List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania

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

Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.

State Law Enforcement

• Pennsylvania State Constable
• Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
• Pennsylvania Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement
• Pennsylvania Capitol Police
• Pennsylvania DCNR rangers
• Pennsylvania Waterways Conservation Officer
• Pennsylvania Game Warden
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• Pennsylvania Attorney General
• Pennsylvania State Police
• Pennsylvania Inspector General

County agencies

Fire Department Investigators,Marshals

Municipal agencies

Regional police agencies

• Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department (Allegheny County)
• Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department
• Central Berks Regional Police Department
• Central Bucks Regional Police Department
• Charleroi Regional Police Department
• Colonial Regional Police Department
• Eastern Adams Regional Police Department
• Eastern Pike Regional Police
• Evans City-Seven Fields Regional Police Department
• Greene County Regional Police Department
• Mifflin County Regional Police Department
• Morris-Cooper Regional Police Department
• Northern York County Regional Police Department
• Northern Berks Regional Police Department
• Northern Regional Police Department (Allegheny County)
• Northern York County Regional Police Department
• Northwest Regional Police Department
• Pennridge Regional Police
• Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department
• R.E.S.A. Regional Police Department
• Evans City/Seven Fields Regional Police Department (Butler County)
• Slate Belt Regional Police Department
• South Center/Mifflin Police Department
• Southern Regional Police Department
• Southern Chester County Regional Police Department
• Southwest Greensburg Borough Police Department
• Southwest Regional Police Department
• Stroud Area Regional Police Department
• Susquehanna Regional Police Department
• Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department
• Upper Perk Police District
• Western Berks Regional Police Department
• West Hills Regional Police Department
• West Shore Regional Police Department
• Westtown East Goshen Regional Police Department
• York Area Regional Police Department

College and University agencies

• Albright College Department of Public Safety
• Arcadia University Department of Public Safety
• Bloomsburg University Police Department
• Bucknell University Public Safety
• Carlow University Police Department
• Carnegie Mellon University Police Department
• Cedar Crest College Police Department
• Chatham University Public Safety Department
• Dickinson College Department of Public Safety
• Drexel University Police Department
• Duquesne University Department of Public Safety
• East Stroudsburg University Police Department
• Franklin and Marshall University Department of Public Safety
• Harrisburg Area Community College Department of Public Safety
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania Office of Public Safety
• Juniata College Public Safety Office
• Kutztown University Police Department
• Lackawanna College Public Safety Department
• Lincoln University Police Department
• Lock Haven University Police Department
• Mansfield University Police Department
• Millersville University Police Department
• Moravian University Police Department
• Pennsylvania College of Technology Police Department
• Penn State University Police Department
• University of Pittsburgh Police Department
• Point Park University Department of Public Safety
• Robert Morris University Public Safety Department
• University of Scranton Police Department
• Saint Francis University Police Department
• Shippensburg University Police Department
• Slippery Rock University Police Department
• Temple University Department of Campus Safety Services
• University of Pennsylvania Police Department
• West Chester University Department of Public Safety
• York College of Pennsylvania Department of Campus Police

Other agencies

Note: This includes Federal Agencies that operate in PA, as well as state, local & private agencies.

• Allegheny County Housing Authority Police Department
• Allegheny County Port Authority Police Department
• Amtrak Police Department
• Bethel Park School District Police Department
• Central Dauphin School District Police Department
• Delaware River Port Authority Police Department
• Department of the Army Civilian Police Department (Tobyhanna Army Depot)
• Department of the Army Civilian Police Department (Carlisle Barracks)
• Gateway School District Police Department
• Pennsylvania Department of Emergency Management and Military Affairs Police (Fort Indiantown Gap)
• Nazareth Area School District Police Department
• Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Office of the United States Marshal for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Office of the United States Marshal for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania SPCA Police (Philadelphia)
• Philadelphia Housing Authority Police Department
• Pittsburgh Public Schools Department of School Safety (School Police)
• Reading and Northern Railroad Police
• School District Of The City Of York Police Department
• SEPTA Transit Police
• Spring-Ford Area School District School Police Department
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Police
• United States Mint Police
• U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System
• UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Public Safety Department

