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
- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)
- Georgia Department of Corrections
- Georgia Department of Community Supervision (DCS)
- Georgia Department of Human Resource and Developmental Disabilities
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Georgia Department of Public Safety
- Georgia Department of Revenue
- Georgia Public Defender Council
- Georgia Department of Transportation
- Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
- Georgia Ports Authority Police Department
- Georgia World Congress Center
- The Medical Center, Navicent Health Police Department
- Stone Mountain Department of Public Safety
County & city marshal agencies
- Cherokee County Marshal's Office
- City of Dacula Marshal’s Office
- City of Peachtree Corners Marshal’s Office
- City of Sugar Hill Marshal’s Office
- City of Tucker Marshal’s Office
- Columbia County Marshal's Office
- DeKalb County Marshal's Office
- Fayette County Marshal's Office
- Fulton County Marshal's Office
- Franklin County Marshals Office
- Hall County Marshal's Office
- Paulding County Marshal's Office
- Rabun County Marshals Office
- Richmond County Marshal's Office
- Troup County Marshal's Office
- Stephens County Marshal's Office
County sheriff agencies
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County police agencies
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City agencies
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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
- Athens Police Department - merged with the Clarke County Police Department to form Athens-Clarke County Police Department in 1991, due to city-county consolidation.[50][51]
- Macon Police Department - merged into the Bibb County Sheriff's Office in 2014, due to city-county consolidation.[52][53][citation needed]
- Oak Park Police Department - disbanded in April 2019, replaced by Emanuel County Sheriff's Office.[54][55][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]
- Cecil Police Department
- Clarke County Police Department - merged with the Athens Police Department to form Athens-Clarke County Police Department in 1991, due to city-county consolidation.[56][57]
- Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department split in June 2017 between the Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department.[58][59]
- Mt. Airy Police Department
- Ft.Gaines Police Department
- Monticello Police Department
- Resaca Police Department
- Darien Police Department
- Varnell Police Department
- Luthersville Police Department
- Union Point Police Department - disbanded in 2019, replaced by Greene County Sheriff's Office.[60][61]
- Washington Police Department - disbanded in 2014, replaced by Wilkes County Sheriff's Office.[62][63]