This is a list of Law Enforcement Agencies in the state of

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. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 373 law enforcement agencies employing 47,177 sworn police officers, about 222 for each 100,000 residents.

Federal Agencies

These are federal agencies that have common operations within the state. * Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Office of Probation and Pretrial Services *

Amtrak Police Department 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 ...

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and preve ...

* Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement * Department of the Air Force Police * Department of the Navy Police *

Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA; ) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Justice tasked with combating drug trafficking and distribution within the U.S. It is the lead agency for domestic en ...

Federal Air Marshal Service The Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Because of the natu ...

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 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 * Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations Division * National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Protective Services * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement *

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational properti ...

* National Nuclear and Security Administration, Office of Secure Transport *

United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations The Department of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) is a U.S. federal law enforcement agency that reports directly to the Secretary of the Air Force. OSI is also a U.S. Air Force field operating agency under the administrativ ...

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 ...

* United States Army Military Police *

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 Customs and Border Protection *

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 Diplomatic Security Service * United States Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division * United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement * United States Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge Law Enforcement * United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations * United States Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations *

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 ...

* United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division * United States Marine Corps Military Police * United States Marine Corps Police *

United States Marshal Service The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The USMS is a Government agency, bureau within the United States Department of Justice, U.S. Depa ...

* United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service * United States Navy Security Forces * United States Postal Inspection Service *

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 ...

State Agencies

* Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ** Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement *

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation The Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) is the agency charged with licensing and regulating more than 1.6 million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, such as alcohol, beverage & tobacco, barbers/cosmetologi ...

** Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco *** Bureau of Law Enforcement *

Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Department of Corrections operates state prisons in the U.S. state of Florida. It has its headquarters in Florida's capital of Tallahassee. The Florida Department of Corrections operates the third largest state prison system in t ...

** Office of Inspector General *** Bureau of State Investigations/Law Enforcement *

Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is the Florida government agency responsible for environmental protection. History By the mid-1960s, when the federal government was becoming increasingly involved in initiatives desig ...

** Division of Law Enforcement *** Environmental Crimes Unit * Florida Department of Financial Services ** Division of Investigative and Forensic Services * Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles ** Division of Florida Highway Patrol * Florida Department of Law Enforcement ** Division of Investigations and Forensic Science ** Division of Florida Capitol Police * Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ** Division of Law Enforcement * Florida Lottery ** Division of Security * Florida Office of the Attorney General ** Medicaid Fraud Control Unit *

Florida Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of seven members: the chief justice and six justices. Six members are chosen from six districts around the state to foster geographic diversity, and one ...

** Office of the Marshal *

Florida First District Court of Appeal The Florida First District Court of Appeal, also known as the First DCA, is headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, the state capital. It is unique among the five Florida District Courts of Appeal in that, much like the U.S. Court of Appeals for th ...

**Office of the Marshal *

Florida Second District Court of Appeal The Florida Second District Court of Appeal is headquartered in Lakeland, Florida and has a branch on the campus of Stetson University College of Law in Tampa. There are fourteen counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over ...

**Office of the Marshal *

Florida Third District Court of Appeal The Florida Third District Court of Appeal is headquartered in Miami, Florida. Its ten judges have jurisdiction over cases arising from Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. History The Third District Court of Appeal (DCA) was one of the first three ...

**Office of the Marshal *

Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal The Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Its twelve judges have jurisdiction over cases arising in Palm Beach County, Broward County, St. Lucie County, Martin County, Indian River County, and Okee ...

County Agencies

Alachua County Sheriff's Office Alachua may refer to: * Alachua County, Florida, United States * Alachua, Florida, a city in Alachua County, Florida * Alachua culture, the archaeological designation of the Native American culture in north-central Florida, c. AD 700 to 1700 * Alach ...

* Baker County Sheriff's Office * Bay County Sheriff's Office * Bradford County Sheriff's Office * Brevard County Sheriff's Office *

Broward County Sheriff's Office The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a public safety organization With 5,400 employees, it is the largest sheriff's department in the state of Florida. Sheriff Gregory Tony heads the agency. BSO was one of the United States' largest fully ...

Leon County Sheriff's Office Leon County is a county in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 census, the population was 292,198. The county seat is Tallahassee, which is also the state c ...

* Levy County Sheriff's Office * Liberty County Sheriff's Office * Madison County Sheriff's Office *

Manatee County Sheriff's Office Manatee County is a county in the Central Florida portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 399,710. Manatee County is part of the North Port- Sarasota-Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its coun ...

* Marion County Sheriff's Office * Martin County Sheriff's Office *

Miami-Dade Police Department The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), formerly known as the Metro-Dade Police Department (1981–1997), Dade County Public Safety Department (1957–1981), and the Dade County Sheriff's Office (1836–1957), is a county police department ser ...

