Law enforcement agency

A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of  and their resources. The most common type of law enforcement agency is the police, but there are also other types including organisations that focus on specific legal violation, or are run by a particular authority. They typically have various  and legal rights to allow them to enforce the law. Such as the power of arrest  and the .


 International and multinational 

Sometimes groups of countries team up to enforced the law. One examples of this is Europol.

 Federal 

Some countries are a federation of multiple states, the states team up to form a .

Examples:
 Argentine Federal Police (Argentina)
 Australian Federal Police (Australia)
 Federal Police of Brazil (Brazil)
 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canada)
 Bundespolizei (Germany)
 Mexican Federal Police (Mexico)
 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Protective Service, United States Park Police (United States)
 Central Bureau of Investigation (India)

 National 

 State law enforcement agencies 


 Military 

Military organizations often have law enforcement units. These units within armed forces are generally referred to as 

 Related pages 
 Sheriff
 Police

 Other websites 
 Berlin: Metropolis of crime 1918 - 1933 Part 1 , Part 2  (warning: graphic depiction of murder and other violence), a Deutsche Welle English television documentary comprehensively depicting a major European police force and its methods, investigations, and political activities during the early 20th century

Category:Law enforcement agencies
Category:Law enforcement