List of law enforcement agencies in Georgia

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

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 628 law enforcement agencies employing 26,551 sworn police officers, about 274 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

Georgia also hosts the FLETC, which serves as the primary training facility for numerous federal law enforcement agencies.

State agencies

County marshal agencies

County sheriff agencies

County police agencies

City agencies

  • Abbeville Police Department
  • Acworth Police Department
  • Adairsville Police Department
  • Adel Police Department
  • Adrian Police Department
  • Alamo Police Department
  • Albany Police Department
  • Alma Police Department
  • Alpharetta Police Department
  • Alto Police Department
  • Americus Police Department[15]
  • Aragon Police Department
  • Arcade Police Department
  • Arlington Police Department
  • Ashburn Police Department
  • Atlanta Police Department
  • Auburn Police Department
  • Austell Police Department[16]
  • Avondale Estates Police Department
  • Bainbridge Police Department
  • Baldwin Police Department
  • Ball Ground Police Department
  • Barnsville Police Department
  • Bartow Police Department
  • Barwick Police Department
  • Baxely Police Department
  • Berlin Police Department
  • Blackshear Police Department
  • Blakely Police Department
  • Bloomingdale Police Department
  • Blue Ridge Police Department
  • Boston Police Department
  • Bowdon Police Department
  • Braselton Police Department
  • Braswell Police Department
  • Bremen Police Department
  • Brookhaven Police Department
  • Brooklet Police Department
  • Broxton Police Department
  • Brunswick Police Department
  • Buchanan Police Department
  • Buena Vista Police Department
  • Butler Police Department
  • Byron Police Department
  • Cairo Police Department
  • Calhoun Police Department
  • Camilla Police Department
  • Canon Police Department
  • Canton Police Department
  • Carrollton Police Department
  • Cartersville Police Department[17]
  • Cave Spring Police Department
  • Cedartown Police Department
  • Centerville Police Department
  • Chamblee Police Department
  • Chatsworth Police Department
  • Chattahoochee Hills Police Department
  • Chickamauga Police Department
  • Clarkesville Police Department
  • Clarkston Police Department
  • Claxton Police Department
  • Clayton Police Department
  • Cleveland Police Department
  • Cochran Police Department
  • Cohutta Police Department
  • College Park Police Department
  • Collins Police Department[citation needed]
  • Colquitt Police Department[citation needed]
  • Columbus Police Department[18]
  • Comer Police Department[citation needed]
  • Commerce Police Department[citation needed]
  • Conyers Police Department[19]
  • Cordele Police Department
  • Cornelia Police Department
  • Covington Police Department
  • Crawfordville Police Department
  • Cumming Police Department
  • Cuthbert Police Department
  • Dallas Police Department
  • Dalton Police Department
  • Dawson Police Department
  • Decatur Police Department
  • Demorest Police Department
  • Dillard Police Department
  • Doerun Police Department
  • Donalsonville Police Department
  • Doraville Police Department
  • Douglas Police Department
  • Douglasville Police Department
  • Dublin Police Department
  • Duluth Police Department
  • Dunwoody Police Department
  • East Ellijay Police Department
  • East Point Police Department
  • Eatonton Police Department
  • Edison Police Department
  • Elberton Police Department
  • Ellaville Police Department
  • Ellijay Police Department
  • Emerson Police Department
  • Eton Police Department
  • Euharlee Police Department
  • Fairburn Police Department
  • Fairmount Police Department
  • Fayetteville Police Department
  • Fitzgerald Police Department
  • Flowery Branch Police Department
  • Folkston Police Department
  • Forest Park Police Department
  • Forsyth Police Department
  • Fort Gaines Police Department
  • Fort Oglethorpe Police Department[20]
  • Fort Valley Police Department
  • Franklin Police Department
  • Gainesville Police Department
  • Garden City Police Department
  • Georgetown Police Department
  • Glennville Police Department
  • Gordon Police Department
  • Grantville Police Department
  • Greensboro Police Department[21]
  • Greenville Police Department
  • Griffin Police Department[22]
  • Grovetown Police Department
  • Guyton Police Department
  • Hagan Police Department
  • Hahira Police Department
  • Hampton Police Department
  • Hapeville Police Department
  • Harlem Police Department
  • Hartwell Police Department
  • Hawkinsville Police Department
  • Hazlehurst Police Department
  • Helena Police Department
  • Hephzibah Police Department
  • Hinesville Police Department
  • Hiram Police Department
  • Hoboken Police Department
  • Hogansville Police Department
  • Holly Springs Police Department
  • Homerville Police Department
  • Ideal Police Department
  • Ivey Police Department
  • Jackson Police Department
  • Jacksonville Police Department
  • Jasper Police Department
  • Jefferson Police Department
  • Jeffersonville Police Department
  • Jesup Police Department
  • Johns Creek Police Department
  • Jonesboro Police Department
  • Kennesaw Police Department[23]
  • Kingsland Police Department
  • Kingston Police Department
  • LaGrange Police Department[24]
  • Lafayette Police Department
  • Lake City Police Department
  • Lake Park Police Department
  • Lakeland Police Department
  • Lavonia Police Department
  • Lawrenceville Police Department
  • Leesburg Police Department
  • Lenox Police Department
  • Leslie Police Department
  • Lilburn Police Department
  • Lincolnton Police Department
  • Lithonia Police Department
  • Locust Grove Police Department[25]
  • Loganville Police Department
  • Lookout Mountain Police Department
  • Louisville Police Department
  • Ludowici Police Department
  • Lumber City Police Department
  • Lumpkin Police Department
  • Lyons Police Department
  • Madison Police Department
  • Manchester Police Department
  • Marietta Police Department
