List of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents. This is the largest ratio of policemen to residents of any state and compares to a national average of 251 to 100,000.^[1]

State agencies

• Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
  • Child Support Enforcement
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
  • Louisiana Medical Center Police
• Louisiana Department of Justice
• Louisiana Department of Public Safety
  • Louisiana Division of Levee District Police
    • Atchafalaya Basin Levee District Police Department
    • East Jefferson Levee District Police Department
    • Lafourche Basin Levee District Police Department
    • Lake Borgne Levee District Police Department
    • Orleans Levee District Police Department
    • Pontchartrain Levee District Police Department
    • Tensas Basin Levee District Police Department
  • Louisiana State Fire Marshal
  • Louisiana State Police
• Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
  • Louisiana Department of Corrections - Adult Probation and Parole
  • Division of Youth Services - Office of Juvenile Justice
• Louisiana Department of Revenue & Taxation
  • Louisiana Alcoholic Beverage Control
• Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  • Crescent City Connection Police
  • Weight Enforcement Police
• Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Enforcement Division
• Louisiana Livestock Brand Commission Enforcement
• Louisiana Office of State Parks - Enforcement Division
• Louisiana State Museum Police
• Louisiana Military Department Police
• New Orleans City Park Police

Parish agencies

Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office Allen Parish Sheriff's Office Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office Bienville Parish Sheriff's Office Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office Caddo Parish Constable's Office Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office^[2] Caldwell Parish Sheriff's Office Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office Claiborne Parish Sheriff's Office Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office Desoto Parish Sheriff's Office East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office^[3] East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office Franklin Parish Sheriff's Office Grant Parish Sheriff's Office

Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office LaSalle Parish Sheriff's Office Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Madison Parish Sheriff's Office Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office^[citation needed] Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office^[citation needed] Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office^[citation needed] Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office Red River Parish Sheriff's Office Richland Parish Parish Sheriff's Office Sabine Parish Sheriff's Office

St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office St. James Parish Sheriff's Office St. John Parish Sheriff's Office St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office^[4] Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Tensas Parish Sheriff's Office Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office Union Parish Sheriff's Office Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office Washington Parish Sheriff's Office Webster Parish Sheriff's Office West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office West Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office Winn Parish Sheriff's Office^[5]

City / municipal agencies

Abbeville Police Department^[6] Addis Police Department^[7] Albany Police Department ^[citation needed] Alexandria Police Department ^[8] Amite Police Department^[9] Anacoco Police Department ^[citation needed] Angie Police Department ^[citation needed] Arcadia Police Department^[10] Arnaudville Police Department^[11] Ashland Police Department^[12] Athens Police Department^[13] Baker Police Department Baldwin Police Department Ball Police Department Basile Police Department Bastrop Police Department Baton Rouge Police Department^[14] Benton Police Department^[citation needed] Bernice Police Department^[citation needed] Berwick Police Department^[citation needed] Biloxi Police Department^[15] Blanchard Police Department^[16] Bogalusa Police Department Bonita Police Department^[citation needed] Bossier City Police Department^[17] Boyce Police Department^[citation needed] Breaux Bridge Police Department^[18] Broussard Police Department Brusly Police Department^[19] Bunkie Police Department^[citation needed] Calvin Police Department^[citation needed] Campti Police Department^[citation needed] Cankton Police Department Carencro Police Department^[20] Castor Police Department Central Police Department Chataignier Police Department Chatham Police Department^[citation needed] Cheneyville Police Department^[citation needed] Choudrant Police Department^[citation needed] Church Point Police Department Clerence Police Department Clarks Police Department Clayton Police Department Clinton Police Department Colfax Police Department Collinston Police Department Columbia Police Department Converse Police Department Covington Police Department^[21] Cotton Valley Police Department Cottonport Police Department Coushatta Police Department Covington Police Department Crowley Police Department^[22] Cullen Police Department^[citation needed] Delcambre Police Department^[citation needed] Delhi Police Department^[citation needed] Delta Police Department Denham Springs Police Department DeQuincy Police Department DeRidder Police Department Dixie Inn Police Department Dodson Police Department Donaldsonville Police Department Downsville Police Department Doyline Police Department Dry Prong Police Department Dubach Police Department Dubberly Police Department Duson Police Department East Hodge Police Department Elizabeth Police Department Elton Police Department Epps Police Department Erath Police Department Estherwood Police Department ^[citation needed] Eunice Police Department^[citation needed] Eunice City Marshall's Office^[citation needed] Evergreen Police Department Farmerville Police Department Fenton Police Department Ferriday Police Department ^[23] Fisher Police Department Florien Police Department Folsom Police Department Fordoche Police Department Forest Police Department Forest Hill Police Department Franklin Police Department Franklinton Police Department French Settlement Police Department Georgetown Police Department Gibsland Police Department Gilbert Police Department Gilliam Police Department Glenmora Police Department Golden Meadow Police Department Goldonna Police Department Gonzales Police Department

Grambling Police Department Gramercy Police Department Grand Cane Police Department Grand Coteau Police Department Grand Isle Police Department Grayson Police Department Greensburg Police Department Greenwood Police Department Gretna Police Department Grosse Tete Police Department Gueydan Police Department Hall Summit Police Department Hammond Police Department^[24] Harahan Police Department^[citation needed] Harrisonburg Police Department^[citation needed] Haughton Police Department^[citation needed] Haynesville Police Department Head of Island Police Department Heflin Police Department Henderson Police Department Hessmer Police Department Hineston Police Department Hodge Police Department Homer Police Department Hornbeck Police Department Hosston Police Department Houma Police Department Ida Police Department Independence Police Department Iota Police Department^[25] Iowa Police Department^[citation needed] Jackson Police Department^[citation needed] Jamestown Police Department^[citation needed] Jean Lafitte Police Department Jeanerette Police Department Jena Police Department Jennings Police Department Jonesboro Police Department Jonesville Police Department Junction City Police Department Kaplan Police Department^[26] Keachi Police Department^[citation needed] Kenner Police Department^[citation needed] Kentwood Police Department^[citation needed] Kilbourne Police Department Killian Police Department Kinder Police Department Krotz Springs Police Department Lafayette Police Department Lake Arthur Police Department Lake Charles Police Department Lake Providence Police Department LeCompte Police Department Leesville Police Department Leonville Police Department Lille Police Department Lisbon Police Department Livingston Police Department Livonia Police Department Lockport Police Department Logansport Police Department Longstreet Police Department Loreauville Police Department Lucky Police Department Lutcher Police Department Madisonville Police Department Mamou Police Department Mandeville Police Department Mangham Police Department Mansfield Police Department Mansura Police Department Many Police Department Maringouin Police Department Marion Police Department Marksville Police Department^[27] Martin Police Department ^[citation needed] Maurice Police Department ^[citation needed] McNary Police Department ^[citation needed] Melville Police Department Mer Rouge Police Department Mermentau Police Department Merryville Police Department Minden Police Department Monroe Police Department Montgomery Police Department Montpelier Police Department Mooringsport Police Department Moreauville Police Department Morgan City Police Department Morganza Police Department Morse Police Department Mound Police Department Napoleonville Police Department Natchez Police Department Natchitoches Police Department New Iberia Police Department New Llano Police Department New Orleans Police Department New Roads Police Department^[28] Newellton Police Department

Noble Police Department North Hodge Police Department^[29] Norwood Police Department Oak Grove Police Department Oak Ridge Police Department Oakdale Police Department Oberlin Police Department Oil City Police Department Olla Police Department Opelousas Police Department Palmetto Police Department Parks Police Department Patterson Police Department Pearl River Police Department Pine Prairie Police Department Pineville Police Department Pioneer Police Department Plain Dealing Police Department^[30] Plaquemine Police Department Plaucheville Police Department Pleasant Hill Police Department Pollock Police Department Ponchatoula Police Department Port Allen Police Department Port Barre Police Department Port Vincent Police Department Powhatan Police Department Provencal Police Department Quitman Police Department Rayne Police Department Rayville Police Department Reeves Police Department Richmond Police Department Richwood Police Department Ridgecrest Police Department Ringgold Police Department Robeline Police Department Rodessa Police Department Rosedale Police Department Roseland Police Department Rosepine Police Department Ruston Police Department St. Francisville Police Department St. Gabriel Police Department St. Joseph Police Department St. Martinville Police Department^[citation needed] Saline Police Department^[citation needed] Sarepta Police Department^[citation needed] Scott Police Department^[31] Shongaloo Police Department Shreveport Police Department Sibley Police Department Sicily Island Police Department Sikes Police Department Simmesport Police Department Simpson Police Department Simsboro Police Department Slaughter Police Department Slidell Police Department Sorrento Police Department South Mansfield Police Department Spearsville Police Department Springfield Police Department Springhill Police Department Stanley Police Department Sterlington Police Department Stonewall Police Department Sulphur Police Department^[32] Sun Police Department Sunset Police Department Tallulah Police Department Tangipahoa Police Department Thibodaux Police Department^[33] Tickfaw Police Department Tullos Police Department Turkey Creek Police Department Urania Police Department Varnado Police Department Vidalia Police Department Vienna Police Department Ville Platte Police Department^[34] Vinton Police Department Vivian Police Department Walker Police Department Washington Police Department Waterproof Police Department Welsh Police Department West Monroe Police Department Westlake Police Department Westwego Police Department White Castle Police Department Wilson Police Department Winnfield Police Department Winnsboro Police Department Wisner Police Department Woodworth Police Department Youngsville Police Department Zachary Police Department Zwolle Police Department

College and university agencies

Dillard University Police Department Grambling State University Police Department McNeese State University Police Department Louisiana State University Police Department Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Police Louisiana State University at Alexandria Police Department Louisiana State University at Shreveport Police Department Louisiana Tech University Police Department Loyola University New Orleans Public Safety Department Nicholls State University Police Department Northwestern State University Police Department

Southeastern Louisiana University Police Department Southwestern Louisiana University Police Department Southern University Police Department Southern University at New Orleans Police Department Southern University Shreveport Police Department Tulane University Police Department Tulane University Health Sciences Center Police Department University of Louisiana at Lafayette Police Department The University of Louisiana at Monroe Police Department University of New Orleans Police Department Xavier University of Louisiana Police Department

Other agencies

Housing Authority of New Orleans Police Department^[35] Jefferson/St. Tammany Causeway Police^[citation needed] Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission’s Causeway Police Department^[citation needed] Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana Office of the United States Marshal for the Middle District of Louisiana Office of the United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana Port of New Orleans Police Department^[36]

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External links

• LA Sheriff's Association
• LA Parish Government