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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.

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
  • Executive Security
  • Georgia Capitol Police
  • Georgia Motor Carrier Compliance Division
  • Georgia State Patrol
• Georgia Department of Revenue
  • Georgia Alcohol and Tobacco Division
  • Office of Special Investigations
• 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 marshal agencies

• Cherokee County Marshal's Office
• Clayton County Marshal's Office
• Columbia County Marshal's Office
• DeKalb County Marshal's Office
• Fayette County Marshal's Office
• Fulton County Marshal's Office
• Gwinnett County Marshal's Office
• Hall County Marshal's Office
• Paulding County Marshal's Office
• Richmond County Marshal's Office
• Troup County Marshal's Office
• Stephens County Marshal's Office

County sheriff agencies

County police agencies

City agencies

College and university agencies

Board of Education agencies

• Athens-Clarke County School Police
• Atlanta Public School Police Department
• Bibb County School Police
• Burke County Schools Campus Police
• Clayton County School Police
• Cherokee County School Police
• Cobb County School Police
• Columbia County Schools Police
• Dekalb County Schools Department of Public Safety
• Fulton County School Police
• Glynn County Schools Police
• Gwinnett County School Police
• Richmond County Board of Education Police Department
• Savannah-Chatham County School Police
• Muscogee County School District Police Department

Transit authority police

• MARTA Police Department

Other agencies

• Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit

Defunct agencies

• Macon Police Department - merged with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office in 2015.
• Oak Park Police Department disbanded April 2019
• 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.
• Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department split in June 2017 between the Savannah Police Department and the Chatham County Police Department.

References

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