This is a list of law enforcement agencies in California, including local (city), county, and statewide agencies. Historic agencies are included.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 509 law enforcement agencies employing 79,431 sworn peace officers, about 217 for each 100,000 residents.
State agencies
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- California Department of Justice
- Bureau of Investigation - Special Agents
- California Bureau of Firearms - Special Agents
- California Bureau of Forensic Services
- California Bureau of Gambling Control - Special Agents
- California Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse - Special Agents
- California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- California Office of Correctional Safety - State Fugitive Apprehension Teams & Special Service Unit
- California Department of State Hospitals
- Department of Police Services - Hospital Police Officers
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Game Wardens
- California Highway Patrol
- California State Parks Peace Officer
- Department of Insurance
- Franchise Tax Board
- California Lottery Security and Law Enforcement Division
- California Department of Consumer Affairs, Division of Investigation
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
- California Department of Health Care Services
- California State University Police Department
- University of California Police Department
County agencies
Municipal agencies
College and University agencies
School Agencies
- Apple Valley Unified School District Police Department
- Baldwin Park Unified School District Police Department
- Clovis Unified School District Police Department
- Compton Unified School District Police Department
- Elk Grove School District Police Department
- Fontana School District Police Department
- Glendale College District Police Department
- Hesperia School District Police Department
- Huntington Beach Union High School District Police Department
- Inglewood Unified School District Police Department
- Kern High School District Police Department
- Los Angeles School Police Department
- Long Beach Unified School District School Safety Department
- Montebello Unified School District Police Department
- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District School Safety Department
- Oakland Unified School District Police Department
- San Bernardino City Unified School District Police Department
- San Diego City Schools Police Department
- Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department
- Stockton Unified School District Police Department
- Twin Rivers Police Department
- Victor Valley Union High School District Police Department
- West Contra Costa Unified School District Police Department
Special district agencies
- Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department
- Bear Valley Police Department (Bear Valley Community Services District)
- Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District (BIMID)
- Broadmoor Police Protection District
- Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Police
- Capistrano Bay Police Department (Capistrano Bay Community Services District)
- Central Marin Police Authority
- East Bay Regional Park District Police Department
- Exposition Park Department of Public Safety
- Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District
- Kern County Airport Police
- Lake Shastina Police Department (Lake Shastina C.S.D.)
- Long Beach Harbor Patrol
- Long Beach Park Rangers
- Los Angeles World Airports Police Division
- Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Park Ranger Division
- Port of Los Angeles Police Division
- Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Law Enforcement Division
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Ranger Division
- Montebello Park Rangers
- Monterey County Park Rangers
- Monterey Peninsula Airport Police
- Metropolitan Transit System Police Department
- Napa Valley Railroad Police Department
- Port of Stockton Police
- Sacramento Regional Transit Police
- San Diego Harbor Police (San Diego Unified Port District)
- San Diego Humane Society and SPCA Law Enforcement / Investigations Division
- San Francisco Park Patrol
- Santa Ana Park Rangers
- Santa Cruz Harbor Patrol
- Stallion Springs Police
- Town of Discovery Bay Community Services District (CSD)
Federal law enforcement agencies in California
- United States Park Police
- National Park Service Ranger (Law Enforcement)
- United States Forest Service (Law Enforcement)
- United States Mint Police
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Federal Protective Service
- Federal Reserve Bank Police Department
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
- Office of the United States Marshal for the Northern District of California
- Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California
- Office of the United States Marshal for the Central District of California
- Office of the United States Marshal for the Southern District of California
- United States Coast Guard
- United States Secret Service
- United States Customs and Border Protection
- United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- United States Veterans Affairs Police
- United States Army Military Police Corps (Civilian/Uniformed)
- United States Air Force Security Forces (Civilian/Uniformed)
- Commander, Navy Region Southwest Police (Civilian/Uniformed)
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service
- United States Postal Service (Special Agents/OIG)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal law enforcement in the United States
Defunct agencies
- California State Police
- California State Rangers
- Alviso Police Department merged into San Jose Police Department
- Avalon Police Department Disbanded - services now provided by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
- Compton Police Department
- Dorris Police Department Disbanded - services contracted with Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
- Dunsmuir Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
- Ft. Jones Police Department Disbanded - Services provided by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
- Holtville Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Imperial County Sheriffs' Office
- Hoopa Valley Tribal Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
- Imperial Beach Police Department Disbanded - Merged into San Diego County Sheriff's Department 1982
- Isleton Police Department (Disbanded in 2012, area serviced by Sacramento County Sheriff's Department)
- Los Angeles General Services Police now the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Security Services Division
- Los Angeles Community College District Police Department merged into LASD
- Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety
- Maricopa Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Kern County Sheriff's Office
- Maywood-Cudahy Police Department
- Millbrae Police Department
- Montague Police Department Disbanded - Services provided by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
- Santa Clara County Transit Police
- San Anselmo Police Department
- San Juan Bautista Police Department
- San Jose Unified School District Police
- Southern California Rapid Transit District Police Department
- Stanton Police Department Disbanded - Merged into [[Orange County Sheriff's Office in February, 1988 <http://www.ocsd.org/patrol/stanton/>
- Trinidad Police Department (Disbanded in 2010)
- Twin Cities Police Authority now known as Central Marin Police Authority
- Willows Police Department disbanded as of 7/1/17. Services provided by Glenn County Sheriff's Office
References
See also
- Crime in California
- Law enforcement in the United States
- Contract law enforcement municipalities in California