This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies'', the state had 389 law enforcement agencies employing 7,833 sworn police officers, about 183 for each 100,000 residents.

State agencies

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, an agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, is responsible for the conservation of wildlife resources and for boating projects in the state. A commissioner appointed by the ...

** Kentucky State Conservation Officers * Kentucky Department of Parks ** Kentucky State Park Rangers * Kentucky Horse Park Police *

Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC) is an agency of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky that is responsible for providing law enforcement, criminal justice and correctional services to the citizens of Kentucky. The Cabinet is hea ...

** Kentucky Department of Corrections ** Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice **

Kentucky State Police The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is a department of the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the official State Police force of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, responsible for statewide law enforcement. The department was founded in 194 ...

*** Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement *** Facilities Security Branch * Kentucky Office of the Attorney General **

Kentucky Department of Criminal Investigation The Kentucky Department of Criminal Investigation is an agency in the Commonwealth of Kentucky that operates as the law enforcement and investigative arm of the Office of the Attorney General.It is the State Bureau of Investigation for the state ...

* Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet ** Kentucky Department of Charitable Gaming Enforcement ** Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

County agencies

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Mercer County Sheriff's Office Mercer may refer to: Business * Mercer (car), a defunct American automobile manufacturer (1909–1925) * Mercer (consulting firm), a large human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York City * Mercer (occupation), a merchant or trader, ...

City agencies

* Adairville Police Department * Albany Police Department * Alexandria Police Department * Ashland Police Department * Auburn Police Department *

Audubon Park Police Department The National Audubon Society (Audubon; ) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats. Located in the United States and incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organ ...

Louisville Metro Police Department The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) began operations on January 6, 2003, as part of the creation of the consolidated city-county government in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was formed by the merger of the Jefferson County Pol ...

Airport police

* Blue Grass Airport Police/Public Safety Department * Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl. Airport Police Department * Louisville Int'l/Regional Airport Authority Public Safety

County police

* Campbell County Police Department * Kenton County Police Department * Oldham County Police Department * Garrard County Police Department

Community corrections

* Kenton County Detention Center * Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Community Corrections * Louisville Metro Department of Corrections * Warren County Regional Juvenile Detention Center

University agencies

Public schools police

* Fayette County Public Schools Police Department

Railroad police

Amtrak Police The Amtrak Police Department (APD) is a quasi-federal railroad police department and the law enforcement agency of Amtrak (also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation), the government-owned passenger train system in the United Sta ...

* CSX Transportation Railroad Police * Norfolk Southern Railway Police * RJ Corman Railroad Police

Specialized police agencies

* Tennessee Valley Authority Police Department *

Kentucky Marijuana Strike Force The Kentucky Marijuana Strike Force, also known as the Kentucky Governor's Marijuana Strike/Task Force, is a multi-agency law enforcement task force managed by the Office of the Governor of Kentucky and Kentucky State Police Marijuana Suppres ...

Law enforcement training academies

* Department of Criminal Justice Training Academy * Lexington/Fayette Urban County Police Department Academy * Kentucky State Police Academy * Kentucky DOC Eastern Region Training Center * Louisville Metro Police Training Academy * Bowling Green Training Academy

Defunct agencies

Kentucky Highway Patrol The Kentucky Highway Patrol was founded in 1936 when the Division of Highway Patrol was created as a part of the Kentucky State Highway Department. The Highway Patrol began with 40 officers who enforced traffic laws on Kentucky roads. By 1948 the ...

*Latonia Police Department * Lexington Division of Police * Louisville Police Department * Millersburg Police Department * Rolling Hills Police Department * South Fort Mitchell Police Department * Walton Police Department * Woodford County Police Department * Wurtland Police Department

References

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Law enforcement agencies of Kentucky

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