California Highway Patrol vehicles, 2010.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, California had 509 law enforcement agencies employing 79,431 sworn peace officers, about 217 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies

Los Angeles Police Department (Top) and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (Bottom) patrol cars

County agencies

Municipal agencies

College and University agencies

  • Allan Hancock Community College Police Department
  • Antelope Valley College District Police
  • Azusa Pacific University Campus Safety
  • California State University police departments
  • Cerritos Community College Police Department[56]
  • Chaffey College Police Department
  • Chapman University Department of Public Safety
  • Coastline Community College District Police Department
  • Coastline Community College Public Safety
  • College of the Sequoias District Police Department
  • Compton College Police Department
  • Contra Costa Community College District Police Services
  • Crafton Hills Community College Police Services
  • Cuesta College Police Department
  • El Camino College Police Department
  • Fontana Unified School District Police Department
  • Foothill-De Anza College District Police Department
  • Fresno State University Police Department
  • Glendale Community College District Police Department
  • Goldenwest College Public Safety
  • Hartnell College Campus Safety Department
  • Irvine Valley College Police Department
  • Los Rios Community College Police Department
  • Merced Community College Police Department[57]
  • MiraCosta Community College Police Department
  • Notre Dame de Namur University Department of Public Safety
  • Napa Valley College Police Department
  • Palomar College Police Department[58]
  • Pasadena Area Community College District Police Department
  • Pepperdine University Department of Public Safety
  • Riverside Community College District Police
  • Saddleback College Police Department[59]
  • Saint Mary's College of California Department of Public Safety
  • San Bernardino Community College District Police Department
  • San Diego Community College District Police Department
  • San Francisco Community College Police Department
  • San Joaquin Delta College District Police Department
  • San Jose/Evergreen College District Police Department
  • San Mateo Community College District Department of Public Safety
  • Santa Rosa Junior College District Police Department
  • Santa Monica College Police Department
  • Shasta College Police Department
  • Solano Community College Police Department
  • South Orange County Community College District Department of Campus Safety
  • Southwestern Community College Police Department
  • Stanford Department of Public Safety
  • State Center Community College District Police Department
  • University of California Police Department
  • University of the Pacific Police Department
  • University of San Diego Department of Public Safety
  • University of San Francisco Department of Public Safety
  • University of Southern California Department of Public Safety
  • Ventura County Community College Police Department
  • Victor Valley College Police Department
  • West Valley-Mission Community College District Police
  • Yuba College Police Department

K-12 School Agencies

The LAPD Administration Building, the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department in downtown Los Angeles.
  • 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 Unified School District Police Department
  • Fontana School 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 Unified School District Police Department[60]
  • Val Verde Unified School Police Department[61]
  • Victor Valley Union High School District Police Department
  • West Contra Costa Unified School District Police Department

Special District agencies

San Diego Police officers confer during the October 2007 California wildfires.

Federal law enforcement agencies in California

A San Francisco Police Department cruiser, K-9 division, 2008.


Defunct agencies

Ex:

  • California State Parks Peace Officers
  • California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement
  • Alviso Police Department merged into San Jose Police Department
  • Avalon Police Department Disbanded - services now provided by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
  • Blue Lake Police Department - merged with Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and partially replaced by Blue Lake Rancheria Police Department
  • Compton Police Department (disbanded in 2000)
  • 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 Etna Police Department
  • Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College Police Department - Disbanded - Services provided by San Diego County Sheriff's Department
  • Half Moon Bay Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • Holtville Police Department Disbanded - Merged into Imperial County Sheriffs' Office
  • Housing Authority City of Los Angeles Police Department (disbanded on 12/31/03, area serviced by Los Angeles Police Department)
  • 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)[69]
  • 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 [70]
  • Millbrae Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • Montague Police Department Disbanded - Services provided by Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office
  • Santa Clara County Transit Police - Services contracted with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department Transit Patrol Division
  • San Anselmo Police Department
  • San Carlos Police Department Disbanded - Services contracted with San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
  • 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 Department in February, 1988[71]
  • Trinidad Police Department (Disbanded in 2010[72]) merged with Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and partially replaced by Trinidad Rancheria Police Department
  • 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

See also

References

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