This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country.[1] According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.[2]
- Adams County Detectives. Detectives assigned to the Adams County District Attorney, Gettysburg, PA [citation needed]
- Adams County Sheriff's Office[3]
- Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office [citation needed]
- Allegheny County Police Department[3]
- Allegheny County Sheriff's Office[3]
- Armstrong County Sheriff's Office[3]
- Beaver County Sheriff's Office[3]
- Bedford County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Berks County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Berks County Park Rangers [citation needed]
- Blair County Sheriff’s Office
- Bucks County Sheriff's Office[5]
- Bucks County Park Rangers[6]
- Butler County Sheriff's Office
- Centre County Sheriff's Office[7]
- Chester County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Clearfield County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Clinton County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Columbia County Sheriff's Office
- Cumberland County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Dauphin County Sheriff's Office[8]
- Dauphin County District Attorney's Investigation Office [citation needed]
- Delaware County Bureau of Park Police & Fire Safety
- Delaware County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division [citation needed]
- Elk County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Erie County Sheriff's Office[9]
- Fayette County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Forest County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Fulton County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Greene County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Huntingdon County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Indiana County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Juniata County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Lackawanna County Sheriff's Department[4]
- Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
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- Lancaster County Park Rangers[4]
- Lawrence County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Lebanon County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Lehigh County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Luzerne County Sheriff's Department[4]
- Lycoming County Sheriff's Office[4]
- McKean County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Mercer County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Mifflin County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Monroe County District Attorney's Office - Detective Unit[4]
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Montgomery County Sheriff's Department[4]
- Montour County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Northampton County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Northumberland County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Perry County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Philadelphia Adult Probation and Parole Department[4]
- Philadelphia County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Pike County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Pike County District Attorney Detectives|
- Pike County Humane Police
- Potter County Sheriff's Office[10]
- Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Snyder County Sheriff's Office [citation needed]
- Somerset County Sheriff's Department[10]
- Sullivan County Sheriff's Office[11]
- Susquehanna County Sheriff's Office[4]
- Tioga County Sheriff's Office[12]
- Union County Sheriff's Office[13]
- Venango County Sheriff's Office[14]
- Warren County Sheriff's Office[15]
- Washington County Sheriff's Office[16]
- Wayne County Sheriff's Office[17]
- Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office[18]
- Westmoreland County Park Police[18]
- Wyoming County Sheriff's Office[19]
- York County Sheriff's Office[20]
- York County Park Rangers[20]
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The Pennsylvania State Police have State Troopers who are certified to investigate Arson. Some local Fire Departments have Arson Investigators, however, their power is limited.
- Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department (Allegheny County)
- Buffalo Valley Regional Police Department[125]
- Central Berks Regional Police Department[113]
- Central Bucks Regional Police Department[126]
- Charleroi Regional Police Department
- Colonial Regional Police Department[113]
- Eastern Adams Regional Police Department[113]
- Eastern Pike Regional Police[113]
- Evans City-Seven Fields Regional Police Department[127]
- Greene County Regional Police Department[128]
- Mifflin County Regional Police Department[113]
- Morris-Cooper Regional Police Department [citation needed]
- Northern York County Regional Police Department[113]
- Northern Berks Regional Police Department[113]
- Northern Regional Police Department (Allegheny County)
- Northern York County Regional Police Department[113]
- Northwest Regional Police Department[113]
- Pennridge Regional Police[113]
- Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department[113]
- R.E.S.A. Regional Police Department
- Evans City/Seven Fields Regional Police Department (Butler County)
- Slate Belt Regional Police Department[129]
- South Center/Mifflin Police Department[12]
- Southern Regional Police Department[12]
- Southern Chester County Regional Police Department[130]
- Southwest Greensburg Borough Police Department[12]
- Southwest Regional Police Department
- Stroud Area Regional Police Department[12]
- Susquehanna Regional Police Department[131]
- Tiadaghton Valley Regional Police Department[132]
- Upper Perk Police District[133]
- Western Berks Regional Police Department[113]
- West Hills Regional Police Department[113]
- West Shore Regional Police Department[113]
- Westtown East Goshen Regional Police Department[12]
- York Area Regional Police Department[113]
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Note* Act 120, refers to the enrollment and completion of a Pennsylvania Standard Police Academy or it's equivalent in Any state or Federal Organization.
