List of law enforcement agencies in Connecticut

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Connecticut.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
- Connecticut State Police
Connecticut State Capitol Police^[2]
Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice
Connecticut Department of Correction^[3]
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police^[2]
Connecticut Judicial Branch
- Court Support Services Division
  - Judicial Marshal Services^[2]
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Public Safety Division^[4]
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles^[5]
- Commercial Vehicle Safety Division
Connecticut Department of Administrative Services
- Connecticut State Marshal

Municipal agencies

Capitol

Greater Bridgeport

Lower Connecticut River Valley

Naugatuck Valley

Northeastern Connecticut

Northwest Hills

South Central Connecticut

Southeastern Connecticut

Western Connecticut

College and University agencies

Other agencies

Tribal police agencies

References

^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
^ "Connecticut Department Of Correction Suspends Visits". The Newtown Bee. March 12, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
^ "DSS- Public Safety Police".
^ "Who We Are".
^ ^a ^b Stacom, Don (January 18, 2023). "After 26 years with New Britain police, Christopher Chute tackles all-new job: police chief of the CT community college system". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved April 4, 2023. When Connecticut's 12 community colleges merge this summer, their separate police departments and security units will be consolidated into a single agency led by Chute.
^ "MCC Police".
^ Beach, Randall (October 31, 2019). "RWA police force covers a lot of ground 'protecting a natural resource'". New Haven Register. Retrieved October 2, 2022. When a New Haven man was tracked down and arrested by police officers of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for allegedly cutting down a historic tree in Hamden last month, members of the general public were reminded, or learned for the first time, that the RWA has such a police squad.
^ "The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation".
^ "Mohegan Tribal Police Department | Mohegan Tribal Police".

[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

[ReferenceA-2] Official web site accessed 23 December 2014

[3] "Connecticut Department Of Correction Suspends Visits". The Newtown Bee. March 12, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

[4] "DSS- Public Safety Police".

[5] "Who We Are".

[Stacom-6] Stacom, Don (January 18, 2023). "After 26 years with New Britain police, Christopher Chute tackles all-new job: police chief of the CT community college system". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved April 4, 2023. When Connecticut's 12 community colleges merge this summer, their separate police departments and security units will be consolidated into a single agency led by Chute.

[7] "MCC Police".

[8] Beach, Randall (October 31, 2019). "RWA police force covers a lot of ground 'protecting a natural resource'". New Haven Register. Retrieved October 2, 2022. When a New Haven man was tracked down and arrested by police officers of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for allegedly cutting down a historic tree in Hamden last month, members of the general public were reminded, or learned for the first time, that the RWA has such a police squad.

[9] "The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation".

[10] "Mohegan Tribal Police Department | Mohegan Tribal Police".

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