List of law enforcement agencies in Georgia

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Georgia.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 628 law enforcement agencies employing 26,551 sworn police officers, about 274 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

Georgia also hosts the FLETC, which serves as the primary training facility for numerous federal law enforcement agencies.

State agencies

• Georgia Department of Community Supervision (DCS)
• Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)
• Georgia Department of Corrections
• Georgia Department of Human Resource and Developmental Disabilities
• Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• Georgia Department of Public Safety
  • Executive Security
  • Georgia Capitol Police
  • Georgia Motor Carrier Compliance Division
  • Georgia State Patrol
• Georgia Department of Revenue
  • Georgia Alcohol and Tobacco Division
  • Office of Special Investigations
• Georgia Public Defender Council
• Georgia Department of Transportation
• Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
• Georgia Port Authority
• Georgia World Congress Center Department of Public Safety
• Medical Center of Central Georgia Police Department
• Stone Mountain Park Department of Public Safety

Transit authority police

• MARTA Police Department

County marshal agencies

• Cherokee County Marshal's Office
• Clayton County Marshal's Office[2]
• Columbia County Marshal's Office
• DeKalb County Marshal's Office
• Fayette County Marshal's Office
• Fulton County Marshal's Office
• Gwinnett County Marshal's Office
• Hall County Marshal's Office
• Muscogee County Marshal's Office
• Paulding County Marshal's Office
• Richmond County Marshal's Office
• Troup County Marshal's Office

County sheriff agencies

Appling County Sheriff's Office Atkinson County Sheriff's Office Bacon County Sheriff's Office Baker County Sheriff's Office Baldwin County Sheriff's Office Banks County Sheriff's Office Barrow County Sheriff's Office Bartow County Sheriff's Office Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office Berrien County Sheriff's Office Bibb County Sheriff's Office Bleckley County Sheriff's Office Brantley County Sheriff's Office Brooks County Sheriff's Office Bryan County Sheriff's Office Burke County Sheriff's Office Butts County Sheriff’s Office Camden County Sheriff's Office Catoosa County Sheriff's Office[3] Charlton County Sheriff's Office Chatham County Sheriff's Office[4] Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Clarke County Sheriff's Office Clayton County Sheriff's Office Cobb County Sheriff's Office Coffee County Sheriff's Office Columbia County Sheriff's Office Crawford County Sheriff's Office Crisp County Sheriff's Office Dawson County Sheriff's Office DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Dodge County Sheriff's Office[5] Dougherty County Sheriff's Office Douglas County Sheriff's Office Effingham County Sheriff's Office Fayette County Sheriff's Office Floyd County Sheriff's Office Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

Fulton County Sheriff's Office Glynn County Sheriff's Office Greene County Sheriff's Office Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office Gordon County Sheriff's Office Henry County Sheriff's Office Houston County Sheriff's Office[6] Jackson County Sheriff's Office Jones County Sheriff's Office Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office Laurens County Sheriff's Office[7] Lowndes County Sheriff's Office Madison County Sheriff's Office Monroe County Sheriff's Office Morgan County Sheriff's Office Murray County Sheriff's Office Muscogee County Sheriff's Office Oconee County Sheriff's Office Oglethorpe County Sheriff's Office Paulding County Sheriff's Office Peach Country Sheriff's Office[8] Polk County Sheriff's Office Putnam County Sheriff's Office Rabun County Sheriff's Office Richmond County Sheriff's Office[9] Rockdale County Sheriff's Office Schley County Sheriff's Office Screven County Sheriff's Office Seminole County Sheriff's Office Spalding County Sheriff's Office Stephens County Sheriff's Office Stewart County Sheriff's Office Sumter County Sheriff's Office Taliaferro County Sheriff's Office Twiggs County Sheriff's Office[10] Walton County Sheriff's Office Ware County Sheriff's Office Wayne County Sheriff's Office Whitfield County Sheriff's Office

County police agencies

Athens-Clarke County Police Department Columbus (Muscogee County) Police Department (Columbus is a "Consolidated Government", therefore the agency has jurisdiction within the boundaries of Muscogee County) Chatham County Police Department Clayton County Police Department Cobb County Police Department DeKalb County Police Department[11] Dougherty County Police Department

Floyd County Police Department Fulton County Police Department Glynn County Police Department[12] Gwinnett County Police Department[13] Henry County Police Department

