List of law enforcement agencies in Connecticut
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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
[edit]- Connecticut State Capitol Police[2]
- Connecticut Department of Correction[3]
- Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles[4]
- Commercial Vehicle Safety Division
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
- Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Public Safety Division[6]
- Connecticut Judicial Branch
- Court Support Services Division
- Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection
- Connecticut State Division of Criminal Justice
Municipal agencies
[edit]- Ansonia Police Department
- Avon Police Department
- Berlin Police Department
- Bethel Police Department
- Bloomfield Police Department
- Branford Police Department
- Bridgeport Police Department
- Bristol Police Department
- Brookfield Police Department
- Canton Police Department
- Cheshire Police Department
- Clinton Police Department
- Coventry Police Department
- Cromwell Police Department
- Danbury Police Department
- Darien Police Department
- Derby Police Department
- East Hampton Police Department
- East Hartford Police Department
- East Haven Police Department
- East Windsor Police Department
- Easton Police Department
- Enfield Police Department
- Fairfield Police Department
- Glastonbury Police Department
- Granby Police Department
- Greenwich Police Department
- City of Groton Police Department
- Town of Groton Police Department
- Groton Long Point Police Department
- Guilford Police Department
- Hamden Police Department
- Hartford Police Department
- Ledyard Police Department
- Madison Police Department
- Manchester Police Department
- Meriden Police Department
- Middlebury Police Department
- Middletown Police Department
- Milford Police Department
- Monroe Police Department
- Naugatuck Police Department
- New Britain Police Department
- New Canaan Police Department
- New Haven Police Department
- New London Police Department
- New Milford Police Department
- Newington Police Department
- Newtown Police Department
- North Branford Police Department
- North Haven Police Department
- Norwalk Police Department
- Norwich Police Department
- Old Saybrook Police Department
- Orange Police Department
- Plainfield Police Department
- Plainville Police Department
- Plymouth Police Department
- Putnam Police Department
- Redding Police Department
- Ridgefield Police Department
- Rocky Hill Police Department
- Seymour Police Department
- Shelton Police Department
- Simsbury Police Department
- South Windsor Police Department
- Southington Police Department
- Stamford Police Department
- Stonington Police Department
- Stratford Police Department
- Suffield Police Department
- Thomaston Police Department
- Torrington Police Department
- Trumbull Police Department
- Vernon Police Department
- Wallingford Police Department
- Waterbury Police Department
- Waterford Police Department
- Watertown Police Department
- West Hartford Police Department
- West Haven Police Department
- Weston Police Department
- Westport Police Department
- Wethersfield Police Department
- Willimantic Police Department
- Wilton Police Department
- Winchester Police Department
- Windsor Police Department
- Windsor Locks Police Department
- Wolcott Police Department
- Woodbridge Police Department
College and University agencies
[edit]Other agencies
[edit]- Aquarion Water Company Police
- Candlewood Lake Authority Marine Patrol
- Connecticut State Marshal
- South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Police Department[10]
- Lake Housatonic Lake Authority Marine Patrol
- Lake Lillinonah Authority Law Enforcement Division
- Lake Zoar Authority Marine Patrol
- Metropolitan District Commission of Connecticut
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police
- Rogers Lake Authority Marine Patrol
Tribal police agencies
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
- ^ "Connecticut Department Of Correction Suspends Visits". The Newtown Bee. March 12, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ "Who We Are".
- ^ Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
- ^ "DSS- Public Safety Police".
- ^ Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
- ^ 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".
