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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, including local (city), county, and statewide agencies. Historic agencies are included. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 509 law enforcement agencies employing 79,431 sworn peace officers, about 217 for each 100,000 residents.

State agencies

California Department of Justice The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the California Attorney General (AG) which carries out complex cri ...

** California Bureau of Investigation - Special Agents ** California Bureau of Firearms - Special Agents **

California Bureau of Forensic Services California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

- Special Agents **

California Bureau of Gambling Control The California Bureau of Gambling Control is a regulatory agency that is part of the California Department of Justice. It regulates legal gambling activities in California to ensure that gambling is conducted honestly, competitively, and free fr ...

- Special Agents ** California Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse - Special Agents *

California Highway Patrol The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is a state law enforcement agency of the U.S. state of California. The CHP has primary patrol jurisdiction over all California highways and roads and streets outside city limits, and can exercise law enforcem ...

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the penal law enforcement agency of the government of California responsible for the operation of the California state prison and parole systems. Its headquarters are in Sacram ...

**California Office of Correctional Safety - State Fugitive Apprehension Teams & Special Service Unit *

California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is a government agency of the state of California that regulates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. Background Upon the repeal of prohibition in 1933 and ...

- Special Agents *

California Department of Fish and Wildlife The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), formerly known as the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), is a state agency under the California Natural Resources Agency. The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages and protec ...

Game Warden A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an environmental technician or technologist, game warden, forest ranger, forest watcher, forest g ...

s * California State Parks Peace Officer *

California Department of Toxic Substances Control The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (or DTSC) is an agency of the government of the state of California. The mission of the DTSC is to protect public health and the environment from toxic harm. DTSC is part of the California E ...

- Criminal Investigators *California Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations Division - Investigator *California Department of Insurance - Investigations Division *

California Franchise Tax Board The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) administers and collects state personal income tax and corporate franchise and income tax of California. It is part of the California Government Operations Agency. The board is composed of the Californ ...

- Investigations Bureau *California Lottery Security and Law Enforcement Division *

California Department of Consumer Affairs The California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) is a department within the California Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. DCA's stated mission is to serve the interests of California's consumers by ensuring a standard of profess ...

- Division of Investigation * California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Law Enforcement * California Department of Health Care Services - Investigations Branch *California Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch *

California Health and Human Services Agency The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) is the state agency tasked with administration and oversight of "state and federal programs for health care, social services, public assistance and rehabilitation" in the U.S. state of Califo ...

**California Department of State Hospitals - Hospital Police Officers **Office of Law Enforcement Support **Office of Special Investigations **

California Department of Developmental Services The California Department of Developmental Services is a state agency of California, headquartered in Downtown Sacramento ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highl ...

- Developmental Center Police Officers

County agencies

Alameda County Alameda County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland. Alam ...

Alameda County Sheriff's Office The Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is a law enforcement agency serving Alameda County, California. ACSO is accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA), the American Correctional Association (ACA ...

Alameda County Probation Department An alameda is a street or path lined with trees () and may refer to: Places Canada * Alameda, Saskatchewan, town in Saskatchewan ** Grant Devine Dam, formerly ''Alameda Dam'', a dam and reservoir in southern Saskatchewan Chile * Alameda (Santia ...

Alpine County Sheriff's Office Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to: Places Europe * Alps, a European mountain range ** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range Australia * Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village * Alpine National P ...

Amador County Sheriff's Office Amador may refer to: People * Amador (name) Places *Amador County, California *Amador City, California *Amador, Panama *Lake Amador, a reservoir *Amador Valley, Alameda County, California * Dougherty, Alameda County, California, formerly called ...

Butte County Sheriff's Department __NOTOC__ In geomorphology, a butte () is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word ''butte'' comes from a French word meani ...

* Calaveras County Sheriff's Department * Colusa County Sheriff's Office * Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office * Del Norte County Sheriff's Office * El Dorado County Sheriff's Office *

Fresno County Sheriff's Department Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in ...

* Glenn County Sheriff's Office * Humboldt County Sheriff's Office * Imperial County Sheriff's Office * Inyo County Sheriff's Office *

Kern County Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county sp ...

** Kern County Sheriff's Office ** Kern County Probation Department ** Kern County Parks and Recreation: Park Rangers * Kings County Sheriff's Department * Lake County Sheriff's Department * Lassen County Sheriff's Office *

Los Angeles County Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the List of the most populous counties in the United States, most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States ...

