This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth 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 357 law enforcement agencies employing 18,342 sworn police officers, about 280 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 * Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement * Department of the Air Force Police *

Department of the Navy Police The United States Department of the Navy Police is the civilian law enforcement programme of the U.S. Navy, in that it provides professional, civilian, federal police officers, to serve and protect the US Navy community. It works alongside the ...

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 *

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 may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

* 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 propert ...

* National Nuclear and Security Administration, Office of Secure Transport * United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations *

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 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 ...

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, mu ...

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 Department of Veterans Affairs Police * United States Diplomatic Security Service *

United States Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is the law enforcement arm of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is made up of attorneys, special agents, scientists and other employees. Organization The OECA ...

* United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations *

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the c ...

United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division The United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (Marine Corps CID or USMC CID) is a federal law enforcement agency that investigates crimes against people and property within the United States Marine Corps. Overview The United Sta ...

United States Marine Corps Military Police The United States Marine Corps Military Police is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Marine Corps. Mission United States Marine Corps Military Police provide the Marine air-ground task force, component, and combatant com ...

United States Marine Corps Police The United States Marine Corps Military Police is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Marine Corps. Mission United States Marine Corps Military Police provide the Marine air-ground task force, component, and combatant com ...

* United States Marshal Service *

United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary law enforcement agency of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate criminal activities involving the Navy and Marine Corps, though its ...

* United States Navy Master-at-Arms *

United States Postal Inspection Service The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), or the Postal Inspectors, is the law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service. It supports and protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enf ...

State agencies

* Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts ** Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission *** Enforcement Division * Massachusetts Attorney General's Office *

Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) is a Cabinet level agency under the Governor of Massachusetts. EOEEA is responsible for promoting efficient energy use throughout the Commonwealth while protecting and ...

** Massachusetts Environmental Police *

Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security is a Commonwealth of Massachusetts organization whose focus is the protection of individuals, groups or environment issues which will, subsequently, affect individuals or groups health ...

Massachusetts State Police The Massachusetts State Police (MSP) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, responsible for criminal law enforcement and traffic vehicle regulation across the state. As of 10/4/2022, it ...

Massachusetts Department of Correction The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for operating the prison system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The Massachusetts Department of Correction is responsible for the custody of about 8,292 prisone ...

* Massachusetts Court System ** Executive Office of the Trial Court *** Trial Court Security Department

County agencies

* Barnstable County Sheriff's Office * Berkshire County Sheriff's Office *

Bristol County Sheriff's Office Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in S ...

* Dukes County Sheriff's Office * Essex County Sheriff's Office * Franklin County Sheriff's Office * Hampden County Sheriff's Office * Hampshire County Sheriff's Office * Middlesex County Sheriff's Office * Nantucket County Sheriff's Office * Norfolk County Sheriff's Office * Plymouth County Sheriff's Office * Suffolk County Sheriff's Department *

Worcester County Sheriff's Office The Worcester County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of Worcester County, and serves a population of 46,543 residents in of Worcester County, Maryland Worcester County is the easternmost county of the U.S. stat ...

Municipal agencies

* Abington Police Department * Acton Police Department * Acushnet Police Department * Adams Police Department *

Agawam Police Department Agawam may refer to Native Americans * Agawam tribe of Native Americans, eastern Essex County, Massachusetts, during colonial times, or their language Places in the United States * Agawam, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Agawam, Massa ...

Bellingham Police Department The City of Bellingham Police Department, more commonly known as the Bellingham Police Department and its initials BPD, is the primary law enforcement and investigation agency within the Bellingham, Washington city limits. Bellingham Police Depar ...

* Belmont Police Department * Berkley Police Department * Berlin Police Department * Bernardston Police Department * Beverly Police Department * Billerica Police Department * Blackstone Police Department * Blandford Police Department * Bolton Police Department *

Boston Police Department The Boston Police Department (BPD), dating back to 1854, holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. The ...

Chatham Police Department Chatham may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Chatham Islands (British Columbia) * Chatham Sound, British Columbia * Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi * Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...

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 ...

