This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies'', the state had 375 law enforcement agencies employing 15,976 sworn police officers, about 256 for each 100,000 residents.

State agencies

Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission
* Tennessee Bureau of Investigation *

Tennessee Department of Correction The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is a United States Cabinet, Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government responsible for the oversight of more than 20,000 convicted offenders in Tennessee's fourteen prisons, three of w ...

* Tennessee Department of Revenue *

Tennessee Department of Safety The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOS), also known as the Tennessee Department of Safety or DOS, is a law enforcement agency serving the U.S. state of Tennessee. The TDOS is made up of three main divisions: the Tennessee ...

* Tennessee Highway Patrol * Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency *

Tennessee Governor's Task Force on Marijuana Eradication The Tennessee Governor's Task Force on Marijuana Eradication (GTFME), a multi-agency law enforcement task force founded in 1983, is managed by the Governor of Tennessee, Office of the Governor of Tennessee composed of local, state agencies organ ...

County agencies

Anderson County Sheriff's Office Anderson or Andersson may refer to: Companies * Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910 * Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car * Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer * Anderson Ra ...

* Bedford County Sheriff's Office * Benton County Sheriff's Office * Bledsoe County Sheriff's Office * Blount County Sheriff's Office *

Bradley County Sheriff's Office Bradley County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,620, making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Cleveland. It is na ...

Campbell County Sheriff's Office Campbell may refer to: People Surname * Campbell (surname), includes a list of people with surname Campbell Given name * Campbell Brown (footballer), an Australian rules footballer * Campbell Brown (journalist) (born 1968), American television ne ...

* Cannon County Sheriff's Office * Carroll County Sheriff's Office * Carter County Sheriff's Office *

Cheatham County Sheriff's Office Cheatham may refer to: ;Places * Cheatham County, Tennessee, a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee * Cheatham House (disambiguation) * Cheatham Lock and Dam, a dam in Ashland City, Tennessee, USA. * Cheatham Middle School, a middle school ...

* Chester County Sheriff's Office *

Claiborne County Sheriff's Office Claiborne may refer to: People Surname *Billy Claiborne (1860–1882), western outlaw *Lindy Boggs (Corinne Claiborne Boggs, 1916–2013), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana; U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican *Chris Claiborne ...

* Clay County Sheriff's Office *

Cocke County Sheriff's Office Cocke is a surname (pronounced ''cock'', ''cox'' or ''coke'') and may refer to: *Charles Lewis Cocke (1940- ) Professor of Physics at Kansas State University, winner of 2006 Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics *Erle Cocke Jr. (192 ...

* Coffee County Sheriff's Office * Crockett County Sheriff's Office *

Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to: Australia * Cumberland County, New South Wales * the former name of Cumberland Land District, Tasmania, Australia Canada *Cumberland County, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Cumberland, historic county *Cumberlan ...

Sheriff's Office * Davidson County Sheriff's Office * Decatur County Sheriff's Office * DeKalb County Sheriff's Office * Dickson County Sheriff's Office * Dyer County Sheriff's Office * Fayette County Sheriff's Office * Fentress County Sheriff's Office * Franklin County Sheriff's Office * Gibson County Sheriff's Office * Giles County Sheriff's Office *

Grainger County Sheriff's Office Grainger may refer to: Places *Grainger, Alberta, a locality in Canada *Grainger County, Tennessee, a county located in Tennessee, United States *Grainger Falls, a waterfall in Chalky Inland, Fiordland, New Zealand *Grainger Market, a covered mark ...

* Greene County Sheriff's Office * Grundy County Sheriff's Office * Hamblen County Sheriff's Office * Hamilton County Sheriff's Office * Hancock County Sheriff's Office *

Hardeman County Sheriff's Office Hardeman may refer to: *Hardeman (surname) *Hardeman County (disambiguation), two counties in the United States *Hardeman, Santa Cruz, town in Bolivia *Hardeman, Missouri, a community in the United States {{Disambiguation, geo ...

* Hardin County Sheriff's Office * Hawkins County Sheriff's Office * Haywood County Sheriff's Office *

Henderson County Sheriff's Office Henderson may refer to: People *Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname *Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan Places Argentina *Henderson, Buenos Aires Australia *Henderson, Western Australia Canada *He ...

* Henry County Sheriff's Office * Hickman County Sheriff's Office * Houston County Sheriff's Office *

Humphreys County Sheriff's Office Humphreys may refer to: Places *Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge, Arkansas-Mississippi *Camp Humphreys, U.S. Camp in South Korea *Humphreys, Missouri *Humphreys County, Mississippi *Humphreys County, Tennessee *Humphreys County Airport, Tennessee *Hump ...