Los Angeles County Probation Department The Los Angeles County Probation Department provides services for those placed on probation within Los Angeles County, California. Cal Remington is the current interim chief probation officer. The department is the largest probation departme ...

* Madera County Sheriff's Department * Marin County Sheriff's Office * Mariposa County Sheriff's Department * Mendocino County Sheriff's Office * Merced County Sheriff's Office * Modoc County Sheriff's Office * Mono County Sheriff's Department * Monterey County Sheriff's Office * Napa County Sheriff's Department * Nevada County Sheriff's Office * Orange County Sheriff's Department * Placer County Sheriff's Office * Plumas County Sheriff's Office *

Riverside County Sheriff's Department The Riverside County Sheriff's Department (RCSD or RSD), also known as the Riverside Sheriff's Office (RSO), is a law enforcement agency in Riverside County, in the U.S. state of California. Overseen by an elected sheriff-coroner, the department ...

* Sacramento County **

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office (SSO), is a local law enforcement agency that serves Sacramento County, California. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, as well as incorporated cities ...

** Sacramento County Park Rangers *

San Benito County, California San Benito County (; ''San Benito'', Spanish for " St. Benedict"), officially the County of San Benito, is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,209. The c ...

** San Benito County Sheriff's Office *** San Benito County Marshal's Office - Closed 2010 *

San Bernardino County San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181, ...

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department (SBSD) serves San Bernardino County, California, which is geographically the largest county in the United States (excluding Alaska's boroughs) and is headquartered in San Bernardino city. ...

**San Bernardino County Probation Department *

San Diego County San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the f ...

San Diego County Sheriff's Department The San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSD), is the primary and largest law enforcement agency in San Diego County, California, and one of the largest sheriff's departments in the United States: with over 4,000 employees, an annual budget ...

** San Diego County Probation Department *

San Francisco Sheriff's Department The San Francisco Sheriff's Office (SFSO), officially the City and County of San Francisco Sheriff's Office, is the sheriff's office for the City and County of San Francisco. The current sheriff is Paul Miyamoto. The department has 850 deputized ...

* San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department * San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department * San Mateo County Sheriff's Office * Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office *

Santa Clara County Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together ...

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency that serves Santa Clara County, California. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County, as well as incorporated cities withi ...

** Santa Clara County Park Ranger ** Santa Clara County Department of Correction * Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office * Shasta County Sheriff's Office * Sierra County Sheriff's Office * Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department * Solano County Sheriff's Office *

Sonoma County Sonoma County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, its population was 488,863. Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa. It is to the north of Marin County and the south of Mendocino ...

** Sonoma County Sheriff's Department ** Sonoma County Park Rangers *

Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department (SCSD) is an American law enforcement agency that is charged with law enforcement duties within the boundaries of Stanislaus County, California. As of the 2020 United States census The United States c ...

* Sutter County Sheriff's Department * Tehama County Sheriff's Office * Trinity County Sheriff's Department * Tulare County Sheriff's Office * Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office * Ventura County Sheriff's Office * Yolo County Sheriff's Department * Yuba County Sheriff's Department

Municipal agencies

* Adelanto Police Department *

Alameda Police Department An alameda is a street or path lined with trees () and may refer to: Places Canada *Alameda, Saskatchewan, town in Saskatchewan **Grant Devine Dam, formerly ''Alameda Dam'', a dam and reservoir in southern Saskatchewan Chile * Alameda (Santiag ...

* Alhambra Police Department * Alturas Police Department *

Anaheim Police Department Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most ...

* Anderson Police Department * Angels Camp Police Department *

Antioch Police Department The Antioch Police Department is a police department serving the East Bay city of Antioch, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. History The police department was created in 1872 to handle security and law enforcement in the coal mining tow ...

Arcadia Police Department The Arcadia Police Department is the police department serving Arcadia, California. The headquarters of the Arcadia Police Department is located at 250 West Huntington Drive, adjacent to Arcadia City Hall and across the street from the Santa Ani ...

