List of law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts

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, and was the ranked second-lowest (48th out of 50) in property crime rates as of 2019.^[5]

State agencies

Office of the Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
- Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
  - Enforcement Division ^[6]
Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Massachusetts Environmental Police^[7]
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]

County agencies

Municipal agencies

Other agencies

College and university agencies

Federal Agencies

These are federal agencies that have common operations within the commonwealth.

References

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