Hancock Police Department Hancock may refer to: Places in the United States * Hancock, Iowa * Hancock, Maine * Hancock, Maryland * Hancock, Massachusetts * Hancock, Michigan * Hancock, Minnesota * Hancock, Missouri * Hancock, New Hampshire ** Hancock (CDP), New Hampshire * ...

* Hanover Police Department * Hanson Police Department * Hardwick Police Department *

Harvard Police Department The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), a private police agency of Harvard University, is a full-service police department responsible for the safety and security of students, faculty, staff, and visitors at the university’s Cambridge an ...

Millbury Police Department Millbury may refer to: * Millbury, Massachusetts ** Millbury High School * Millbury, Ohio Millbury is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,200 at the 2010 census. History Previously, the site of Millbury was kn ...

Norfolk Police Department The Norfolk Police Department (NPD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 242,803 people within of jurisdiction within Norfolk, Virginia. Homeland Security Division The Homeland Security Division, comprising the Harbor Patrol Unit, ...

Rochester Police Department The Rochester Police Department, also known as the RPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of the City of Rochester, New York, reporting to the city mayor. It currently has approximately 852 officers and support staff, a budget of approxima ...

Shrewsbury Police Department Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Shr ...

Warwick Police Department The Warwick Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. It is responsible for most law enforcement within the geographical boundary of City of Warwick, with the exception of: *St ...

Westfield Police Department Westfield may refer to: Places Australia *Westfield, Western Australia Canada * Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick * Westfield, Nova Scotia New Zealand *Westfield, New Zealand United Kingdom England * Westfield, Cumbria, a location * Westfield, E ...

* Westford Police Department * Westminster Police Department * Westport Police Department * Weston Police Department *

Westwood Police Department Westwood may refer to: Companies and brands *Westwood, Baillie, 19th-century engineering and shipbuilding company, London *Westwood One (1976–2011), a former American radio network based in New York City *Westwood One, an American radio and medi ...

* Weymouth Police Department * Whately Police Department * Whitman Police Department * Wilbraham Police Department * Williamsburg Police Department * Williamstown Police Department * Wilmington Police Department * Winchendon Police Department * Winchester Police Department * Windsor Police Department * Winthrop Police Department * Woburn Police Department * Worcester Police Department * Worthington Police Department * Wrentham Police Department * Yarmouth Police Department

Other agencies

Animal Rescue League of Boston Law Enforcement Services Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in ...

* Boston Housing Authority Police Division *

Boston Municipal Protective Services The Boston Municipal Protective Services Department (BMPS) is a former police agency that patrols properties owned and controlled by the City of Boston, the successor agency to the Boston Municipal Police (BMP). The primary responsibility of the a ...

* Boston Park Rangers *

Boston Public Health Commission Police Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most p ...

* Boston School Police * Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Public Safety Department *

Boston Medical Center Public Safety Department Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most p ...

* Brigham and Women’s Hospital Public Safety * Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Public Safety *

Holyoke Medical Center Security Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,238. Located north of Springfield ...

* Mashpee Wampanoag Police Department * Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police *

Massachusetts General Hospital Police, Security and Outside Services Department Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

Massachusetts Port Authority Police Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

* Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Law Enforcement * Newton-Wellesley Hospital Parking and Public Safety Department *

Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center Safety and Security Department In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...

* Saint Vincent Hospital Police Department * Springfield Park Rangers * Tufts Medical Center Public Safety * UMass Memorial Medical Center Police

College and university agencies

American International College Police Department American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

Amherst College Police Department Amherst may refer to: People * Amherst (surname), including a list of people with the name * Earl Amherst of Arracan in the East Indies, a title in the British Peerage; formerly ''Baron Amherst'' * Baron Amherst of Hackney of the City of London, ...

* Assumption College Department of Public Safety * Babson College Department of Public Safety * Bay Path University Department of Campus Public Safety * Becker College Police Department *

Bentley University Police Department Bentley Motors Limited is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs. Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded as Bentley Motors Limited by W. O. Bentley (1888–1971) in 1919 in Cricklewood, North ...

* Berklee Public Safety Department *

Boston College Police Department Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most p ...