* Arcata Police Department * Arroyo Grande Police Department * Arvin Police Department * Atascadero Police Department * Atherton Police Department * Auburn Police Department * Avenal Police Department * Azusa Police Department *

Bakersfield Police Department The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) is the agency responsible for law enforcement within the city of Bakersfield, California, in the United States. It has over 590 officers and professional staff, covering an area of serving an urban popu ...

* Baldwin Park Police Department * Banning Police Department * Barstow Police Department * Bear Valley Police Department * Beaumont Police Department * Bell Police Department * Bell Gardens Police Department * Belvedere Police Department * Belmont Police Department * Benicia Police Department *

Berkeley Police Department The Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department for the city of Berkeley, California, USA. History Shortly after Berkeley was incorporated in 1878, a town marshal and constables were elected to provide law enforcement. ...

Beverly Hills Police Department The Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) is the police department of the City of Beverly Hills, California. History The first law enforcement agency was formed shortly after the City of Beverly Hills was incorporated in 1914. The first city ...

* Bishop Police Department * Blythe Police Department * Brawley Police Department *

Brea Police Department Brea (; Spanish for "tar") is a city in northern Orange County, California. The population as of the 2010 census was 39,282. It is southeast of Los Angeles. Brea is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The city began as a center of c ...

Chowchilla Police Department The chowchilla (''Orthonyx spaldingii'') is a passerine bird in the family Orthonychidae. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy In their 1999 study, Schodde and Mason recognise two adjoining subspecies, ''O. s. spaldingii'' and ''O. s. ...

Chula Vista Police Department The Chula Vista Police Department serves the city of Chula Vista, California. The department is divided into five divisions: The Administrative Services Division, the Patrol Operations Division, the Investigations Division, the Community Engageme ...

Culver City Police Department The Culver City Police Department (CCPD) is the police department in Culver City, California. The CCPD is a full-service police department and includes more than 160 persons on staff, and serves an area of . The Interim Police Chief is Jason Sim ...

Fresno Police Department The Fresno Police Department (FPD) is the municipal police department for Fresno, California. Their headquarters is located at 2323 Mariposa Mall. Paco Balderama is the current Chief of Police for the Fresno Police Department since January 11, 2 ...

Fullerton Police Department The Fullerton Police Department of Fullerton, California, was established in 1904 when the city incorporated. The Fullerton Police Department currently employs 153 sworn officers and 78 civilian employees. It has a budget of about $35 million. ...

* Galt Police Department * Garden Grove Police Department *

Gardena Police Department The Gardena Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Gardena, California, in the United States. The current Chief of Police is Michael Saffell, appointed in 2019. Chief Saffell is a 30 year veteran of ...

* Gilroy Police Department *

Glendale Police Department Glendale is the anglicised version of the Gaelic Gleann Dail, which means ''valley of fertile, low-lying arable land''. It may refer to: Places Australia *Glendale, New South Wales **Stockland Glendale, a shopping centre * Glendale, Queensland, a ...

Glendora Police Department Glendora may refer to: Places *Glendora, California, an American city near Los Angeles ** Glendora Curve, an American road interchange between State Route 57 and the Foothill Freeway in California **Glendora High School, in Glendora, Los Angeles ...

* Gonzales Police Department * Grass Valley Police Department * Greenfield Police Department * Gridley Police Department * Grover Beach Police Department * Guadlupe Police Department * Gustine Police Department * Hanford Police Department *

Hawthorne Police Department The Hawthone Police Department of Hawthorne, California in Los Angeles County, was established in 1922. The Hawthone Police Department serves a community of 84,293 people and employs 100 officers and 60 support staff. History The Hawthone Police ...

* Hayward Police Department * Healdsburg Police Department * Hemet Police Department * Hercules Police Department *

Hermosa Beach Police Department Hermosa (Spanish for "beautiful" or "gorgeous") may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places Philippines * Hermosa, Bataan United States * Hermosa Beach, California * Hermosa, Colorado * Hermosa Creek, a stream in Colorado * Hermosa Creek Wilderness, a wilde ...

* Hillsborough Police Department * Hollister Police Department * Huntington Beach Police Department *

Huntington Park Police Department Huntington may refer to: Places Canada * Huntington, Nova Scotia New Zealand * Huntington, New Zealand a suburb in Hamilton, New Zealand United Kingdom * Huntington, Cheshire, England * Huntington, East Lothian, Scotland * Huntington, ...

