List of law enforcement agencies in Texas


List of law enforcement agencies in Texas


This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Texas.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,913 law enforcement agencies, the most of any state. These agencies employed 59,219 sworn police officers, about 244 for each 100,000 residents.

Federal agencies

There are over 150 federal law enforcement offices in Texas. including those for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Secret Service; Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and U.S. Marshals. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a federal law enforcement agency is "an organizational unit, or subunit, of the federal government with the principle (sic) functions of prevention, detection, and investigation of crime and the apprehension of alleged offenders."

State agencies

  • Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
  • Texas Attorney General
  • Texas Comptroller - Criminal Investigation Division (State Police)
  • Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (regulatory agency)
  • Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  • Texas Department of Insurance
    • State Fire Marshal's Office
    • Fraud Unit
  • Texas Department of Public Safety
    • Texas Highway Patrol
    • Texas Ranger Division
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Texas Racing Commission - State Police
  • Texas Juvenile Justice Department – Office of the Inspector General
  • Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Rangers
  • Texas State Board of Dental Examiners - Investigations Division

County sheriff agencies

County constable agencies

City agencies

College and university agencies

Independent school district agencies (K–12)

Other agencies

Airport agencies

  • Amarillo Airport Police
  • Corpus Christi International Airport Public Safety Department
  • DFW International Airport Department of Public Safety https://www.dfwairport.com/dps/
  • Laredo International Airport Police
  • Lubbock Airport Police
  • San Angelo Regional Airport Police Force
  • San Antonio Airport Police https://www.sanantonio.gov/Airport-Police

Charter school agencies

  • A+ Charter Schools Police

Hospital agencies

  • Baylor Scott & White Health Police
  • Bexar County Hospital District Police
  • Dallas County Hospital District Police
  • Ector County Hospital District Police
  • Methodist Health System Police
  • Tarrant County Hospital District Police
  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Police
  • Texas Medical Center Police
  • UMC Health System Lubbock Police

Park, river authority, and water district agencies

  • Brazos River Authority Police
  • Denton County Water District Police Department
  • Lower Colorado River Authority Police
  • San Antonio Park Police
  • Tarrant Regional Water District Police
  • Travis County Park Police

Port agencies

  • Port of Beaumont Police
  • Port of Brownsville Police
  • Port of Corpus Christi Police
  • Port of Galveston Police
  • Port of Houston Authority Police

Railroad agencies

  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Police
  • Port Terminal Railroad Association Police
  • Union Pacific Railroad Police Department

Transit authority agencies

  • Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Police
  • Houston Metro Transit Authority Police
  • VIA Metropolitan Transit Police (San Antonio)

References


Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of law enforcement agencies in Texas by Wikipedia (Historical)




 

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