

• Maldives Police Force
• Maldives National Defence Force
  • Maldivian Coast Guard

Mongolia

• Law enforcement in Mongolia
• Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs (Mongolia)
  • National Police Agency (Mongolia)
  • General Authority for Border Protection
  • Internal Troops of Mongolia

Myanmar

• Myanmar Police Force

Nepal

• Nepalese Police Force
• Nepalese Armed Police Force

Oman

• Royal Oman Police

Pakistan

Federal

• Anti-Narcotics Force
• Airports Security Force
• Federal Investigation Agency
• Frontier Constabulary
• National Accountability Bureau
• National Highways & Motorway Police
• Pakistan Customs
• Pakistan Railways Police
• Capital Territory Police

Provincial

• Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police
• Balochistan Police
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
• Gilgit-Baltistan Police
• Punjab Police
• Sindh Police

Joint Army & Federal

• Pakistan Rangers (Sindh and Punjab)
• Frontier Corps Balochistan (North)
• Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)
• Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)
• Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)
• Gilgit Baltistan Scouts (Gilgit-Baltistan)
• Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
• Pakistan Coast Guards

Philippines

• Office of the President
  • Presidential Security Group (PSG)
    • Special Reaction Unit (SRU)
  • Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB)
    • Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
  • Optical Media Board (OMB) Enforcement and Investigation Division (EID)
  • Metropolitan Manila Development Authority – Traffic Enforcement Division (MMDA-TED)
  • Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB)
  • Bases Conversion Development Authority
    • Clark Development Corporation – Public Safety Division (CDC-PSD)
    • Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority – Law Enforcement Department (SBMA-LED)
• Department of the Interior and Local Government
  • National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)
    • Philippine National Police (PNP)
  • Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)
  • Bureau of Fire Protection  (BFP)
  • Local Government Unit
    • Public Order and Safety Office (POSO)
    • Traffic Management Office (TMO)
    • Barangay Public Safety Office (BPSO)
• Department of Justice
  • National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
  • Bureau of Immigration—Law Enforcement Division  (BI-LED)
  • Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)
• Department of Transportation
  • Philippine Ports Authority – Port Police Department (PPA-PPD)
  • Land Transportation Office – Law Enforcement Service (LTO-LES)
  • Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
  • Office for Transportation Security (OTS)
    • Manila International Airport Authority – Airport Police Department (MIAA-APD)
  • Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
  • Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)
  • Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)
• Department of Finance
  • Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
    • Collection Enforcement Division (CED)
    • Enforcement Service (ES)
    • Large Taxpayers Collection and Enforcement Division (LTCED)
  • Bureau of Customs—Enforcement Group  (BOC-EG)
  • Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – Security Force (BSP-SF)
• Department of Health
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
    • Office of Regulatory Enforcement Unit (OREU)
• Department of Trade and Industry
  • Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group  (DTI-CWTRG)
• Department of Environment and National Resources
  • Law Enforcement and Licenses Division (DENR-LELD)
• Department of National Defense
  • Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
    • Military Police (MP)
• Department of Agriculture
  • Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)
    • Bantay Dagat (Sea Patrol)

Qatar

• Law enforcement in Qatar
• Rescue Police Department (Ai-Fazza)
• Juvenile Police Department
• Airport Security Department
• Qatar State Security

Saudi Arabia

• Royal Saudi Arabian Police Force
• Saudi Arabian Traffic Police Force
• Saudi Arabian Border Guard
• Saudi Arabian Coast Guard
• Saudi Arabian Customs and Immigration Department
• Mabahith (Secret Service)
• Hay’ah (Religious Police)

Singapore

• Singapore Police Force
  • Special Operations Command
    • Crisis Negotiation Unit
  • Police K-9 Unit