* Huron Police Department * Imperial Police Department * Indio Police Department *

Inglewood Police Department __NOTOC__ The Inglewood Police Department is the police department serving Inglewood, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of ...

* Ione Police Department *

Irvine Police Department The Irvine Police Department is the local law enforcement agency of the city of Irvine, California, United States. The department's jurisdiction includes the entire city of Irvine, which covers nearly and a population of over 270,000, as well a ...

* Irwindale Police Department * Jackson Police Department * Kensington Police Department * Kerman Police Department * King City Police Department *

Kingsburg Police Department Kingsburg can refer to: *Kingsburg, California *Kingsburg, Nova Scotia *Kingsburg, South Dakota See also *Kingsbury (disambiguation) Kingsbury may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the bor ...

* La Habra Police Department * La Mesa Police Department * La Palma Police Department *

La Verne Police Department LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

* Lafayette Police Department *

Laguna Beach Police Department Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to: People * Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay * Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist * Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet d ...

* Lakeport Police Department * Lathrop Police Department * Lemoore Police Department (California) * Lincoln Police Department * Lindsay Department of Public Safety * Livermore Police Department * Livingston Police Department * Lodi Police Department * Lompoc Police Department * Long Beach Police Department * Los Alamitos Police Department * Los Altos Police Department *

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world ...

Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-lar ...

Newark Police Department Established in April 1857, the Newark Police Department (NPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving Newark, New Jersey, and the largest municipal law enforcement agency in New Jersey. As of December 2017 the force had 1,146 officers. I ...

* Newman Police Department * Newport Beach Police Department * Novato Police Department * Oakdale Police Department *

Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay ...

Riverside Police Department The Riverside Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Riverside, California. History The Riverside Police Department was founded in 1896 and has grown from a small frontier town police force to a large metro ...

* Rocklin Police Department * Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety * Roseville Police Department * Ross Police Department *

Sacramento Police Department The Sacramento Police Department (SPD) is the police department for the city of Sacramento, California. On August 11, 2017, Daniel Hahn was sworn in and became the city's first African American police chief. History The founding of the City of S ...

* Salinas Police Department * San Bernardino Police Department * San Bruno Police Department * San Carlos Police Department * San Diego Police Department * San Fernando Police Department *

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

** San Francisco Police Department ** San Francisco Patrol Special Police * San Gabriel Police Department * San Jose Police Department * San Leandro Police Department * San Luis Obispo Police Department * San Marino Police Department * San Mateo Police Department * San Pablo Police Department * San Rafael Police Department * San Ramon Police Department * Sand City Police Department * Sanger Police Department * Santa Ana Police Department *

Santa Barbara Police Department The Santa Barbara Police Department is a local law enforcement agency in the city of Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in January 1900 by the mayor at the time, Charles A. Storke. The department's jurisdiction is a little over and has a ...

* Santa Clara Police Department * Santa Cruz Police Department * Santa Maria Police Department *

Santa Monica Police Department The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) is a law enforcement agency of the city of Santa Monica, California. History The department was founded in May 1897. At the beginning of the twentieth century, cracking down on public drunkenness consum ...

* Santa Paula Police Department * Santa Rosa Police Department * Sausalito Police Department * Scotts Valley Police Department * Seal Beach Police Department * Seaside Police Department * Sebastopol Police Department * Selma Police Department * Shafter Police Department * Sierra Madre Police Department * Signal Hill Police Department *

Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department has 131 sworn officers and more than 65 support personnel. Its patrol area covers more than 47 square miles. History The ...

* Soledad Police Department * Sonora Police Department *

South Gate Police Department South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

* South Lake Tahoe Police Department * South Pasadena Police Department * South San Francisco Police Department * St. Helena Police Department * Stallion Springs Police Department * Stockton Police Department * Suisun City Police Department (California) * Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety * Susanville Police Department * Sutter Creek Police Department * Taft Police Department * Tehachapi Police Department * Tiburon Police Department *

Torrance Police Department The Torrance Police Department is the police department serving Torrance, California. The department employs 227 sworn officers and 124 civilians. The department is the largest law enforcement agency in South Bay, and is one of the largest polic ...

