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state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 141 law enforcement agencies employing 14,591 sworn police officers, about 224 for each 100,000 residents.

State agencies

Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is a state-level law enforcement agency with a primary function of patrolling and enforcing state laws on Arizona highways. Director Heston Silbert was promoted from Deputy Director to Director in ...

Arizona Department of Corrections The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry, commonly and formerly referred to as simply the Arizona Department of Corrections, is the statutory law enforcement agency responsible for the incarceration of inmates in 13 prisons ...

(ADC) *

Arizona Department of Economic Security The Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES) is a government agency of the State of Arizona. DES works with families, community organizations, advocates and state and federal partners to work towards allowing every child, adult, and family ...

**Office of Special Investigations *

Arizona Division of Emergency Management Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

* Arizona Department of Revenue Criminal Investigations Unit * Arizona Department of Homeland Security *

Arizona Department of Transportation The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT, pronounced "A-Dot") is an Arizona state government agency charged with facilitating mobility within the state. In addition to managing the state's state highways, highway system, the agency is also i ...

(ADOT) **

Enforcement and Compliance Division Enforcement is the proper execution of the process of ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, rules, standards, and Norm (social), social norms. Governments attempt to effectuate successful implementation of policies by enforcing laws and r ...

(ECD) *

Arizona Department of Public Safety The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is a state-level law enforcement agency with a primary function of patrolling and enforcing state laws on Arizona highways. Director Heston Silbert was promoted from Deputy Director to Director in ...

(DPS) ** Arizona State Capitol Police **

Arizona Highway Patrol The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) is a state-level law enforcement agency with a primary function of patrolling and enforcing state laws on Arizona highways. Director Heston Silbert was promoted from Deputy Director to Director in ...

(DPS) **

Arizona Rangers The Arizona Rangers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, noncommissioned civilian auxiliary that supports law enforcement in the US, state of Arizona. In 2002, the modern-day Arizona Rangers were officially recognized by the State of Arizona when the Leg ...

** Agency Support Division ** Criminal Investigations Division (CID) **

Technical Services Division __NOTOC__ The Office of Technical Service (OTS; formerly known as the ''Technical Services Division'' and ''Technical Services Staff'') is a component of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,Central Intelligence Agency press releaseCIA's Office of ...

(TSD) *

Arizona Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

Arizona Game and Fish Department The Arizona Game and Fish Department is a state agency of Arizona, headquartered in Phoenix. The agency is tasked with conserving, enhancing, and restoring Arizona's diverse wildlife resources and habitats through protection and management progra ...

* Arizona State Park Ranger Police *

Arizona Office of Inspector General Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

(OIG) * Arizona Counter Assault Team (CAT) * Arizona HEAT Unit (High Speed Unit) (HEAT) * Arizona Motor Unit (High Speed Unit) (Motor) *

Arizona Department of Wildlife Rangers Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Co ...

(Wildlife)

Regional agencies

Arizona Gang Task Force Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four C ...

East Valley DUI Task Force East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

Southern Arizona DUI Task Force Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, ...

Southeast Arizona Task Force 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 ...

County agencies

* Apache County Sheriff's Office * Cochise County Sheriff's Office * Coconino County Sheriff's Office * Gila County Sheriff's Office *

Graham County Sheriff's Office The Graham County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Graham County, Arizona. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Graham County, serving as the equivalent of the police for uni ...

* Greenlee County Sheriff's Office * La Paz County Sheriff's Office *

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) is the law enforcement agency that serves Maricopa County, Arizona, and is the largest sheriff's office in Arizona. The MCSO provides patrol services and criminal investigation to unincorporated areas ...

* Mohave County Sheriff's Office * Navajo County Sheriff's Office *

Pima County Sheriff's Department The Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) is an American law enforcement agency that serves the unincorporated areas of Pima County, Arizona. It serves the seventh largest county in the nation. It operates six district offices and three small ...

Pinal County Sheriff's Office Formed in 1875, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) is the 3rd largest sheriff's office in Arizona, serving unincorporated areas of Pinal County, Arizona. PCSO provides patrol services, criminal investigation, search and rescue services, an ...

* Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office * Yavapai County Sheriff's Office * Yuma County Sheriff's Office

Municipal agencies

Apache Junction Police Department The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...

* Avondale Police Department * Benson Police Department * Bisbee Police Department * Buckeye Police Department * Bullhead City Police Department * Camp Verde Marshal's Office * Casa Grande Police Department *

Chandler Police Department Chandler or The Chandler may refer to: * Chandler (occupation), originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles * Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships Art ...

* Chino Valley Police Department * Clarkdale Police Department *

Clifton Police Department Clifton may refer to: People *Clifton (surname) *Clifton (given name) Places Australia *Clifton, Queensland, a town **Shire of Clifton * Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong *Clifton, Western Australia Canada * Clifton, Nova Scoti ...

* Coolidge Police Department * Cottonwood Police Department * Douglas Police Department * Eagar Police Department * El Mirage Police Department * Eloy Police Department *

Flagstaff Police Department Flagstaff commonly refers to: * Flagpole, a staff for displaying a flag * Flagstaff, Arizona, the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona Flagstaff may also refer to: United States * Flagstaff station, in Flagstaff, Arizona * United States Nav ...

* Florence Police Department * Fredonia Marshal's Office * Gilbert 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 ...

