List of law enforcement agencies in Connecticut

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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Connecticut.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies

Municipal agencies

  • Ansonia Police Department
  • Avon Police Department
  • Beacon Falls Police Department
  • Berlin Police Department
  • Bethany Police Department*
  • Bethel Police Department
  • Bethlehem Police Department*
  • Bloomfield Police Department
  • Branford Police Department
  • Bridgeport Police Department
  • Bridgewater Police Department*
  • Bristol Police Department
  • Brookfield Police Department
  • Burlington Police Department*
  • Canton Police Department
  • Cheshire Police Department
  • Chester Police Department*
  • Clinton Police Department
  • Colchester Police Department*
  • Coventry Police Department
  • Cromwell Police Department
  • Danbury Police Department
  • Darien Police Department
  • Deep River Police Department*
  • Derby Police Department[citation needed]
  • East Granby Police Department*
  • East Haddam Police Department*
  • East Hampton Police Department[8]
  • East Hartford Police Department[citation needed]
  • East Haven Police Department[9]
  • East Lyme Police Department[citation needed]
  • East Windsor Police Department[citation needed]
  • Easton Police Department[citation needed]
  • Enfield Police Department[citation needed]
  • Ellington Police Department*
  • Essex Police Department*
  • Fairfield Police Department[citation needed]
  • Farmington Police Department[citation needed]
  • Glastonbury Police Department[citation needed]
  • Granby Police Department[citation needed]
  • Greenwich Police Department[citation needed]
  • Groton Police Department (City of Groton)
  • Groton Police Department (Town of Groton)
  • Groton Long Point Police Department[10]
  • Guilford Police Department[citation needed]
  • Hamden Police Department[11]
  • Hartford Police Department[12]
  • Hebron Police Department*
  • Killingly Police Department*
  • Lebanon Police Department*
  • Ledyard Police Department
  • Litchfield Police Department*
  • Madison Police Department
  • Manchester Police Department
  • Marlborough Police Department
  • Meriden Police Department[13]
  • Middlebury Police Department
  • Middletown Police Department[14]
  • Milford Police Department
  • Monroe Police Department
  • Montville Police Department*
  • Naugatuck Police Department
  • New Britain Police Department[15]
  • New Canaan Police Department
  • New Fairfield Police Department*
  • New Hartford Police Department*
  • New Haven Police Department
  • New London Police Department
  • New Milford Police Department
  • Newington Police Department
  • Newtown Police Department
  • North Branford Police Department
  • North Haven Police Department
  • Norwalk Police Department
  • Norwich Police Department
  • Old Lyme Police Department*
  • Old Saybrook Police Department
  • Orange Police Department
  • Oxford Police Department*
  • Plainfield Police Department
  • Plainville Police Department
  • Plymouth Police Department
  • Portland Police Department
  • Prospect Police Department*
  • Putnam Police Department
  • Redding Police Department
  • Ridgefield Police Department
  • Rocky Hill Police Department
  • Roxbury Police Department*
  • Seymour Police Department
  • Shelton Police Department
  • Simsbury Police Department
  • Somers Police Department*
  • South Windsor Police Department
  • Southbury Police Department*
  • Southington Police Department
  • Stafford Police Department*
  • Stamford Police Department
  • Stonington Police Department
  • Stratford Police Department
  • Suffield Police Department
  • Thomaston Police Department
  • Torrington Police Department
  • Trumbull Police Department[16]
  • Vernon Police Department
  • Washington Police Department*
  • Wallingford Police Department
  • Waterbury Police Department
  • Waterford Police Department
  • Watertown Police Department
  • West Hartford Police Department[17]
  • West Haven Police Department
  • Westbrook Police Department*
  • Weston Police Department[citation needed]
  • Westport Police Department[citation needed]
  • Wethersfield Police Department[citation needed]
  • Willimantic Police Department[citation needed]
  • Wilton Police Department[18]
  • Winchester Police Department[citation needed]
  • Windsor Police Department[19]
  • Windsor Locks Police Department[20]
  • Wolcott Police Department[21]
  • Woodbridge Police Department[citation needed]
  • Woodbury Police Department*

Departments marked by a "*" are in towns that participate in the Connecticut State Police's Resident Trooper Program. The town's police officers and/or constables are overseen by the town's Resident State Trooper(s).

College and University agencies

  • Central Connecticut State University Police Department
  • Connecticut State Community College Police Department[22]
  • Eastern Connecticut State University Department of Public Safety
  • Manchester Community College Police Department[23] (To be merged with State Community College Police)[22]
  • Southern Connecticut State University Police Department
  • University of Connecticut Police Department
  • University of New Haven Police Department
  • Western Connecticut State University Police Department
  • Yale Police Department

Other agencies

Tribal police agencies

  • Mashantucket Pequot Police Department[25]
  • Mohegan Tribal Police Department[26]

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
  3. ^ "Connecticut Department Of Correction Suspends Visits". The Newtown Bee. March 12, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Who We Are".
  5. ^ Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
  6. ^ "DSS- Public Safety Police".
  7. ^ Official web site accessed 23 December 2014
  8. ^ "Police Department". East Hampton Connecticut. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  9. ^ Santiago, Ellyn (August 17, 2022). "East Haven Police Blotter: Aug. 10 to Aug. 16, 2022". Patch. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  10. ^ "Groton Long Point Police Department". Groton Long Point Association. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  11. ^ Rybacki, Emma (August 9, 2021). "Hamden PD investigate fatal shooting of 27-year-old New Haven resident; second shooting of weekend". WTNH. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  12. ^ "Police". The City of Hartford. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  13. ^ "New Haven Men Charged with Trafficking Cocaine". United States Department of Justice. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  14. ^ Day, Cassandra (June 26, 2020). "Middletown police chief retires; tells family 'daddy's coming home'". The Middletown Press. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "Remains of 4 Women Found at a Connecticut Site Tied to Serial Killer". No. 12 May 2015. Associated Press.
  16. ^ Former Trumbull cop gets 30 months for sex assault; by Daniel Tepfer, 13 January 2015, CTNEWS.com accessed 16 January 2015
  17. ^ Carlson, Suzanne (2 June 2015). "West Hartford Police Lieutenant Earned More Than $540,000 In Last Two Years". The Courant. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Police Department". Town of Wilton. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  19. ^ "Police". Town of Windsor. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Police Department". Town of Windsor Locks. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  21. ^ "Wolcotts (sic) Police Department". Wolcott Police Department. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  22. ^ a b Stacom, Don (January 18, 2023). "After 26 years with New Britain police, Christopher Chute tackles all-new job: police chief of the CT community college system". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved April 4, 2023. When Connecticut's 12 community colleges merge this summer, their separate police departments and security units will be consolidated into a single agency led by Chute.
  23. ^ "MCC Police".
  24. ^ Beach, Randall (October 31, 2019). "RWA police force covers a lot of ground 'protecting a natural resource'". New Haven Register. Retrieved October 2, 2022. When a New Haven man was tracked down and arrested by police officers of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for allegedly cutting down a historic tree in Hamden last month, members of the general public were reminded, or learned for the first time, that the RWA has such a police squad.
  25. ^ "The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation".
  26. ^ "Mohegan Tribal Police Department | Mohegan Tribal Police".
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