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

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According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 142 law enforcement agencies employing 16,013 sworn police officers, about 283 for each 100,000 residents.

State agencies

* Maryland Capitol Police * Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Police * Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Police *

Maryland Natural Resources Police The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is the law enforcement arm of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), tasked with enforcing laws on the state's public lands and waterways, protecting fish and wildlife, and leading search ...

* Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration Police Department * Maryland Office of the Comptroller *

Maryland State Police The Maryland State Police (MSP), officially the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP), is the official state police force of the U.S. state of Maryland. The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesvill ...

** Maryland State Fire Marshal * Maryland Transit Administration Police * Maryland Transportation Authority Police * Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Police ** Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

County agencies

Allegany County Sheriff's Office The Allegany County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) is the primary law enforcement agency for Allegany County, Maryland. The ACSO is a nationally accredited law enforcement agency servicing and a population of 75,300. History The Allegany County was ...

* Anne Arundel County Police Department *

Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office The Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Office (AASO) is the law enforcement arm of the court, serving the citizens of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. All deputy sheriffs are certified law enforcement officials with full authority of arrest. History T ...

Baltimore County Police Department The Baltimore County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for Baltimore County, Maryland. They have been accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (C.A.L.E.A.) since 1984. Police chief The curr ...

* Baltimore County Sheriff's Office * Calvert County Sheriff's Office * Carroll County Sheriff's Office * Caroline County Sheriff's Department *

Cecil County Sheriff's Office The Cecil County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing a population of more than 100,000 people within Cecil County, Maryland's . The CCSO was established in 1674 and is responsible for the protection of life ...

* Charles County Sheriff's Office * Dorchester County Sheriff's Office * Frederick County Sheriff's Office * Garrett County Sheriff's Office * Harford County Sheriff's Office *

Howard County Police Department The Howard County Police Department (HCPD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 330,558 (20202) persons within the of Howard County, Maryland. History From the founding of Howard County until 1894, the county's law enforcement responsi ...

Howard County Sheriff's Office The Howard County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a law enforcement organization which acts as the enforcement arm of the Howard County court system and services Howard County, Maryland, population 328,200. Its mission centers around providing jud ...

* Kent County Sheriff's Office * Montgomery County Police Department * Montgomery County Sheriff's Office * Prince George's County Police Department *

Prince George's County Sheriff's Office The Prince George's County Sheriff's Office (PGSO), officially the Office of the Sheriff, Prince George's County, provides law enforcement services in Prince George's County, Maryland in the United States. Its headquarters are located in Upper ...

* Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Office * St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office * Somerset County Sheriff's Office * Talbot County Sheriff's Office * Washington County Sheriff's Office *

Wicomico County Sheriff's Office The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing Wicomico County, Maryland. The WCSO was established in 1867 and is responsible for the protection of life and property, enforcing orders of the court, an ...

* Worcester County Sheriff's Office

Municipal agencies

* Aberdeen Police Department *

Annapolis Police Department The Annapolis Police Department (APD) is a full-service law enforcement agency servicing a population of over 38,000 residents in of the municipality of Annapolis, Maryland.Baltimore Police Department The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Dating back to 1784, the BPD, consisting of 2,935 employees in 2020, is organized into nine districts covering of land and of waterway ...

* Baltimore City Schools Police * Baltimore City Sheriff's Office * Baltimore City Environmental Police * Bel Air Police Department * Berlin Police Department * Berwyn Heights Police Department * Bladensburg Police Department * Boonsboro Police Department * Bowie Police Department * Brentwood Police Department * Brunswick Police Department *

Cambridge Police Department The Cambridge Police Department is the municipal police department for the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the United States. Formally organized in 1859. with the appointment of John C. Willey as the first Chief of Police, the Cambridge Po ...

University agencies

* Anne Arundel Community College, Department of Public Safety & Police * Baltimore City Community College Department of Public Safety * Bowie State University, Department of Public Safety * Breakthrough Bible College Police Office of Law Enforcement & Public Safety * Carroll Community College Campus Police Department * Cecil College Public Safety * Community College of Baltimore County Department of Public Safety * Coppin State University Police Department * Frostburg State University Police Department * Harford Community College Department of Public Safety * Hood College Department of Campus Safety * Johns Hopkins University Campus Safety and Security * Loyola University Maryland Department of Public Safety * McDaniel College Department of Campus Safety & Campus Police Unit * Montgomery College Public Safety * Morgan State University Police Department * Prince George's Community College Campus Police Department * Salisbury University Police Department * St. Mary's College of Maryland Office of Public Safety * St. Johns College Public Safety * Towson University Police Department *

United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy ...

- Naval Support Activity - Annapolis Police * University of Baltimore Police Department * University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department * University of Maryland, Baltimore County Police Department * University of Maryland, College Park Police Department * University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Department of Public Safety

Law enforcement units within fire agencies

Maryland Transportation Authority Police

* Annapolis Fire Department - Office of the Fire Marshal ** Bomb Squad * Anne Arundel County Fire Department - Office of the Fire Marshal * Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service - Fire & Explosive Investigations ** Bomb Squad * Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department - Office of the Fire Marshal ** Bomb Squad *

Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue - Office of the Fire Marshal Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probab ...

* City of Hagerstown Fire Department - Office of the Fire Marshal * Ocean City Fire Marshal Office ** Bomb Squad

Other agencies

* Aberdeen Proving Ground Police * Amtrak Police * CSX Railroad Police * Federal Protective Service * Fort Detrick Police * Fort Meade Police * Gibson Island Police * Maryland-National Capital Park Police * Metro Transit * National Institutes of Health Police * National Institute of Standards and Technology Police * National Security Agency Police * Office of the United States Marshal for the District of Maryland * United States Naval District of Washington Police - Naval Support Activity - Annapolis & US Naval Academy * United States Park Police * United States Special Investigation Service * National Park Service Ranger (Law Enforcement) * United States Coast Guard Police Department, Baltimore *

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 Naval District of Washington Police - Naval Support Activity - Bethesda * United States Naval District of Washington Police - Naval Support Facility - Indian Head * United States Naval District of Washington Police - Naval Air Station - Patuxent River * Naval Criminal Investigative Service * United States Army Criminal Investigations Division Command

Defunct agencies

*Housing Authority of Baltimore City Police Force * Baltimore City Park Police * Barton Police Department * Charlestown Police Department * Chesapeake Beach Police Department * Clear Spring Police Department * Emmitsburg Police Department * Goldsboro Police Department * Kitzmiller Police Department * Leonardtown Police Department * Lonaconing Police Department * Luke Police Department * North Beach Police Department * New Windsor Police Department * Sparrows Point Police Department * Trappe Police Department * Union Bridge Police Department * Westernport Police Department * Williamsport Police Department * Willards Police Department * Woodland Beach Police Department * Allegany County Bureau of Police * Naval Station Annapolis Police Department (Merged with US Naval Academy PD to form NDW - NSA-Annapolis) * US Naval Academy Police Department (Merged with NAVSTA Annapolis PD to form NDW - NSA-Annapolis)

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Law enforcement agencies of Maryland

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