Federal law enforcement in the United States

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The federal Government of the United States empowers a wide range of law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.

These agencies are a mixture of direct law enforcement agencies, for example the Federal Bureau of Investigation, regulatory authorities with law enforcement powers, for example the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and other agencies with police units, for example the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police.

[edit] History

Federal law enforcement in the United States is well over two hundred years old. For example, the Postal Inspection Service can trace its origins back to 1772[1].

[edit] List of agencies and units of agencies

[edit] Department of Agriculture (USDA)

[edit] Department of Commerce (DOC)

[edit] Department of Defense (DOD)

All civilian DoD police derive their authority from being Department of Defense Police officers.

[edit] Department of the Air Force

[edit] Department of the Army

[edit] Department of the Navy

[edit] Department of Education

[edit] Department of Energy (DOE)

[edit] Department of Health and Human Services

[edit] Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

[edit] Department of Housing and Urban Development

[edit] Department of the Interior (USDI)

[edit] Department of Justice (USDOJ)

[edit] Department of Labor

[edit] Department of State (DOS)

[edit] Department of Transportation

[edit] Department of Treasury

[edit] Department of Veterans Affairs

[edit] United States Environmental Protection Agency

[edit] United States Congress

[edit] Other Major Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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