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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
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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is the state bureau of investigation of the state of Tennessee. It has statutory authority to conduct criminal investigations and make arrests of crimes occurring throughout the state. The bureau is ...
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Tennessee Department of Correction The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is a 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 which are privately man ...
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Tennessee Department of Revenue The Tennessee Department of Revenue (TDOR) is an agency within the Tennessee state government that is responsible for administering the state’s tax laws and motor vehicle title and registration laws. More than 800 people work for the Department ...
* Tennessee Department of Safety *
Tennessee Highway Patrol The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is the State Patrol organization for the U.S. state of Tennessee, responsible for enforcing all federal and state laws relating to traffic on the state's federal and state highways. The agency was created to pr ...
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is an independent state agency of the state of Tennessee with the mission of managing the state's fish and wildlife and their habitats, as well as responsibility for all wildlife-related law enforcem ...
* Tennessee Governor's Task Force on Marijuana Eradication


County agencies

* Anderson County Sheriff's Office * 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 (United States), county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 108,620, making it the thirteenth most populous county in ...
* Campbell County Sheriff's Office * Cannon County Sheriff's Office * Carroll County Sheriff's Office * Carter County Sheriff's Office * Cheatham County Sheriff's Office *
Chester County Sheriff's Office Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Local ...
* Claiborne County Sheriff's Office * 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. (1 ...
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Coffee County Sheriff's Office Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. Seeds of th ...
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Crockett County Sheriff's Office Crockett may refer to: People and fictional characters *Crockett Gillmore (born 1991), American National Football League player *Crockett Johnson, pen name of David Johnson Liesk (1906-1975), American cartoonist and children's book illustrator * ...
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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 *Cumberla ...
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 * 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 * Hardin County Sheriff's Office * Hawkins County Sheriff's Office * Haywood County Sheriff's Office * Henderson County Sheriff's Office * Henry County Sheriff's Office * Hickman County Sheriff's Office * Houston County Sheriff's Office * Humphreys County Sheriff's Office * 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 * Lawrence County Sheriff's Office * Lewis County Sheriff's Office * Lincoln County Sheriff's Office * Loudon County Sheriff's Office * Macon County Sheriff's Office * Madison County Sheriff's Office * Marion County Sheriff's Office * Marshall County Sheriff's Office * Maury County Sheriff's Office * McMinn County Sheriff's Office * McNairy County Sheriff's Office * Meigs County Sheriff's Office * Monroe County Sheriff's Office * Montgomery County Sheriff's Office * Moore County Sheriff's Office * Morgan County Sheriff's Office * Obion County Sheriff's Office * Overton County Sheriff's Office * Perry County Sheriff's Office * Pickett County Sheriff's Office * Polk County Sheriff's Office * Putnam County Sheriff's Office * Rhea County Sheriff's Office * Roane County Sheriff's Office * Robertson County Sheriff's Office * Rutherford County Sheriff's Office * 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 * 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 * Unicoi County Sheriff's Office * Union County Sheriff's Office * Van Buren County Sheriff's Office * Warren County Sheriff's Office * 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 The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 155,810 people within of jurisdiction within Alexandria, Virginia. The APD has been internationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enf ...
* Algood Police Department * Ardmore Police Department * Ashland City Police Department * Atoka Police Department * Athens Police Department * Bartlett Police Department * 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 * Bruceton Police Department * Calhoun Police Department * Camden Police Department * Carthage Police Department * Caryville Police Department * Celina Police Department * Centerville Police Department * Charleston Police Department * Chattanooga Police Department * 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 * 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 Maidstone ...
* Dresden Police Department * Dunlap Police Department * Dyer Police Department * Dyersburg Police Department * East Ridge Police Department * Elizabethton Police Department * Elkton Police Department * Englewood Police Department * 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 resor ...
* 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 * Halls Police Department * Harriman Police Department * Hartsville Police Department * Henderson Police Department * Hendersonville Police Department * 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 * Jasper Police Department * 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 * Knoxville Police Department * La Vergne Police Department *
Lafayette Police Department Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757â ...
* LaFollette Police Department * 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 * Loretto Police Department * Loudon Police Department * Madisonville Police Department * Manchester Police Department * Martin Police Department * Maryville Police Department * Mason Police Department * Maynardville Police Department * McEwen Police Department * McKenzie Police Department * McMinnville Police Department * Medina Police Department *
Memphis Police Department The Memphis Police Department is the law enforcement agency of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Organization The Memphis Police Department (MPD) provides police services to the people of the city of Memphis in a 304 square-mile are ...
* Metropolitan Nashville Police Department * Middleton Police Department * Milan Police Department * Millersville Police Department * Millington Police Department * Monteagle City Police Department * Monterey Police Department * Morristown Police Department * 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 Market Police Department * New Tazewell Police Department * Newbern Police Department * Newport Police Department * Niota Police Department * Nolensville Police Department * Norris Police Department * Oak Ridge Police Department * Obion Police Department * Oliver Springs Police Department * Oneida Police Department * Paris Police Department * 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 * Pulaski Police Department *
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 * Ridgely Police Department * 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 * Smyrna Police Department * Sneedville Police Department * Soddy-Daisy Police Department * Somerville Police Department * South Pittsburg Police Department * Sparta Police Department * Spencer Police Department * Spring City Police Department * Spring Hill Police Department * Springfield Police Department * Surgoinsville Police Department * Sweetwater Police Department * Tazewell Police Department * Tellico Plains Police Department * 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 * 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 * Tennessee Valley Authority Police * University of Tennessee Police *
Vanderbilt University Police Department Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its i ...
* Middle Tennessee State University Police Department
Knox County Schools Security Division


Disbanded/Defunct agencies

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


See also

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References

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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 ...
Law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws. Jurisdiction LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction. LEA ...