* Boston University Police Department *

Brandeis University Police Department Brandeis is a surname. People * Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), Czech-born Italian painter * Brandeis Marshall, American data scientist *Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Austrian artist and Holocaust victim * Irma Brandeis, American Dante scholar *Loui ...

Bridgewater State University Police Department Bridgewater or Bridgwater may refer to: Companies * Bridgewater Associates, global investment manager * Bridgewater Systems, Canadian software company Education * Bridgewater College, Virginia, United States * Bridgewater High School (disambigu ...

* Bristol Community College Police Department * Bunker Hill Community College Police Department * Cape Cod Community College Police Department * Clark University Police Department *

Curry College Department of Public Safety A curry is a dish with a sauce seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine. In southern India, leaves from the curry tree may be included. There are many varieties of curry. The choice of spices for each dish in tradit ...

* College of the Holy Cross Public Safety
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Fisher College Police Department Fisher is an archaic term for a fisherman, revived as gender-neutral. Fisher, Fishers or The Fisher may also refer to: Places Australia * Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland * Ele ...

Fitchburg State University Police Department Fitchburg may refer to: Places in the United States of America * Fitchburg, California * Fitchburg, Kentucky * Fitchburg, Massachusetts * Fitchburg, Michigan * Fitchburg, Wisconsin Transportation *Fitchburg Railroad, named for the Massachusetts ci ...

* Framingham State University Police Department *

Greenfield Community College Office of Public Safety Greenfield or Greenfields may refer to: Engineering and Business * Greenfield agreement, an employment agreement for a new organisation * Greenfield investment, the investment in a structure in an area where no previous facilities exist * Greenf ...

* Harvard University Police Department * Holyoke Community College Police Department *

Lasell College Police Department Lasell University (LU) is a private university in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Lasell offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional fields of study. History Lasell was founded in 1851 as the Auburndal ...

Massachusetts Bay Community College Campus Police Department Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

* Massachusetts College of Art & Design Police Department *

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department (MIT Police, formerly MIT Campus Patrol) is the police agency charged with providing law enforcement to the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The 168-acre (68.0 ha) c ...

* Massasoit Community College Police Department * Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services Public Safety Department *

Merrimack College Police Department Merrimack may refer to: * Merrimack, New Hampshire, a town * Merrimack County, New Hampshire * Merrimack River, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire * Merrimack Valley, the region surrounding the river * Merrimac, California, also spelled Merrimack ...

* Middlesex County College Police Department *

Mount Holyoke College Campus Police Department Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

Mount Wachusett Community College Campus Police Department Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

Northeastern University Police Department The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

North Shore Community College Campus Police Department North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

* Quinsigamond Community College Police Department *

Salem State University Police Department Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...

* Simmons University Police Department * Smith College Campus Police Department * Springfield College Department of Public Safety *

Springfield Technical Community College Police Department Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queensl ...

Stonehill College Police Department Stonehill or Stone Hill may refer to: Places United States * Stone Hill, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Stone Hill (Montana), a climbing area in northwestern Montana * Stone Hill Historic District, Baltimore, Maryland Elsewhere * Stone H ...

Suffolk University Police and Security Department Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestof ...

Tufts University Police Department Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

University of Massachusetts, Amherst Police Department A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

University of Massachusetts, Boston Police Department A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

* University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Police Department *

University of Massachusetts, Lowell Police Department A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

* University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Police Department *

Wellesley College Campus Police Department Wellesley may refer to: * People Dukes of Wellington * Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), British soldier, statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom * Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), Briti ...

* Wentworth Institute of Technology Public Safety Department * Western New England University Department of Public Safety *

Westfield State University Police Department Westfield may refer to: Places Australia *Westfield, Western Australia Canada * Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick * Westfield, Nova Scotia New Zealand *Westfield, New Zealand United Kingdom England * Westfield, Cumbria, a location * Westfield, E ...

Wheaton College Public Safety Department Wheaton may refer to: Places ;United States * Wheaton, Illinois, a city ** Wheaton (Metra station), a railroad station * Wheaton, Kansas, a city * Wheaton, Maryland, a census-designated place ** Wheaton station, a Washington Metro rapid transit st ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Police Department Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan ...

Worcester State University Police Department Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan ...