List of law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, (CSLLEA)[1] the state had 374 law enforcement agencies employing 19,578 (sworn) personnel (27,489 personnel, total, including sworn and non-sworn positions), with an average of 284 sworn personnel per 100,000 residents (compared to the national average of 241 sworn personnel per 100,000 residents, with Massachusetts maintaining approximately 16% more sworn personnel per 100,000 residents than the national average).[2]
Between the previous CSLLEA (in 2008) and the 2018 CSLLEA, Massachusetts saw an increase of 357 law enforcement agencies to 374 (an increase of 17 agencies or 4.6%). Sworn personnel would increase from 18,342 to 19,578 (an increase of 1,236 or 6.5%). Sworn personnel would increase from 280 per 100,000 state residents to 284 per 100,000 residents (an increase of 4 per 100,000 or 1.4%).[3][4]
As of 2022, Massachusetts ranked 26th out of 50 in violent crime rates, ranked ranked 5th-lowest (45th out of 50) in homicide rates, was the ranked second-lowest (48th out of 50) in property crime rates as of 2019. [5]
Federal Agencies
[edit]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
- 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
- Defense Criminal Investigative Service
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Federal Air Marshal Service
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Bureau of Prisons
- Federal Protective Service
- Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations Division
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Protective Services
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement
- National Park Service
- National Nuclear and Security Administration, Office of Secure Transport
- United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- United States Air Force Security Forces
- United States Army Military Police
- United States Coast Guard
- United States Customs and Border Protection
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police
- United States Diplomatic Security Service
- United States Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Investigation Division
- United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations
- United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division
- United States Marine Corps Military Police
- United States Marine Corps Police
- United States Marshal Service
- United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service
- United States Navy Master-at-Arms
- United States Postal Inspection Service
State agencies
[edit]- Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
- Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
- Enforcement Division [6]
- Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
- Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
- Massachusetts Court System
- Executive Office of the Trial Court
- Massachusetts Probation Service
- Trial Court Security Department[10]
- Executive Office of the Trial Court
County agencies
[edit]- Barnstable County Sheriff's Office
- Berkshire County Sheriff's Office
- Bristol County Sheriff's Office
- 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
Municipal agencies
[edit]- Abington Police Department
- Acton Police Department
- Acushnet Police Department
- Adams Police Department[11]
- Agawam Police Department[12]
- Alford Police Department
- Andover Police Department
- Amesbury Police Department
- Amherst Police Department
- Arlington Police Department
- Ashburnham Police Department
- Ashby Police Department
- Ashfield Police Department
- Ashland Police Department
- Aquinnah Police Department
- Athol Police Department
- Attleboro Police Department[13]
- Auburn Police Department
- Avon Police Department
- Ayer Police Department
- Barnstable Police Department[14]
- Barre Police Department
- Becket Police Department
- Bedford Police Department[15]
- Belchertown Police Department
- Bellingham Police Department
- Belmont Police Department
- Berkley Police Department[citation needed]
- Berlin Police Department[citation needed]
- Bernardston Police Department
- Beverly Police Department
- Billerica Police Department
- Blackstone Police Department[citation needed]
- Blandford-Chester Police Department[16]
- Bolton Police Department
- Boston Police Department[17]
- Bourne Police Department[18]
- Boxborough Police Department
- Boxford Police Department
- Boylston Police Department
- Braintree Police Department[19]
- Brewster Police Department
- Bridgewater Police Department
- Brimfield Police Department
- Brockton Police Department[20]
- Brookfield Police Department
- Brookline Police Department
- Buckland Police Department
- Burlington Police Department
- Cambridge Police Department[21]
- Canton Police Department
- Carlisle Police Department
- Carver Police Department
- Charlemont Police Department
- Charlton Police Department
- Chatham Police Department
- Chelmsford Police Department
- Chelsea Police Department[22]
- Cheshire Police Department
- Chesterfield Police Department
- Chicopee Police Department[23]
- Chilmark Police Department
- Clarksburg Police Department
- Clinton Police Department
- Cohasset Police Department
- Colrain Police Department
- Concord Police Department
- Conway Police Department
- Cummington Police Department
- Dalton Police Department
- Danvers Police Department
- Dartmouth Police Department
- Dedham Police Department
- Deerfield Police Department
- Dennis Police Department
- Dighton Police Department
- Douglas Police Department
- Dover Police Department
- Dracut Police Department
- Dudley Police Department
- Dunstable Police Department
- Duxbury Police Department
- East Bridgewater Police Department