* Globe Police Department * Goodyear Police Department * Hayden Police Department * Holbrook Police Department *

Huachuca City Police Department ''Echinopsis pachanoi'' (syn. ''Trichocereus pachanoi'')—known as San Pedro cactus—is a fast-growing columnar cactus native to the Andes Mountains at in altitude. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru, and ...

* Jerome Police Department *

Kearny Police Department Kearny may refer to: People *Cresson Kearny (1914–2003, American author and researcher **Kearny fallout meter ** Kearny air pump *Eleanor Kearny Carr (1840–1912), American planter and political hostess, First Lady of North Carolina *Jillian K ...

* Kingman Police Department * Lake Havasu City Police Department * Mammoth Police Department *

Marana Police Department Marana may refer to: * Maraña, a village in León, Spain * Maraṇa, the Pali/Sanskrit term for death * Marana, Arizona, a town in Pima County, Arizona, United States * Marana, Estonia, a village in Estonia * Marana, Syria, a village in Syria * U ...

Maricopa Police Department Maricopa can refer to: Places * Maricopa, Arizona, United States, a city ** Maricopa Freeway, a piece of I-10 in Metropolitan Phoenix ** Maricopa station, an Amtrak station in Maricopa, Arizona * Maricopa County, Arizona, United States * Maricop ...

* Mesa Police Department * Miami Police Department * Nogales Police Department *

Oro Valley Police Department Oro or ORO, meaning gold in Spanish and Italian, may refer to: Music and dance * Oro (dance), a Balkan circle dance * Oro (eagle dance), an eagle dance from Montenegro and Herzegovina * "Oro" (song), the Serbian entry in the 2008 Eurovision S ...

* Page Police Department * Paradise Valley Police Department * Parker Police Department * Patagonia Marshal's Office * Payson Police Department * Peoria Police Department *

Phoenix Police Department The Phoenix Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. As of October 2021, the Phoenix Police Department comprises just under 2,800 officers, some 350 below authorized strength of 3,125 and mor ...

* Pima Police Department * Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department * Prescott Police Department * Prescott Valley Police Department * Quartzsite Police Department *

Safford Police Department Safford may refer to : * Safford, Arizona * Safford, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama * Safford House, a historic home in Tarpon Springs, Florida * Safford Cape (1906–1973), American composer and musicologist * Andr ...

* Sahuarita Police Department * San Luis Police Department * Scottsdale Police Department * Sedona Police Department * Show Low Police Department * Sierra Vista Police Department * Snowflake-Taylor Police Department * Somerton Police Department * South Tucson Police Department * Springerville Police Department * St. Johns Police Department * Superior Police Department * Surprise Police Department *

Tempe Police Department The Tempe Police Department serves the city of Tempe, Arizona. The Town of Tempe was incorporated in November 1894 and as the population increased, George Compton was elected the town's first marshal on January 14, 1895. By 1901, law enforceme ...

* Thatcher Police Department * Tolleson Police Department * Tombstone Marshal's Office *

Tucson Police Department The Tucson Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Tucson, Arizona. Sworn members of the Tucson Police Department are commissioned as peace officers by the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training (AZPOST ...

* Wellton Police Department * Wickenburg Police Department * Willcox Police Department * Williams Police Department * Winslow Police Department *

Youngstown Police Department Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which ...

* Yuma Police Department

School/College agencies

Arizona State University Police Department Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

* Arizona Western College Police *

Central Arizona College Police Department Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

* Chinle School District Police *

Eastern Arizona College Police Department Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Li ...

*Grand Canyon University Police Department *

Maricopa Community Colleges Police Department Maricopa can refer to: Places * Maricopa, Arizona, United States, a city ** Maricopa Freeway, a piece of I-10 in Metropolitan Phoenix ** Maricopa station, an Amtrak station in Maricopa, Arizona * Maricopa County, Arizona, United States * Maricop ...

* Northern Arizona University Police Department *

Pima Community College Police Department Pima or PIMA may refer to: People * Pima people, the Akimel O'odham, Indigenous peoples in Arizona (U.S.) and Sonora (Mexico) Places * Pima, Arizona, a town in Graham County * Pima County, Arizona * Pima Canyon, in the Santa Catalina Mountains ...

Tuba City School District Security The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th century, making it one of the ne ...

University of Arizona 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, t ...

Yavapai College Police Department The Yavapai are a Native American tribe in Arizona. Historically, the Yavapai – literally “people of the sun” (from ''Enyaava'' “sun” + ''Paay'' “people”) – were divided into four geographical bands who identified as separate, i ...

Tribal agencies

* Ak-Chin Police Department *

Fort McDowell Yavapai Police Department A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

* Gila River Police Department * Hopi Police Department * Hualapai Nation Police Department * Keams Canyon Police Department * Navajo Nation Police Department * Pascua Yaqui Police Department *

Salt River Police Department Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of Salt (chemistry), salts; salt in the form of a natural crystallinity, crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. ...

San Carlos Apache Police Department The San Carlos Apache Police Department is the tribal police agency responsible for law enforcement within the jurisdiction of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. The agency is responsible for about 10,000 persons. Substations * San Ca ...

* Tonto Apache Police Department *

White Mountain Apache Police Department White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...

* Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Police

Federal agencies

* Hoover Dam Police Department *

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 propertie ...

** National Park Service Rangers *

Bureau of Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and A ...

, Office Justice Services Police *

United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency inc ...

* Office of the United States Marshal for the District of Arizona *

U.S. 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 ...

U.S. 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 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 ...

References

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