List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_District_of_Columbia

List of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia

List of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia

Add article description

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia.

District of Columbia flag
Badge of a Deputy U.S. Marshal

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents. This is the highest proportion of police officers to citizens of any state or territory.[1]

Listed by age

The oldest agencies are the:

Primary DC law enforcement (local and federal)

Federal police agencies with a uniformed presence in District of Columbia area

Main article: Federal law enforcement in the United States

The majority of federal law enforcement agencies have some type of jurisdiction and/or headquarter offices in the District of Columbia; however, some are more overt than others.

College and university agencies

See also

References

  1. [1]
    2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
  2. [2]
    American University Police Department
  3. [3]
    Georgetown University Police Department
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_District_of_Columbia, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.