* Jackson County Sheriff's Office * Jefferson County Sheriff's Office * Johnson County Sheriff's Office
Knox County Sheriff's Office
* Lake County Sheriff's Office *

Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office Lauderdale is the valley of the Leader Water (a tributary of the Tweed) in the Scottish Borders. It contains the town of Lauder, as well as Earlston. The valley is traversed from end to end by the A68 trunk road, which runs from Darlington to ...

Lawrence County Sheriff's Office Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

Polk County Sheriff's Office Polk may refer to: People * James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name Places *Polk (CTA), a train station in Chicago, Illinois * Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Polk, Missouri ...

* Putnam County Sheriff's Office * Rhea County Sheriff's Office * Roane County Sheriff's Office *

Robertson County Sheriff's Office Robertson may refer to: People * Robertson (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Robertson (given name) * Clan Robertson, a Scottish clan * Robertson, stage name of Belgian magician Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763–1837) Places ...

Rutherford County Sheriff's Office The Rutherford County Sheriff's Office (RCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The RCSO is responsible for patrolling the 626-square miles of the County and its 250,000+ residents. The RCSO currently employs ...

* Scott County Sheriff's Office * Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office * Sevier County Sheriff's Office * Shelby County Sheriff's Office *

Smith County Sheriff's Office Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people wi ...

* Stewart County Sheriff's Office * Sullivan County Sheriff's Office * Sumner County Sheriff's Office * Tipton County Sheriff's Office *

Trousdale County Sheriff's Office Trousdale may refer to: Places in the United States *Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills, California *Trousdale, Kansas *Trousdale, Oklahoma *Trousdale County, Tennessee *Trousdale Place, former home of Tennessee governor William Trousdale Vessels *U ...

* Unicoi County Sheriff's Office * Union County Sheriff's Office *

Van Buren County Sheriff's Office A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across th ...

Warren County Sheriff's Office A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Anglo ...

* Washington County Sheriff's Office * Wayne County Sheriff's Office * Weakley County Sheriff's Office * White County Sheriff's Office * Williamson County Sheriff's Office * Wilson County Sheriff's Office

Municipal agencies

* Adamsville Police Department * Alamo Police Department * Alcoa Police Department * Alexandria Police Department * Algood Police Department * Ardmore Police Department * Ashland City Police Department * Atoka Police Department * Athens Police Department *

Bartlett Police Department The Bartlett Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the city of Bartlett, Tennessee, United States. Organization Patrol/Traffic Division The Patrol division is responsible for providing patrol coverage 24 hours per day. The divisi ...

* Baxter Police Department * Bean Station Police Department * Belle Meade Police Department * Bells Police Department * Benton Police Department * Blaine Police Department * Bluff City Police Department * Bolivar Police Department * Bradford Police Department *

Brentwood Police Department Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population is 66,854 as of 2022, an increase of 287% from 23,302 at the 2000 census. Brentwood began ...

* Brighton Police Department * Bristol Police Department *

Brownsville Police Department Brownsville may refer to: United States *Brownsville, Alabama, unincorporated community in Clay County *Brownsville, California (disambiguation), the name of several places * Brownsville, Delaware *Brownsville, Florida **Brownsville (Metrorail stat ...

* Bruceton Police Department * Calhoun Police Department * Camden Police Department * Carthage Police Department * Caryville Police Department *

Celina Police Department __NOTOC__ Celina may refer to: Celina (given name), the origins of the name. Places * Celina, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Celina, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Celina, Ohio, a city * Celina, Tennessee, a city * Celina, Texas, ...

Centerville Police Department Centreville, Centerville, Centre-ville or Centre-Ville and variants may refer to: Places Canada * Centreville, British Columbia, a ghost town * Centreville, New Brunswick, a village in Carleton County * Centreville, Newfoundland and Labrador * Cen ...

* Charleston Police Department *

Chattanooga Police Department The Chattanooga Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement organization serving Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the United States. The department is headed by a chief of police, with one deputy chief and three assistant chiefs commanding th ...

* Church Hill Police Department * Clarksville Police Department * Cleveland Police Department * Clinton Police Department * Collegedale Police Department * Collierville Police Department * Collinwood Police Department * Columbia Police Department * Cookeville Police Department * Coopertown Police Department * Covington Police Department * Cowan Police Department * Crossville Police Department * Cumberland Gap Police Department * Dandridge Police Department * Dayton Police Department *

Decatur Police Department Decatur may refer to a number of places, streets, military establishments, schools, and others mostly named after Stephen Decatur: Places in the United States * Decatur, Alabama, county seat of Morgan County ** Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama ...

* Decaturville Police Department * Decherd Police Department * Dickson Police Department *

Dover Police Department Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidst ...