* Monroe County Sheriff's Office * Nassau County Sheriff's Office * Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office * Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office * Orange County Sheriff's Office * Osceola County Sheriff's Office * Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office * Pasco County Sheriff's Office *

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Pinellas is the name of a peninsula located roughly halfway down the west coast of Florida. It forms the western boundary of Tampa Bay and comprises the bulk of Pinellas County. There is a city named Pinellas Park in south Pinellas. The peninsula i ...

* Polk County Sheriff's Office * Putnam County Sheriff's Office * Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office *

Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Sarasota County Sheriff's Office (SSO) is the primary law enforcement agency for Sarasota County, Florida, Sarasota County, Florida. The agency is responsible for law enforcement services in unincorporated areas of Sarasota County, jail facili ...

* Seminole County Sheriff's Office * St. Johns County Sheriff's Office * St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office * Sumter County Sheriff's Office * Suwannee County Sheriff's Office * Taylor County Sheriff's Office * Union County Sheriff's Office * Volusia County Public Protection Department * Volusia County Sheriff's Office * Wakulla County Sheriff's Office * Walton County Sheriff's Office * Washington County Sheriff's Office

City Agencies

Gainesville Police Department The Gainesville Police Department is responsible for law enforcement within the city limits of Gainesville, Florida. This includes operations, criminal investigation, investigations, crime prevention, victim outreach, community outreach, and yout ...

* Golden Beach Police Department * Graceville Police Department * Green Cove Springs Police Department * Gretna Police Department * Groveland Police Department * Gulf Breeze Police Department * Gulf Stream Police Department * Gulfport Police Department * Haines City Police Department *

Hallandale Beach Police Department The Hallandale Beach Police Department is the law enforcement agency of Hallandale Beach, Florida. Its headquarters is located in a municipal building at 400 South Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009. In 2022, the chief of police is Miche ...

* Havana Police Department * Hialeah Police Department * Hialeah Gardens Police Department * High Springs Police Department * Highland Beach Police Department * Hillsboro Beach Police Department * Holly Hill Police Department * Hollywood Police Department * Holmes Beach Police Department *

Homestead Police Department Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in the United States, U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. The population was 80,737 as of the 2020 U ...

Miami Police Department The Miami Police Department (MPD), also known as the City of Miami Police Department, is a full-service municipal law enforcement agency serving Miami, Florida. MPD is the largest municipal police department in Florida. MPD officers are distingu ...

Orlando Police Department The Orlando Police Department (OPD) is responsible for law enforcement within the city limits of Orlando, Florida. The OPD employs over 800 sworn officers and over 150 civilian employees serving the citizens of Orlando through crime prevention, ...

* Ormond Beach Police Department * Oviedo Police Department * Palatka Police Department * Palm Bay Police Department * Palm Beach Gardens Police Department *

Palm Beach Police Department Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida. Located on a barrier island in east-central Palm Beach County, the town is separated from several nearby cities including West Palm Beach and Lake Worth Beach by the Intracoast ...

Sanford Police Department The Sanford Police Department is a police agency in Sanford, the county seat of Seminole County, Florida. It employs 140 sworn police officers alongside 24 other employees, and Police Chief Smith. Prior to Chief Smith, Richard Myers was the Int ...

* Sanibel Police Department *

Sarasota Police Department The Sarasota Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency for Sarasota, Florida. It provides police services to 59,000 residents. The Sarasota Police Department operates on a budget of $26,902,601 (2011–2012) with approximately ...

Tallahassee Police Department The Tallahassee Police Department (TPD), provides public safety services for the city of Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Within the department, there are twelve primary divisions: The Chief of Police, Internal Affairs, Development Bureau, In ...

University & College Agencies

* Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Department of Campus Safety and Security * Florida Atlantic University Police Department * Florida Gulf Coast University Police Department * Florida International University Police Department * Florida Polytechnic University Police Department * Florida Southwestern State College Department of Public Safety *

Florida State University Police Department Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...

* New College of Florida/University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Campus Police Department * Northwest Florida State College Police Department * Pensacola State College Department of Public Safety * Santa Fe College Police Department *

Tallahassee Community College Police Department Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the populati ...

* University of Florida Police Department * University of Central Florida Police Department * University of Miami Police Department * University of North Florida Police Department * University of South Florida Police Department * University of South Florida St. Petersburg Police Department * University of West Florida Police Department

School District Agencies

Airport Agencies

* Jacksonville Aviation Authority Police Department * Lee County Port Authority Police Department * Melbourne Airport Police Department * Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport Police Department * Sanford Airport Police Department * Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority Police Department * Tampa International Airport Police Department

Native American Tribe Agencies

* Miccosukee Police Department * Seminole Police Department

Railroad Police

* CSX Police Department * Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department * Florida East Coast Railway Police Department * Seminole Gulf Railway Police Department

Private Corrections

* Bridges International ** The Bradenton Bridge Community Release Center ** The Cocoa Bridge Community Release Center ** The Jacksonville Bridge Community Release Center ** The Lake City Bridge Community Release Center ** The Orlando Bridge Community Release Center ** The Santa Fe Bridge Community Release Center *

CoreCivic CoreCivic, formerly the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis. Co-founded in 1983 in Nashville, Tennessee by Thomas W. Beasl ...

