List of law enforcement agencies in Washington
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Washington.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 260 law enforcement agencies employing 11,411 sworn police officers, about 174 for each 100,000 residents. The state has the lowest ratio of policemen to residents of any state, compared to a national average of 251 per 100,000 residents.[1]
State agencies
County agencies
- Adams County Sheriff's Office
- Asotin County Sheriff's Office
- Benton County Sheriff's Office
- Chelan County Sheriff's Office [2]
- Clallam County Sheriff's Office
- Clark County Sheriff's Office
- Columbia County Sheriff's Office
- Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office
- Douglas County Sheriff's Office
- Ferry County Sheriff's Office
- Franklin County Sheriff's Office
- Garfield County Sheriff's Office
- Grant County Sheriff's Office
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- Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office
- Island County Sheriff's Office [3]
- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
- King County Sheriff's Office
- Kitsap County Sheriff's Office
- Kittitas County Sheriff's Office
- Klickitat County Sheriff's Office
- Lewis County Sheriff's Office
- Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
- Mason County Sheriff's Office
- Okanogan County Sheriff's Office
- Pacific County Sheriff's Office
- Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office
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- Pierce County Sheriff's Department
- San Juan County Sheriff's Office
- Skagit County Sheriff's Office
- Skamania County Sheriff's Office
- Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
- Spokane County Sheriff's Office
- Stevens County Sheriff's Office
- Thurston County Sheriff's Office
- Wahkiakum County Sheriff's Office
- Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office
- Whatcom County Sheriff's Office [4]
- Whitman County Sheriff's Office
- Yakima County Sheriff's Office
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Local agencies
College and University agencies
- Central Washington University Public Safety and Police Services
- Eastern Washington University Police
- Seattle University Department of Public Safety
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- Evergreen State College Police
- Western Washington University Police
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Tribal agencies
- Elwha Tribal Police
- Chehalis Tribal Police
- Colville Tribal Police
- Hoh Tribal Police
- Kalispel Tribal Police
- Lummi Tribal Police
- Nisqually Tribal Police
- Port Gamble Sk'lallam Tribal Police
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- Puyallup Tribal Police
- Quileute Tribal Police
- Quinault Tribal Police
- Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Police
- Shoalwater Bay Tribal Police
- Skokomish Tribal Police
- Spokane Tribal Police
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- Squaxin Island Tribal Police
- Suquamish Tribal Police
- Swinomish Tribal Police
- Tulalip Tribal Police
- Upper Skagit Tribal Police
- Yakama Tribal Police
- Nooksack Police Department
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References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Police Want to Get Rid of Their Pentagon-Issued Combat Gear. Here's Why They Can't; by Molly Redden, 30 September 2014, Mother Jones
- ↑ Hefley, Dinana; King, Rikki. "Island County sheriff apologizes for jail dehydration death" (18 June 2015). Herald net. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Sheriff: US Border Patrol agent fatally shoots man". Bellingham Herald. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ↑ Queally, James (12 February 2015). "Video seems to show man fleeing as police in Washington state shoot him". LA Times. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Washington Cop Fails to Intimidate Man Recording Traffic Stop by Claiming he Could Seize Camera as “Evidence”; by Carlos Miller, 18 January 2015, Photography is not a Crime website accessed 23 January 2015
- ↑ Culver, Nina (25 April 2015). "Police sergeant demoted 2 ranks Lying in steroid case cause for firing, report says". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
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