Dresden Police Department Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth lar ...

* Dunlap Police Department * Dyer Police Department * Dyersburg Police Department * East Ridge Police Department * Elizabethton Police Department * Elkton Police Department *

Englewood Police Department Englewood is a corruption of Dutch Engelse woud (English woods or fores) & ''Engelse buurt'', or "English Neighborhood", which originally referred to Englewood, New Jersey's status as one of the few English-speaking settlements in Dutch-speaking New ...

* Erin Police Department * Erwin Police Department * Estill Springs Police Department * Etowah Police Department * Fairview Police Department * Fayetteville Police Department * Franklin Police Department * Gainesboro Police Department * Gallatin Police Department * Gallaway Police Department *

Gatlinburg Police Department Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. It is located southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020. It is a popular vacation resort ...

* Germantown Police Department * Gleason Police Department * Goodlettsville Police Department * Gordonsville Police Department *

Graysville Police Department Graysville is the name of several places: ;In the United States *Graysville, Alabama *Graysville, Georgia *Graysville, Indiana * Graysville, Missouri *Graysville, Ohio *Graysville, Tennessee Graysville is a town in Rhea County, Tennessee, United ...

* Greenbrier Police Department * Greeneville Police Department *

Greenfield Police Department Greenfield or Greenfields may refer to: Engineering and Business * Greenfield agreement, an employment agreement for a new organisation * Greenfield investment, the investment in a structure in an area where no previous facilities exist * Greenf ...

Halls Police Department Halls is a plural of the word hall. Halls may also refer to: People * Walter Halls (1871–1953), British trade unionist and politician * Ethel May Halls (1882–1967), American actress * Julian Halls (born 1967), British field hockey player * ...

* Harriman Police Department * Hartsville Police Department *

Henderson Police Department The Henderson Police Department (HPD) is the police department of the City of Henderson in Clark County in southern Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Ida ...

Hendersonville Police Department Hendersonville may refer to: Places United States *Hendersonville, Mississippi, an early settlement (extinct town) in Yalobusha County, Mississippi *Hendersonville, North Carolina, a town south-east of Asheville *Hendersonville, Pennsylvania, a su ...

* Hohenwald Police Department * Hollow Rock Police Department * Hornbeak Police Department * Humboldt Police Department * Huntingdon Police Department * Huntland Police Department * Jacksboro Police Department *

Jackson Police Department Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, ...

Jamestown Police Department Jamestown often refers to: * Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas Jamestown may also refer to Places Australia *Jamestown, South Australia Barbados * Holetown, Saint James, Barbados; sometimes called its ...

Jasper Police Department Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> ...

* Jefferson City Police Department * Jellico Police Department * Johnson City Police Department * Jonesborough Police Department * Kenton Police Department * Kimball Police Department * Kingsport Police Department *

Kingston Police Department Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Knoxville Police Department The Knoxville Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. History Knoxville was settled in the late 18th century, but law enforcement and criminal justice were handled by Knox County in ...

* La Vergne Police Department * Lafayette Police Department *

LaFollette Police Department LaFollette is a city in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 7,456 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2018 of 6,737. It is the principal city of the LaFollette, Tennessee micropolitan statistical area, w ...

* Lake City Police Department * Lawrenceburg Police Department * Lebanon Police Department * Lenoir City Police Department * Lewisburg Police Department * Lexington Police Department * Livingston Police Department *

Lookout Mountain Police Department A lookout or look-out is a person in charge of the observation of hazards. The term originally comes from a naval background, where lookouts would watch for other ships, land, and various dangers. The term has now passed into wider parlance. ...

* Loretto Police Department * Loudon Police Department * Madisonville Police Department *

Manchester Police Department Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

* Martin Police Department * Maryville Police Department * Mason Police Department * Maynardville Police Department * McEwen Police Department * McKenzie Police Department * McMinnville Police Department *

Medina Police Department Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

* Memphis Police Department *

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is the primary provider of law enforcement services for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. The MNPD covers a total area of that encompasses everything from high density urban loca ...

Middleton Police Department Middleton may refer to: People *Middleton (name), list of notable people with surname of Middleton Places Australia * Middleton, Queensland *Middleton, South Australia *Middleton, Tasmania, on the D'Entrecasteaux Channel * Middleton Beach, Western ...

* Milan Police Department * Millersville Police Department * Millington Police Department * Monteagle City Police Department * Monterey Police Department *

Morristown Police Department Morristown may refer to: Places Canada *Morristown, Nova Scotia (disambiguation) United States *Morristown, Arizona *Morristown, Indiana **Morristown station (Indiana) *Morristown, Minnesota **Morristown Township, Rice County, Minnesota *Morristow ...

