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' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 357 law enforcement agencies employing 18,342 sworn police officers, about 280 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Massachusetts Department of Public Safety
Massachusetts Environmental Police
Massachusetts State Police
Massachusetts Trial Court
- Massachusetts Court Officer

Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

County agencies

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

City agencies

Attleboro Police Department ^[2]
Barnstable Police Department ^[3]
Bedford Police Department ^[4]
Boston Police Department ^[5]
Boston Housing Police ^[6]
Braintree Police Department ^[7]
Brockton Police Department ^[8]
Cambridge Police Department ^[9]
Chelsea Police Department ^[10]
Chicopee Police Department ^[11]
Fall River Police Department ^[12]
Fitchburg Police Department ^[13]

Haverhill Police Department ^[14]
Holyoke Police Department ^[15]
Hull Police Department ^[16]
Lawrence Police Department ^[17]
Lowell Police Department ^[18]
Lynn Police Department ^[19]
Malden Police Department ^[20]
Melrose Police Department ^[21]
Marlborough Police Department ^[22]
Methuen Police Department ^[23]
New Bedford Police Department ^[24]
Newton Police Department ^[25]

Northampton Police Department ^[26]
Peabody Police Department ^[27]
Quincy Police Department ^[28]
Revere Police Department ^[29]
Salem Police Department ^[30]
Sommerville Police Department ^[31]
Springfield Police Department ^[32]
Taunton Police Department ^[33]
Waltham Police Department ^[34]
Watertown Police Department ^[35]
Westfield Police Department ^[36]
West Springfield Police Department ^[37]
Weymouth Police Department ^[38]
Woburn Police Department ^[39]
Worcester Police Department ^[40]

Town agencies

Abington Police Department
Acton Police Department
Acushnet Police Department
Adams Police Department^[41]
Agawam Police Department
Andover Police Department
Amherst Police Department
Ashburnham Police Department
Ashby Police Department
Ashland Police Department
Aquinnah Police Department
Athol Police Department
Auburn Police Department
Avon Police Department

Barnstable Police Department

Belchertown Police Department
Belmont Police Department
Berkley Police Department
Berlin Police Department
Blackstone Police Department
Bolton Police Department
Bourne Police Department ^[42]
Braintree Police Department^[43]
Brewster Police Department
Bridgewater Police Department
Brookfield Police Department
Brookline Police Department
Burlington Police Department
Canton Police Department
Carver Police Department
Chatham Police Department
Chester Police Department
Chilmark Police Department
Danvers Police Department
Dartmouth Police Department
Dedham Police Department
Deerfield Police Department
Dennis Police Department
Dighton Police Department
Dracut Police Department
Duxbury Police Department
East Bridgewater Police Department
East Brookfield Police Department
Eastham Police Department
East Longmeadow Police Department
Easton Police Department
Edgartown Police Department
Fairhaven Police Department
Falmouth Police Department ^[44]
Foxborough Police Department

Framingham Police Department
Franklin Police Department ^[45]
Freetown Police Department
Gloucester Police Department
Gosnold Constables
Great Barrington Police Department
Greenfield Police Department
Hadley Police Department
Halifax Police Department
Hampden Police Department
Hanover Police Department
Hanson Police Department
Hardwick Police Department
Harwich Police Department
Hingham Police Department
Holden Police Department
Holland Police Department
Hudson Police Department
Hull Police Department^[46]
Kingston Police Department
Lee Police Department^[47]
Lakeville Police Department
Ludlow Police Department
Malden Police Department
Manchester Police Department
Mansfield Police Department
Marion Police Department
Marblehead Police Department
Marshfield Police Department
Mashpee Police Department
Mattapoisett Police Department
Middleborough Police Department
Millbury Police Department ^[48]
Monson Police Department
Monterey Police Department
Nahant Police Department
Nantucket Police Department
Needham Police Department
New Braintree Police Department
Newbury Police Department
North Andover Police Department
North Attleborough Police Department
North Brookfield Police Department
Northborough Police Department
Northfield Police Department
Norton Police Department
Norwell Police Department^[49]
Norwood Police Department
Oak Bluffs Police Department
Orleans Police Department
Palmer Police Department

Pembroke Police Department
Pittsfield Police Department
Plymouth Police Department
Plympton Police Department
Raynham Police Department
Provincetown Police Department ^[50]
Randolph Police Department
Rehoboth Police Department
Rochester Police Department
Rockland Police Department
Sandwich Police Department ^[51]
Saugus Police Department
Scituate Police Department
Seekonk Police Department ^[52]
Shrewsbury Police Department
Somerset Police Department
Southwick Police Department
Spenser Police Department
Stoneham Police Department
Stoughton Police Department
Sudbury Police Department
Swansea Police Department
Swampscott Police Department
Tewksbury Police Department^[53]
Tisbury Police Department
Truro Police Department ^[54]
Upton Police Department
Uxbridge Police Department
Wales Police Department
Walpole Police Department
Wareham Police Department ^[55]
Warren Police Department

+ Wellesley Police Department

Wellfleet Police Department ^[56]
Westborough Police Department
West Bridgewater Police Department
West Tisbury Police Department
Westport Police Department
Westwood Police Department
Whitman Police Department
Wilbraham Police Department
Winchester Police Department
Yarmouth Police Department ^[57]

Other agencies

Boston Municipal Protective Services
Boston Park Rangers
Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council^[58]
Central Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council "CEMLEC"
Department of Conservation and Recreation Rangers
North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council "NEMLEC"
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police
Massachusetts General Hospital Police and Security

Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Public Safety Department
Massachusetts Port Authority Police
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Police
Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council "MetroLEC"
Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council
Springfield Park Rangers
Western Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council "WEMLEC"
Worcester Regional Airport Police Department

College and university agencies

American International College Police Department
Amherst College Police Department
Assumption College Department of Public Safety
Atlantic Union College Security Department
Babson College Department of Public Safety
Bard College at Simon's Rock Security Department
Bay Path College Public Safety
Becker College Police Department
Bentley University Police Department
Berklee College of Music Public Safety Department
Boston College Police Department
Boston University Police Department
Brandeis University Department of Public Safety
Bridgewater State University Police Department

Framingham State College Police Department
Harvard University Police Department
Lasell-Mount Ida College Police Department
Massachusetts College of Art & Design Police Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department
Northeastern University Police Department
Simmons College Police Department
Stonehill College Police Department
Tufts University Police Department ^[59]
University of Massachusetts - Lowell Police Department
University of Massachusetts Police Department
Wellesley College Police Department
Wentworth Police Department
Western New England University Police
Clark University Police Department

References

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