  • Marshallville Police Department
  • McCaysville Police Department
  • McDonough Police Department
  • McRae Police Department
  • Meigs Police Department
  • Metter Police Department
  • Midway Police Department
  • Milledgeville Police Department
  • Millen Police Department
  • Milner Police Department
  • Milton Police Department
  • Monroe Police Department
  • Montezuma Police Department
  • Monticello Police Department
  • Morrow Police Department
  • Morven Police Department[26]
  • Moultrie Police Department
  • Mount Vernon Police Department
  • Mount Zion Police Department
  • Mountain City Police Department
  • Nahunta Police Department
  • Nashville Police Department
  • Nelson Police Department
  • Newington Police Department
  • Newnan Police Department
  • Newton Police Department
  • Nicholls Police Department
  • Norcross Police Department
  • Norman Park Police Department
  • Oakwood Police Department
  • Ocilla Police Department
  • Oglethorpe Police Department
  • Omega Police Department
  • Oxford Police Department
  • Palmetto Police Department
  • Pavo Police Department
  • Peachtree City Police Department[27]
  • Pearson Police Department
  • Pelham Police Department
  • Pembroke Police Department
  • Pendergrass Police Department
  • Perry Police Department
  • Pine Lake Police Department
  • Pine Mountain Police Department
  • Pineview Police Department
  • Plains Police Department
  • Pooler Police Department
  • Port Wentworth Police Department
  • Portal Police Department
  • Porterdale Police Department
  • Powder Springs Police Department
  • Quitman Police Department
  • Ray City Police Department
  • Reidsville Police Department
  • Remerton Police Department
  • Reynolds Police Department
  • Rhine Police Department
  • Richland Police Department
  • Richmond Hill Police Department
  • Rincon Police Department
  • Ringgold Police Department
  • Riverdale Police Department
  • Rochelle Police Department
  • Rockmart Police Department
  • Rome Police Department
  • Rossville Police Department[28]
  • Roswell Police Department
  • Royston Police Department
  • Sandy Springs Police Department
  • Sardis Police Department
  • Savannah Police Department[29]
  • Senoia Police Department[citation needed]
  • Shiloh Police Department
  • Sky Valley Police Department
  • Smyrna Police Department[citation needed]
  • Snellville Police Department
  • Social Circle Police Department
  • Soperton Police Department
  • South Fulton Police Department[30]
  • Sparta Police Department
  • Sparta Police Department[31]
  • Springfield Police Department
  • St. Marys Police Department
  • Statesboro Police Department
  • Statham Police Department[32]
  • Stockbridge Police Department[33]
  • Stone Mountain Police Department
  • Stonecrest Police Department
  • Summerville Police Department
  • Suwanee Police Department
  • Sycamore Police Department
  • Sylvania Police Department
  • Sylvester Police Department[34]
  • Talbotton Police Department
  • Tallahassee Police Department
  • Temple Police Department
  • Tennille Police Department
  • Thomaston Police Department
  • Thomasville Police Department
  • Thomson Police Department
  • Thunderbolt Police Department
  • Tifton Police Department
  • Toccoa Police Department
  • Trenton Police Department
  • Trion Police Department
  • Tunnel Hill Police Department
  • Twin City Police Department
  • Tybee Island Police Department
  • Tyrone Police Department
  • Unadilla Police Department
  • Union City Police Department
  • Union Point Police Department
  • Valdosta Police Department
  • Varnell Police Department
  • Vidalia Police Department
  • Vienna Police Department
  • Villa Rica Police Department
  • Wadley Police Department
  • Warner Robins Police Department
  • Warrenton Police Department
  • Warwick Police Department
  • Watkinsville Police Department
  • Waverly Hall Police Department
  • Waycross Police Department
  • Waynesboro Police Department
  • West Point Police Department
  • Whigham Police Department
  • White Police Department
  • Willacoochee Police Department
  • Winder Police Department
  • Winterville Police Department
  • Woodbury Police Department
  • Woodland Police Department
  • Woodstock Police Department
  • Wrens Police Department
  • Wrightsville Police Department
  • Zebulon Police Department

College and university agencies

Board of Education agencies

  • Athens-Clarke County School Police[37]
  • Atlanta Public School Police Department[38]
  • Bibb County School Police[39]
  • Burke County Schools Campus Police
  • Clayton County School Police[40]
  • Cherokee County School Police[41]
  • Cobb County School Police[42]
  • Columbia County Schools Police[43]
  • Dekalb County Schools Department of Public Safety[44]
  • Fulton County School Police[45]
  • Glynn County Schools Police[46]
  • Gwinnett County School Police[47]
  • Richmond County Board of Education Police Department[48]
  • Savannah-Chatham County School Police[49]
  • Muscogee County School District Police Department

Transit authority police

Other agencies

  • Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit

Defunct agencies

  • Macon Police Department - merged with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office in 2015. [citation needed]
  • Oak Park Police Department disbanded April 2019 [citation needed]
  • Augusta Police Department merged with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office after the city and county governments consolidated in 1996. The Augusta Police Department provided all policing services within the City of Augusta while the Richmond County Sheriff's Office provided policing in the unincorporated areas of Richmond County.[citation needed]
  • Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department split in June 2017 between the Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department.

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  14. ^ "Police". Gwinnett County. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  15. ^ Official http://www.americusga.gov/police-department
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