A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any agency which enforces the law. This may be a special or local police/sheriffs, state troopers, and federal police such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the United States Marshals (USMS). Also, it can be used to describe an international organization such as Europol or Interpol. This is a list of law enforcement agencies, organized by continent and then by country.

International

Africa

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Eswatini

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Brunei

Cambodia

People's Republic of China

Mainland China

Hong Kong

Macau

Republic of China (Taiwan)

India

Central (federal) law enforcement agencies

State law enforcement agencies

State special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Oman

Pakistan

Federal

Provincial

Joint Army & Federal

Philippines

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajikistan

Thailand

East Timor

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)

Vietnam

Yemen

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Bailiwick of Jersey

Belarus

Belgium

Federal level Local level

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

National

Municipal

Overseas France

Georgia

Germany

Federal

State

Municipalities

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man

Italy

Latvia

Lichtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

The Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Civilian Military

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

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Vatican

North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Bermuda

Canada

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica, Commonwealth of

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Federal

State and local

Nicaragua

Panama

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

United States

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Federal

Federal law enforcement agencies in the United States (Feds)

United States Department of State (DOS)

United States Department of the Treasury

United States Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of the Army Department of the Navy Department of the Air and Space Force National Security Agency

United States Department of Justice (DOJ)

United States Department of the Interior (USDI)

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

United States Department of Commerce (DOC)

United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

United States Department of Education (ED)

United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

United States Department of Transportation (DOT)

Other federal law enforcement agencies

State, county and local

Territorial police

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Territory of Guam

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Territory of American Samoa

Territory of the United States Virgin Islands

Railroad Police

Oceania

Australia

Federal

Service Police

State

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

South America

Argentina

Federal

Armed Forces of Argentina

Provincial

Each one of Argentina's twenty-three provinces has its own Provincial Police force.

Local

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Disbanded agencies

Note: Many of these fall under the definition of secret police and derive from that list.

Austria

Costa Rica

Czechoslovakia

Germany

Fascist Italy

Empire of Japan

Panama Canal Zone

Second Polish Republic

People's Republic of Poland

Philippines

Communist Romania

Former Soviet Union/Russia

South Vietnam