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You might say we need more hot cops. And who am I to argue? But today’s question is about quantity, not quality. Are there too many cops? Make the jump for the list of federal police agencies cribbed from the hive mind at Wikipedia. You know it’s going to be as long as a kissing booth line for Marisa Miller, with some not unexpected weirdos amongst them (Library of Congress?). For those of you on the fence about the wisdom of the post-911 militarization and expansion of the U.S. law enforcement industry, ask yourself this: is America in danger of slipping into a police state simply because we have so many police with nothing much to do? Remember: the list below is restricted to federal police. Don’t forget to add in your city, state and county cops.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Coast Guard Police (CGPD)
Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
United States Border Patrol (USBP)
Federal Protective Service (FPS)
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
United States Secret Service (USSS)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
Department of Justice (USDOJ)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
Drug Enforcement Administration (since 1973)
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (1968–73)
Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–68)
Bureau of Prohibition (1927–33)
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (1966–68)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
United States Marshals Service (USMS)
United States Department of State (DOS)
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
United States Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
United States Department of Treasury
Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division (IRS-CID)
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
United States Mint Police (USMP)
United States Treasury Police – merged into the US Secret Service Uniformed Division in 1986.
Department of Defense
Defense Criminal Investigative Service(DCIS)
Pentagon Force Protection Agency
Department of the Army
United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (Army CID)
United States Army Military Police Corps
Department of the Air Force
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Airforce OSI)
Air Force Security Forces
Department of the Air Force Police
Department of the Navy
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Office of Naval Intelligence Police (ONI Police)
Marine Corps Provost Marshal’s Office
Department of Education
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Office of Criminal Investigations
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations
Office of Inspector General
United States Department of the Interior (USDI)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement & Security
National Park Service
National Park Rangers
United States Park Police
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement
Other Major Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
Central Intelligence Agency Security Protective Service (SPS)
Federal Reserve Police
Library of Congress Police
National Security Agency Police (NSA Police)
Smithsonian National Zoological Park Police
United States Capitol Police (USCP)
United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
United States Supreme Court Police
Veterans Affairs Police