* Mount Carmel Police Department * Mount Juliet Police Department * Mount Pleasant Police Department * Mountain City Police Department * Munford Police Department * Murfreesboro Police Department *

New Johnsonville Police Department New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz Albums and EPs * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartn ...

* New Market Police Department * New Tazewell Police Department *

Newbern Police Department Newbern or New Bern may refer to: People * David Newbern (born 1937), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court * George Newbern (born 1964), American actor * Hambone Willie Newbern (1901–1965), American blues musician * Melvin Newbern (born 1967 ...

* Newport Police Department * Niota Police Department * Nolensville Police Department * Norris Police Department * Oak Ridge Police Department * Obion Police Department *

Oliver Springs Police Department Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', List of books in The Railway Series#Oliver the Western Engine, volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a nove ...

* Oneida Police Department *

Paris Police Department Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Sin ...

* Parsons Police Department * Pigeon Forge Police Department * Pikeville Police Department * Pittman Center Police Department * Plainview Police Department * Pleasant View Police Department * Portland Police Department *

Powells Crossroads Police Department Powells or Powell's may refer to: Places * Powell Islands (Powells), Raa Atoll, Maldives Cities, towns, communities * Powells Corners, Ontario, Canada United States * Powells Crossroads, Tennessee * Powells Point, North Carolina * Powellton, ...

Pulaski Police Department Pulaski may refer to: Places * Pulaski Heights, a section of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas * Pulaski Shoal, an underwater landform west of the Florida Keys * Pulaski, Georgia, a town * Pulaski Square, one of the "Squares of Savannah" in th ...

Red Bank Police Department Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...

Red Boiling Springs Police Department Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to Orange (colour), orange and opposite Violet (color), violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the ...

Ridgely Police Department Ridgely may refer to: Places * Ridgely, Maryland, U.S **Ridgely Airpark * Ridgely, Missouri, U.S * Ridgely, Tennessee, U.S * Ridgely Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, U.S. * Fort Ridgely, a frontier U.S. Army outpost 1851–1867 in Minneso ...

* Ripley Police Department * Rockwood Police Department * Rutledge Police Department * Savannah Police Department * Scotts Hill Police Department * Selmer Police Department * Sevierville Police Department * Sewanee Police Department * Sharon Police Department * Shelbyville Police Department * Signal Mountain Police Department *

Smithville Police Department __NOTOC__ Smithville may refer to: Places Canada *Smithville, Nova Scotia *Smithville, Ontario United States *Smithville, Arkansas *Smithville, California, now Loomis, California *Smithville, Georgia *Smithville, Illinois *Smithville, Monroe Co ...

* Smyrna Police Department * Sneedville Police Department * Soddy-Daisy Police Department *

Somerville Police Department Somerville may refer to: *Somerville College, Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford Places *Somerville, Victoria, Australia * Somerville, Western Australia, a suburb of Kalgoorlie, Australia *Somerville, New Zealand, a suburb ...

* South Pittsburg Police Department * Sparta Police Department * Spencer Police Department *

Spring City Police Department Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

Spring Hill Police Department Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

* Springfield Police Department * Surgoinsville Police Department * Sweetwater Police Department * Tazewell Police Department *

Tellico Plains Police Department Tellico Plains is a town in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 859 at the 2000 census and 880 at the 2010 census. History The area along the Tellico River was inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous peoples. The h ...

* Tiptonville Police Department * Townsend Police Department * Tracy City Police Department * Trenton Police Department * Trezevant Police Department * Troy Police Department * Tullahoma Police Department * Unicoi Police Department * Union City Police Department * Vonore Police Department * Wartrace Police Department * Watertown Police Department *

Waverly Police Department Waverly may refer to: Education ;United States * Waverly Community Schools, a school district located in Lansing, Michigan * Waverly School District 145, Nebraska * Waverly Central School District, New York * Waverly High School (disambiguation) ...

* Waynesboro Police Department * Westmoreland Police Department * White Bluff Police Department * White House Police Department * White Pine Police Department * Whiteville Police Department * Whitwell Police Department * Winchester Police Department * Woodbury Police Department

College/University Police Agencies

East Tennessee State University DPS East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is a Public university, public research university in Johnson City, Tennessee. Although it is part of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee, the university is governed by an instit ...

Tennessee Valley Authority Police The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a Federal government of the United States, federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States. TVA's service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, an ...

* University of Tennessee Police * Vanderbilt University Police Department * Middle Tennessee State University Police Department
Knox County Schools Security Division

Disbanded/Defunct agencies

* Ridgetop Police Department * Lakewood Police Department * Walden Police Department

References

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