Polk County Police Department City police agencies Abbeville Police Department[14] Acworth Police Department[14] Adairsville Police Department Adel Police Department[14] Adrian Police Department[14] Alamo Police Department Albany Police Department[14] Alma Police Department[14] Alpharetta Police Department[14] Alto Police Department Americus Police Department[15] Aragon Police Department Arcade Police Department[14] Arlington Police Department Ashburn Police Department[14] Atlanta Police Department[14] Auburn Police Department[14] Austell Police Department[16] Avondale Estates Police Department[14] Bainbridge Police Department Baldwin Police Department[14] Ball Ground Police Department Barnsville Police Department Bartow Police Department[14] Barwick Police Department Baxely Police Department Berlin Police Department Blackshear Police Department[14] Blakely Police Department Bloomingdale Police Department Blue Ridge Police Department[14] Boston Police Department[14] Bowdon Police Department Braselton Police Department Braswell Police Department[14] Bremen Police Department Brookhaven Police Department[14] Brooklet Police Department Broxton Police Department Brunswick Police Department[14] Buena Vista Police Department[14] Butler Police Department Byron Police Department[14] Cairo Police Department Calhoun Police Department Camilla Police Department[14] Canon Police Department Canton Police Department Carrollton Police Department Cartersville Police Department[17] Cave Spring Police Department Cedartown Police Department Centerville Police Department Chamblee Police Department Chatsworth Police Department Chattahoochee Hills Police Department Chickamauga Police Department Clarksville Police Department Clarkston Police Department Claxton Police Department Clayton Police Department Cleveland Police Department Cochran Police Department Cohutta Police Department College Park Police Department Collins Police Department Colquitt Police Department Comer Police Department Commerce Police Department Conyers Police Department[18] Cordele Police Department Cornelia Police Department Covington Police Department Crawfordville Police Department (Georgia) Crawfordville Police Department Cumming Police Department Cuthbert Police Department Dallas Police Department Dalton Police Department Decatur Police Department Demorest Police Department Doraville Police Department Douglas Police Department Douglasville Police Department Duluth Police Department Dunwoody Police Department East Point Police Department Eatonton Police Department Forrest Park Police Department Fort Oglethorpe Police Department[19] Gainesville Police Department Greensboro Police Department[20] Griffin Police Department[21] Hampton Police Department Hapeville Police Department Hephzibah Police Department Hiram Police Department Holly Springs Police Department Jackson Police Department Jesup Police Department Johns Creek Police Department Jonesboro Police Department Kennesaw Police Department[22] Kingsland Police Department Kingston Police Department Lagrange Police Department[23] Lawrenceville Police Department Lithonia Police Department Locust Grove Police Department[24] Marietta Police Department McDonough Police Department Milledgeville Police Department Milton Police Department Morven Police Department[25] Nahunta Police Department Newnan Police Department Newton Police Department Norcross Police Department Oakwood Police Department Peachtree City Police Department[26] Person Police Department Pinelake Police Department Pooler Police Department Quitman Police Department Ringgold Police Department[3] Rockmart Police Department Rossville Police Department[27] Roswell Police Department Sardis Police Department Saint Marys Police Department Sandy Springs Police Department Senoia Police Department Smyrna Police Department South Fulton Police Department[28] Sparta Police Department[29] Statesboro Police Department Stonecrest Police Department Stone Mountain Police Department Sylvester Police Department Tucker Police Department Thomaston Police Department Trenton Police Department Union Point Police Department Valdosta Police Department Villa Rica Police Department Watkinsville Police Department Waycross Police Department Willacoochee Police Department Winder Police Department Woodstock Police Department Wrightsville Police Department College and university agencies Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Police[30] Agnes Scott College Department of Public Safety Augusta University Police Berry College Police Department Clark Atlanta University Department of Public Safety Clayton State University Department of Public Safety Columbus State University Police Department Emory Police Department Georgia Gwinnett College Public Safety Georgia Institute of Technology Police Department Georgia Piedmont Technical College Police Georgia Southern University Police Department Georgia State University Police Department Gordon State College Public Safety Gwinnett Technical College Police Department Kennesaw State University Department of Public Safety & University Police Mercer University Police Department Morehouse College Department of Campus Safety Middle Georgia State University Police Department Spelman College Department of Public Safety University of Georgia Police Department University of North Georgia Department of Public Safety Valdosta State University Police Department[31] Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Police Department Board of Education agencies Athens-Clarke County School Police [32] Atlanta Public School Police Department[33] Bibb County School Police [34] Burke County Schools Campus Police Clayton County School Police [35] Cherokee County School Police [36] Cobb County School Police [37] Columbia County Schools Police [38] Dekalb County Schools Department of Public Safety [39] Fulton County School Police[40] Glynn County Schools Police[41] Gwinnett County School Police[42] Richmond County Board of Education Police 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