"Police Services". Department of Community and Economic Development. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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 1 October 2015
Official web site accessed 2 October 2015
"Sheriff". Bucks County. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
Potter County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Sullivan County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Official web site accessed 25 September 2014
Union County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Venango County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Warren County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Washington County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Wayne County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Westmoreland County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Wyoming County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
York County official web site accessed 2 October 2014
Official web site accessed 13 September 2014
Official FaceBook site accessed 13 September 2014
Luzerne County website accessed 13 September 2014
Westmoreland County website accessed 13 September 2014
Officer Down Memorial Page accessed 13 September 2014
Blair County website accessed 13 September 2014
Allegheny County website accessed 13 September 2014
Adams County website accessed 13 September 2014
Somerset County website accessed 13 September 2014
Berks County website accessed 13 September 2014
City of Bethlehem official web site accessed 13 September 2014
Official Facebook page accessed 13 September 2014
Official Allegheny County web site accessed 13 September 2014
Official Berks County web site accessed 13 September 2014
FBI Hears Brownsville, PA Police Issues; June 3, 2013, Herald-Standard Newspaper of Uniontown
Official web site accessed 14 September 2014
East Buffalo Valley Township official web site accessed 14 September 2014
Official FaceBook page accessed 14 September 2014
Official web site accessed 15 September 2014
Delco D.A.: Psycho cop snaps, kills woman, shoots her daughter; by William Bender, 17 December 2014, Philadelphia Daily News
Official Sommerset County web site accessed 15 September 2014
Sadsbuury Township official web page accessed 15 September 2014
Official web site accessed 16 September 2014
Coraopolis police chief placed on leave after being charged in August car crash; by Jonathan D. Silver, 15 January 2015, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Official web site accessed 18 September 2014
Official web site accessed 17 September 2014
Official web site accessed 22 September 2014
Part-time Edwardsville cop charged with obstructing emergency services; by James O'Malley, 2 January 2015, Times-Leader
Fort Indiantown Gap police officer fired after shooting bobcat, turkeys while on duty; by Jeffery Johnson, 28 August 2014, Pennlive.com accessed 3 September 2014
Embattled Fountain Hill police officer resigns in exchange for $35,000; by Precious Petty, 27 May 2014, The Express-Times
Official FaceBook page accessed 18 September 2014
Official web site accessed 19 September 2014
Amid national alarm on police tactics, area arsenals also growing; by Michael Boren, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 27 August 2014
Official web site accessed 20 September 2014
Allegheny County official web site accessed 20 September 2014
Official web site accessed 30 December 2017
Official FaceBook page accessed 20 September 2014
Official web site accessed 21 September 2014
Former cop pleads to DUI; by Kevin Kearney, 5 January 2015, Wayne Independent
Official Huntington County web site accessed 21 September 2014
Official Mercer County website accessed 21 September 2014
Luzerne County official web site accessed 21 September 2014
Berks County official web site accessed 21 September 2014
Crawford County official web site accessed 22 September 2014
Lower Providence Township official website accessed 13 September 2014
Official FaceBook page accessed 22 September 2014
Wyoming County official web site accessed 22 September 2014
Sommerset County official web site accessed 22 September 2014
Official web site accessed 23 September 2014
Berks County official web site accessed 23 September 2014
Luzerne County web site accessed 23 September 2014
Allegheny County web site accessed 23 September 2014
Police Officer Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Ohioville Borough And Officials; by John Paul, BeaverCountian 23 January 2013, accessed 23 September 2014
Official web site accessed 24 September 2014
Dauphin County official web site accessed 24 September 2014
Suicide of police veteran stuns Radnor, Robert "John" Miller was found with a self-inflicted wound, authorities said; 11 September 2014, Phill.com accessed 13 September 2014
Official Facebook page accessed 24 September 2014
Chester County official web site accessed 25 September 2014
"Officials". Scottsdale Brough. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
Official web site accessed 25 May 2018
Spring City website accessed 14 August 2014
Official web site accessed 26 September 2014
West Pittston police chief talks policy of on-duty officers leaving borough; by James O'Malley, 9 January 2015, Times-Leader
Official web site accessed 14 January 2015
Blair County official web site accessed 26 September 2014
Worthington Police Chief Fired; Another Officer Let Go During Investigation; by David Croyle, 6 November 2012, The Kittanning Paper
Luzerne County official web site accessed 26 September 2014
"Welcome". Central Bucks Regional Police Department. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
Jersey Shore Borough official web site accessed 25 September 2014
Facebook web site accessed 25 September 2014
Official web site accessed 4 October 2014
Official web site accessed 3 October 2014
"Public Safety". Franklin and Marshall University. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
Official web site accessed 23 January 2015
"Public Safety". www.lackawanna.edu. All Public Safety officers have been properly trained in the performance of their duties. Training includes Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), First Aid certification, and lethal weapons training sufficient to qualify for Pennsylvania ACT 235 certification. Many of the officers are qualified to serve as municipal police officers having completed Pennsylvania's ACT 120 Training. In addition, they periodically attend advanced safety training courses.
"Public Safety". Pennsylvania College of Technology. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
Current employee of the University
Official web site accessed 29 December 2014