- East Brookfield Police Department
- East Longmeadow Police Department
- Eastham Police Department
- Easthampton Police Department
- Easton Police Department
- Edgartown Police Department
- Egremont Police Department
- Erving Police Department
- Essex Police Department
- Everett Police Department[24]
- Fairhaven Police Department
- Fall River Police Department[25]
- Falmouth Police Department[26]
- Fitchburg Police Department[27]
- Foxborough Police Department
- Framingham Police Department
- Franklin Police Department[28]
- Freetown Police Department
- Gardner Police Department
- Georgetown Police Department
- Gill Police Department
- Gloucester Police Department
- Goshen Police Department
- Gosnold Police Department
- Grafton Police Department
- Granby Police Department
- Granville Police Department
- Great Barrington Police Department
- Greenfield Police Department
- Groton Police Department
- Hadley Police Department
- Halifax Police Department
- Hamilton Police Department
- Hampden Police Department
- Hancock Police Department
- Hanover Police Department
- Hanson Police Department
- Hardwick-New Braintree Police Department[29]
- Harvard Police Department
- Harwich Police Department
- Hatfield Police Department
- Haverhill Police Department[30]
- Hawley Police Department
- Heath Police Department
- Hingham Police Department
- Hinsdale Police Department
- Holbrook Police Department
- Holden Police Department
- Holland Police Department
- Holliston Police Department
- Holyoke Police Department[31]
- Hopedale Police Department
- Hopkinton Police Department
- Hubbardston Police Department
- Hudson Police Department
- Hull Police Department[32]
- Huntington Police Department
- Ipswich Police Department
- Kingston Police Department
- Lancaster Police Department
- Lanesborough Police Department
- Lakeville Police Department
- Lawrence Police Department[33]
- Lee Police Department[34]
- Leicester Police Department
- Lenox Police Department
- Leominster Police Department
- Leverett Police Department
- Lexington Police Department
- Leyden Police Department
- Lincoln Police Department
- Littleton Police Department
- Longmeadow Police Department
- Lowell Police Department[35]
- Ludlow Police Department
- Lunnenburg Police Department
- Lynn Police Department[36]
- Lynnfield Police Department
- Malden Police Department[37]
- Manchester-by-the-Sea Police Department
- Mansfield Police Department
- Marion Police Department
- Marblehead Police Department
- Marlborough Police Department[38]
- Marshfield Police Department
- Mashpee Police Department[citation needed]
- Mattapoisett Police Department[citation needed]
- Maynard Police Department
- Medfield Police Department
- Medford Police Department[39]
- Medway Police Department
- Melrose Police Department[40]
- Mendon Police Department
- Merrimac Police Department[citation needed]
- Methuen Police Department[41]
- Middleborough Police Department
- Middlefield Police Department
- Middleton Police Department
- Milford Police Department
- Millbury Police Department[42]
- Millis Police Department
- Milleville Police Department
- Milton Police Department
- Monson Police Department
- Montague Police Department
- Monterey Police Department
- Nahant Police Department
- Nantucket Police Department
- Natick Police Department
- Needham Police Department
- New Bedford Police Department[43]
- New Marlborough Police Department
- New Salem Police Department
- Newbury Police Department
- Newburyport Police Department
- Newton Police Department[44]
- Norfolk Police Department
- North Adams Police Department[45]
- North Andover Police Department
- North Attleborough Police Department
- North Brookfield Police Department
- North Reading Police Department
- Northampton Police Department[46]
- Northborough Police Department
- Northbridge Police Department
- Northfield Police Department
- Norton Police Department
- Norwell Police Department[47]
- Norwood Police Department
- Oak Bluffs Police Department
- Oakham Police Department
- Orange Police Department
- Orleans Police Department
- Otis Police Department
- Oxford Police Department
- Palmer Police Department
- Paxton Police Department
- Peabody Police Department[48]
- Pepperell Police Department
- Pelham Police Department
- Pembroke Police Department
- Peru Police Department
- Petersham Police Department
- Phillipston Police Department
- Pittsfield Police Department[49]
- Plainfield Police Department
- Plainville Police Department
- Plymouth Police Department
- Plympton Police Department
- Princeton Police Department
- Provincetown Police Department[50]
- Quincy Police Department[51]
- Raynham Police Department
- Randolph Police Department
- Reading Police Department
- Rehoboth Police Department
- Revere Police Department[52]
- Richmond Police Department
- Rochester Police Department
- Rockland Police Department
- Rockport Police Department
- Rowe Police Department
- Rowley Police Department
- Royalston Police Department
- Russell Police Department
- Rutland Police Department
- Salem Police Department[53]
- Salisbury Police Department
- Sandisfield Police Department
- Sandwich Police Department[54]
- Saugus Police Department
- Savoy Police Department
- Scituate Police Department
- Seekonk Police Department[55]
- Sharon Police Department
- Sheffield Police Department
- Shelburne Police Department
- Sherborne Police Department
- Shirley Police Department
- Shrewsbury Police Department
- Shutesbury Police Department
- Somerset Police Department
- Somerville Police Department[56]
- South Hadley Police Department
- Southborough Police Department
- Southbridge Police Department
- Southampton Police Department
- Southwick Police Department
- Spencer Police Department