** Citrus County Detention Center ** Lake City Youthful Offender Facility * Correct Care Solutions ** Florida Civil Commitment Center ** South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center ** South Florida State Hospital * Goodwill Industries-Suncoast, Inc. ** Hillsborough County Residential Re-entry Center ** St. Petersburg Suncoast Work-Release Center * Management and Training Corporation **

Gadsden Correctional Facility The Gadsden Correctional Facility is a private state prison for women located in Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, operated by Management and Training Corporation (MTC) under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections The Florida Dep ...

* The GEO Group, Inc. ** Bay Correctional Facility **

Blackwater River Correctional Facility The Blackwater River Correctional Facility is a private state prison for men located in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida, which was opened in 2010 by the GEO Group under contract with the Florida Department of Corrections. This facility hou ...

** Graceville Correctional Facility ** Moore Haven Correctional Facility ** South Bay Correctional Facility * The Transition House, Inc. ** The Transition House Bartow Work Release Center ** The Transition House Dinsmore Work Release Center ** The Transition House Kissimmee Work Release Center ** The Transition House Tarpon Springs Work Release Center

Disbanded Agencies

* Anna Maria Police Department * Avon Park Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 2012 * Baldwin Police Department - Disbanded on March 13, 2006Florida Sunshine Law Public Records Request: Inglis City Clerk, 03-12-2020 * Belle Glade Police Department * Brooksville Police Department * Bushnell Police Department - Disbanded on September 30, 2012 * Callahan Police Department - Disbanded on January 21, 1981 *Callaway Police Department - Disbanded on July 10, 1992
Cape Canaveral Police Department
- Disbanded on November 1, 1977 *Cedar Grove Police Department - Disbanded on October 22, 2008 *Center Hill Police Department - Disbanded in 2021. *Century Police Department * Cooper City Police Department - Disbanded on January 13, 2004 *Crescent City Police Department - Disbanded February of 2021. * Crystal River Police Department - Disbanded on January 23, 2008 * Dade County Sheriff's Office * Dundee Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 2008 * Dunedin Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 1995 * Duval County Sheriff's Office - Consolidated into the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on October 1, 1968 * Eagle Lake Police Department - Disbanded on August 1, 2007 *

Division of Law Enforcement Bureau of Park Patrol - Merged with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on July 1, 2012. *Florida Department of Transportation Office of Motor Carrier Compliance - Merged with the

Florida Highway Patrol The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is a division of the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. It is Florida's highway patrol and is the primary law enforcement agency charged with investigating traffic crashes and criminal laws ...

on July 1, 2011. *Florida Game and Freshwater Commission - Merged with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on July 1, 1999. *Florida Marine Patrol - Merged with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on July 1, 1999. * Florida State Beverage Department * Frostproof Police Department - Disbanded on November 1, 2006 * Greenacres Police Department *Greensboro Police Department * Hampton Police Department - Disbanded on February 27, 2014 *Hawthorne Police Department - Disbanded on January 1, 2009 * Horseshoe Beach Police Department - Disbanded on March 13, 1993 * Inverness Police Department - Disbanded on March 31, 2004 *Inglis Police Department - Disbanded on September 30, 2013 * Jacksonville Police Department - Consolidated into the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on October 1, 1968 * Lake Worth Police Department - Disbanded on September 30, 2008 *Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Police Department * Macclenny Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 1980 * Madeira Beach Police Department - Disbanded on September 16, 1995 *Mangonia Police Department * Melbourne Village Police Department - Disbanded on August 18, 2022 *Mexico Beach Police Department - Disbanded on November 1, 2019 * Mulberry Police Department - Disbanded on June 1, 2009 * Oak Hill Police Department - Disbanded on August 1, 2011 *Okaloosa County Airports Police Department *Panama City-Bay County International Airport Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 2010 *Palm Beach Shores Police Department - Disbanded on October 31, 2019 *Pensacola Airport Police Department * Pompano Beach Police Department * Port Canaveral Police Department - Disbanded on September 30, 2014 * Polk City Police Department *Orchid Police Department * Royal Palm Beach Police Department - Disbanded on September 1, 2006 * South Bay Police Department *South Palm Beach Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 2019 * St. Pete Beach Police Department - Disbanded on January 1, 2013 * Waldo Police Department - Disbanded on October 1, 2014 * Webster Police Department - Disbanded on September 30, 2016 *White Springs Police Department - Disbanded 2021. * West Tampa Police Department - Merged with Tampa Police Department in 1925 *Zolfo Springs Police Department - Disbanded on August 1, 2010Florida Sunshine Law Public Records Request: Zolfo Springs City Clerk, 02-23-2020

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