* Tracy Police Department * Truckee Police Department * Tulare Police Department * Tulelake Police Department * Turlock Police Department * Tustin Police Department * Ukiah Police Department * Union City Police Department * Upland Police Department * Vacaville Police Department *

Vallejo Police Department Vallejo may refer to: Places * Vallejo, California, United States, named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo * Vallejo Estate, Sonoma, California, a house and grounds on the National Register of Historic Places *Vallejo Flour Mill, Fremont, Californi ...

College and University agencies

* Allan Hancock Community College Police Department * Antelope Valley College District Police * Azusa Pacific University Campus Safety * California State University police departments * Cerritos Community College Police Department * Chaffey College Police Department * Chapman University Department of Public Safety * Coastline Community College District Police Department * Coastline Community College Public Safety * College of the Sequoias District Police Department * Compton College Police Department * Contra Costa Community College District Police Services * Crafton Hills Community College Police Services * Cuesta College Police Department * El Camino College Police Department * Fontana Unified School District Police Department * Foothill-De Anza College District Police Department * Fresno State University Police Department * Glendale Community College District Police Department * Goldenwest College Public Safety * Hartnell College Campus Safety Department * Irvine Valley College Police Department *

Los Rios Community College Police Department LOS, or Los, or LoS may refer to: Science and technology * Length of stay, the duration of a single episode of hospitalisation * Level of service, a measure used by traffic engineers * Level of significance, a measure of statistical significan ...

University of California Police Department Police departments in the University of California system are charged with providing law enforcement to each of the system's campuses. History The University of California was established in 1868, and moved its first campus to Berkeley in 187 ...

* University of the Pacific Police Department * University of San Diego Department of Public Safety * University of San Francisco Department of Public Safety * University of Southern California Department of Public Safety * Ventura County Community College Police Department * Victor Valley College Police Department * West Valley-Mission Community College District Police * Yuba College Police Department

K-12 School Agencies

Special District agencies

FEMA - 33392 - Photograph by Andrea Booher taken on 10-30-2007 in California

Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department The BART Police (BARTPD), officially the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department, is the transit police agency of the BART rail system in the U.S. state of California. The department has approximately three hundred police personnel, including o ...

* Bear River Police Department * Bear Valley Police Department (Bear Valley Community Services District) * Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District (BIMID) * Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Police Department * Broadmoor Police Protection District *

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Police Hollywood Burbank Airport, legally and formerly marketed as Bob Hope Airport after entertainer Bob Hope , is a public airport northwest of downtown Burbank, in Los Angeles County, California, United States.. Federal Aviation Administration. ef ...

* Compton Municipal Law Enforcement * Cahto Tribal Police Department * Capistrano Bay Police Department (Capistrano Bay Community Services District) *

Central Marin Police Authority The Central Marin Police Authority (CMPA) is a police agency in Marin County, California, covering Corte Madera, Larkspur, San Anselmo and portions of Greenbrae. In 1980 Corte Madera and its neighbor Larkspur merged their police departments int ...

* California Exposition & State Fair Police (Cal Expo Police) * East Bay Regional Park District Police Department * Exposition Park Department of Public Safety * Fulton–El Camino Park Police Department * Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department * Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District * Kern County Airport Police * Lake Shastina Police Department (Lake Shastina C.S.D.) * Long Beach Harbor Patrol * Long Beach Park Rangers * Los Angeles World Airports Police Division * Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Park Ranger Division * Port of Los Angeles Police Division * Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Law Enforcement Division * Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Ranger Division * Montebello Park Rangers * Monterey County Park Rangers * Monterey Peninsula Airport Police * Metropolitan Transit System Police Department * Napa Valley Railroad Police Department * Port of Stockton Police * Round Valley Tribal Police Department * Sacramento Regional Transit Police * San Diego Harbor Police (San Diego Unified Port District) * San Diego Humane Society and SPCA Law Enforcement / Investigations Division * San Francisco Park Patrol * Santa Ana Park Rangers * Santa Cruz Harbor Patrol * Stallion Springs Police * Town of Discovery Bay Community Services District (CSD) * Yurok Tribal Police Department

Federal law enforcement agencies in California

San Francisco Police Department cruiser (K-9 division, 2008)

United States Park Police The United States Park Police (USPP) is one of the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Servic ...

National Park Service Ranger National Park Service rangers are among the uniformed employees charged with protecting and preserving areas set aside in the National Park System by the United States Congress and the President of the United States. While all employees of the ag ...