- Springfield Police Department[57]
- Sterling Police Department
- Stockbridge Police Department
- Stoneham Police Department
- Stoughton Police Department
- Stow Police Department
- Sturbridge Police Department
- Sudbury Police Department
- Sutton Police Department
- Swansea Police Department
- Swampscott Police Department
- Taunton Police Department[58]
- Templeton Police Department
- Tewksbury Police Department[59]
- Tisbury Police Department
- Tolland Police Department
- Topsfield Police Department
- Townsend Police Department
- Truro Police Department[60]
- Tynsborough Police Department
- Tyringham Police Department
- Upton Police Department
- Uxbridge Police Department
- Wakefield Police Department
- Wales Police Department
- Walpole Police Department
- Waltham Police Department[61]
- Ware Police Department
- Wareham Police Department[62]
- Warren Police Department
- Warwick Police Department
- Washington Police Department
- Watertown Police Department[63]
- Wayland Police Department
- Webster Police Department
- Wellesley Police Department
- Wellfleet Police Department[64]
- Wendell Police Department
- Wenham Police Department
- West Boylston Police Department
- West Bridgewater Police Department
- West Brookfield Police Department
- West Newbury Police Department
- West Springfield Police Department[65]
- West Stockbridge Police Department
- West Tisbury Police Department
- Westborough Police Department
- Westhampton Police Department
- Westfield Police Department[66]
- Westford Police Department
- Westminster Police Department
- Westport Police Department
- Weston Police Department
- Westwood Police Department
- Weymouth Police Department[67]
- 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[68]
- Worcester Police Department[69]
- Worthington Police Department
- Wrentham Police Department
- Yarmouth Police Department[70]
Other agencies
[edit]- Animal Rescue League of Boston Law Enforcement Services (certain investigators are sworn as “Special State Police Officers”)[71]
- Boston Housing Authority Police Division
- Boston Municipal Protective Services
- Boston Park Rangers
- Boston Public Health Commission Police
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Public Safety Department
- Boston Medical Center Public Safety Department
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital Police and Security Department[citation needed]
- Cambridge Health Alliance Department of Public Safety[citation needed]
- Holyoke Medical Center Security[citation needed]
- Mashpee Wampanoag Police Department[72]
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police
- Massachusetts General Hospital Police, Security and Outside Services Department
- Massachusetts Port Authority Police
- 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
- Saint Vincent Hospital Police Department
- Somerville Housing Authority Police Department
- Springfield Park Rangers
- Tufts Medical Center Public Safety
- UMass Memorial Medical Center Police
College and university agencies
[edit]- American International College Police Department
- Amherst College Police Department
- 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
- Berklee Public Safety Department
- Boston College Police Department
- Boston University Police Department
- Brandeis University Police Department
- Bridgewater State University Police Department
- 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
- College of the Holy Cross Public Safety
- Emerson College Police Department
- Fisher College Police Department
- Fitchburg State University Police Department
- Framingham State University Police Department
- Greenfield Community College Office of Public Safety
- Harvard University Police Department
- Holyoke Community College Police Department
- Lasell College Police Department
- Massachusetts Bay Community College Campus Police Department
- Massachusetts College of Art & Design Police Department
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Department of Public Safety
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department
- Massasoit Community College Police Department
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services Public Safety Department
- Merrimack College Police Department
- Middlesex County College Police Department
- Mount Holyoke College Campus Police Department
- Mount Wachusett Community College Campus Police Department
- Northeastern University Police Department
- North Shore Community College Campus Police Department
- Quinsigamond Community College Police Department
- Salem State University Police Department
- Simmons University Police Department
- Smith College Campus Police Department
- Springfield College Department of Public Safety
- Springfield Technical Community College Police Department
- Stonehill College Police Department
- Suffolk University Police and Security Department
- Tufts University Police Department[73]
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst Police Department
- University of Massachusetts, Boston Police Department
- University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Police Department
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell Police Department
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Police Department
- Wellesley College Campus Police Department
- Wentworth Institute of Technology Public Safety Department
- Western New England University Department of Public Safety
- Westfield State University Police Department
- Wheaton College Public Safety Department
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute Police Department
- Worcester State University Police Department
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