Disbanded agencies

• Albion Borough Police Department
• Aleppo Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Ohio Township Police Department)
• Allentown Fairgrounds Police Department
• Atglen Borough Police Department (Chester County)
• Austin Borough Police Department (Potter County)
• Bath Borough Police Department
• Bechtelsville Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Colebrookdale District Police Department)
• Belle Vernon Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Southwest Regional Police Department)
• Ben Avon Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Ohio Township Police Department)
• Berks-Lehigh Regional Police
• Boyertown Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Eastern Berks Regional Police Department)
• Brackenridge Borough Police Department (Allegheny County) (Successor Agency - Tarentum Borough Police Department)
• Brandywine Regional Police
• Burgettstown Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - McDonald Borough Police Department)
• Chalfant Borough Police (Allegheny County)
• Chalfont Borough Police Department (Bucks County) (Successor Agency - Central Bucks County Regional Police Department)
• Cheswick Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department)
• Clearfield Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Clearfield Regional Police Department)
• Clifford Township Police Department
• Coal and Iron Police
• Colebrookdale District Police Department (Successor Agency - Eastern Berks Regional Police Department)
• Conewago Township Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - Northern York County Regional Police Department)
• Connoquenessing Borough Police Department
• Coolbaugh Township Police Department
• Chester-Upland School District Police Department
• Dale Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - City of Johnstown Police Department)
• Dillsburg Borough Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - Carroll Township Police Department)
• Dravosburg Police Department (Successor Agency - McKeesport City Police Department
• East Bethlehem Township Police Department (Washington County) (Successor Agency - Centerville Borough Police Department)
• East Pittsburgh Police Department
• Ellsworth/Cokeburg Boroughs (Ell-Co) Police Department
• Emsworth Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Ohio Township Police Department)
• Evans City Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Evans City/Seven Fields Regional Police Department
• Fairchance Borough Police Department
• Fallowfield Township Police Department
• Freeport Borough Police Department (Armstrong County) - (Successor Agency Southern Armstrong Regional Police)
• Ford City Borough Police Department (Armstrong County) - (Successor Agency Southern Armstrong Regional Police)
• Forward Township Police Department (Allegheny County) (Successor Agency - Elizabeth Township Police Department contracted through 2026)
• Gilberton Borough Police Department (Schuylkill County)
• Gilpin Township Police Department (Armstrong County) - (Successor Agency Southern Armstrong Regional Police)
• Hamiltonban Township Police Department (Adams County)
• Industry Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Beaver Borough Police Department contracted through 2023)
• Jackson Township Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - Northern York County Regional Police Department)
• Kennywood Park Police name changed to Kennywood Public Safety
• Kilbuck Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Ohio Township Police Department)
• Lawrence Township Police Department (Clearfield County) - (Successor Agency Clearfield Regional Police Department)
• Leesport Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Northern Berks Regional Police Department)
• Ligonier Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Ligonier Valley Police Department)
• Ligonier Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Ligonier Valley Police Department)
• Long Branch Borough Police Department (Washington County)
• Lower Yoder Township Police Department (Cambria County) (Successor Agency - West Hills Regional Police Department)
• Maidencreek Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Maidencreek Ontelaunee Joint Police Commission)
• Maidencreek Ontelaunee Joint Police Commission (Successor Agency - Northern Berks Regional Police Department)
• Midway Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - McDonald Borough Police Department)
• Montgomery Borough Police Department (Lycoming County)
• Morris Township Police Department (Greene County) (Successor Agency - Greene County Regional Police Department)
• Mount Pocono Borough Police Department
• Myerstown Borough Police Department
• Neville Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Ohio Township Police Department)
• New Eagle Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - City of Monongahela Police Department)
• New Florence Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - St. Clair Township Police Department)
• New Garden Police Department
• North Charleroi Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Charleroi Regional Police Department)
• Northeastern Regional Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - York County Regional Police Department)
• North Franklin Township Police Department
• North Irwin Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Irwin Borough Police Department)
• North York Borough Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - Northern York County Regional Police Department)
• Ohiopyle Borough Police Department
• Oley Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Central Berks Regional Police Department)
• Ontelaunee Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Northern Berks Regional Police Department)
• Paint Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Windber Borough Police Department)
• Paint Township Police Department (Somerset County)
• Penn Township Police Department (Perry County)
• Pike Township Police Department (Berks County)
• Pine Township Police Department (Allegheny County) (Successor Agency - Pine-Marshall-Bradford Woods Police Department)
• Pine-Marshall-Bradford Woods Police Department (Successor Agency - Northern Regional Police Department)
• Point Marion Police Department
• Presque Isle State Park Police Department (Successor Agency - Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)
• Red Lion Borough Police Department (York County)
• Richland Township Police Department (Allegheny County) (Successor Agency - Northern Regional Police Department)
• Rosslyn Farms Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Scott Township Police Department)
• Roulette Township Police Department (Potter County)
• Seven Fields Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Evans City/Seven Fields Regional Police Department
• Seven Springs Borough Police Department
• Seward Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - St. Clair Township Police Department)
• Shade Township Police Department
• State Police of Crawford and Erie Counties
• South Connellsville Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - City of Connellsville Police Department)
• South Versailles Township Police Department (Successor Agency - White Oak Borough Police Department)
• Southwestern Regional Police Department (York County)
• Springdale Township Police Department (Allegheny County) (Successor Agency - Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department)
• Sweden Township Police Department (Potter County)
• Thornburg Borough Police Department
• Thornbury Police Department
• Tobyhanna Township Police Department
• Tidioute Borough Police Department
• Tunkhannock Township Police Department
• Union Township Police Department (Washington County) (Successor Agency

City of Monongahela Police Department)

• Vanderbilt Borough Police Department
• Vanport Township Police Department (Successor Agency - Beaver Borough Police Department contracted through 2024)
• West Elizabeth Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Elizabeth Borough Police Department)
• West Grove Police Department* New Garden Police Department (Successor Agency - Southern Chester County Regional Police Department)
• West Taylor Township Police Department (Successor Agency - City of Johnstown Police Department)
• Wharton Township Police Department (Fayette County)
• Wilmerding Borough Police Department (Successor Agency - Pitcairn Police Department)
• Wrightsville Borough Police Department (York County)
• York Area Regional Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - York County Regional Police Department)
• York Township Police Department (York County) (Successor Agency - York County Regional Police Department)
• Youngwood Borough Police Department

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