(Law Enforcement) *

United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 United States National Forest, national forests and 20 United States Nationa ...

(Law Enforcement) * United States Mint Police *

Federal Bureau of Prisons The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Justice that is responsible for the care, custody, and control of incarcerated individuals who have committed federal crimes; that i ...

* Federal Protective Service *

Federal Reserve Police The U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement unit of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. History Federal Reserve System Law Enforcement Officers derive their authority from Section 11(q) of ...

United States Fish and Wildlife Service The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats. The mission of the agency is "working with othe ...

Bureau of Indian Affairs Police The Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, Office of Justice Services (BIA or BIA-OJS), also known as BIA Police, is the law enforcement arm of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. The BIA's official mission is to "uphold the constitutional so ...

* Office of the United States Marshal for the Northern District of California * Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California * Office of the United States Marshal for the Central District of California * Office of the United States Marshal for the Southern District of California *

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, m ...

United States Secret Service The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting U.S. political leaders, their families, and ...

United States Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilit ...

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration tha ...

* Homeland Security Investigations * United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service *

United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police (VA Police) is the uniformed law enforcement service of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, responsible for the protection of the VA Medical Centers (VAMC) and other facilities such as ...

United States Army Military Police Corps The United States Army Military Police Corps (USAMPC) is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Army. Investigations are conducted by Military Police Investigators under the Provost Marshal General's Office or Special Agents ...

(Civilian/Uniformed) *

United States Air Force Security Forces The United States Air Force Security Forces (SF) are the ground combat force and military police service of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. USAF Security Forces (SF) were formerly known as Military Police (MP), Air Police (AP), and Se ...

(Civilian/Uniformed) * Commander, Navy Region Southwest Police (Civilian/Uniformed) *

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the ...

(Special Agents/OIG) *

Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice ...

Federal Bureau of Investigation Police The FBI Police is the uniformed security police of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and is part of the Bureau's Security Division. The FBI Police is tasked with protecting key FBI facilities, properties, personnel, users, visitors, infor ...

Department of Defense Police United States Department of Defense Police (or DoD Police) are the uniformed civilian police officers of the United States Department of Defense, various branches of the United States Armed Forces (such as the Department of the Navy), or specific ...

**Defense Logistics Agency Police *

Federal law enforcement in the United States The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole. While the majority of federal law enforcement employees work for ...

Defunct agencies

California State Police The California State Police (CSP) was a state level security police agency founded on March 15, 1887 which primarily served to protect the State Capitol Building, the Governor, other state agencies located throughout the state, and thousands ...

* California State Rangers * Alviso Police Department merged into San Jose Police Department * Avalon Police Department Disbanded - services now provided by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department * Blue Lake Police Department - merged with Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and partially replaced by Blue Lake Rancheria Police Department * Compton Police Department * Dorris Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office * Dunsmuir Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office * Ft. Jones Police Department Disbanded - Services provided by Etna Police Department * Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Police Department - Disbanded - Services provided by San Diego County Sheriff's Department * Half Moon Bay Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office * Holtville Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Imperial County Sheriffs' Office * Housing Authority City of Los Angeles Police Department (disbanded on 12/31/03, area serviced by Los Angeles Police Department) * Imperial Beach Police Department Disbanded - Merged into San Diego County Sheriff's Department 1982 * Isleton Police Department (Disbanded in 2012, area serviced by

) * Los Angeles General Services Police now the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Security Services Division * Los Angeles Community College District Police Department merged into LASD * Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety * Maricopa Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Kern County Sheriff's Office * Maywood-Cudahy Police Department (California), Maywood-Cudahy Police Department * Millbrae Police Department (California), Millbrae Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office * Montague Police Department Disbanded - Services provided by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office * Santa Clara County Transit Police - Services contracted with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department Transit Patrol Division * San Anselmo Police Department * San Carlos Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office * San Juan Bautista Police Department * San Jose Unified School District Police * Southern California Rapid Transit District Police Department * Stanton Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Orange County Sheriff's Department in February, 1988 * Trinidad Police Department (California), Trinidad Police Department (Disbanded in 2010) merged with Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and partially replaced by Trinidad Rancheria Police Department * Twin Cities Police Authority now known as

* Willows Police Department disbanded as of 7/1/17. Services provided by Glenn County Sheriff's Office

References

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