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Agencies are categorized by department. This listing also includes certain federal agencies which provide services to or make policy for law enforcement agencies, but which are not themselves law enforcement agencies.
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Executive Office of the President
- Office of National Drug Control Policy. Develops and coordinates the policies, goals, and objectives of the nation's drug control program for reducing the use of illicit drugs. Organized within the Executive Office of the President. Documents are available through NCJRS.
General Services Administration
- Federal Protective Services. Provides law enforcement services to federal agencies; a component of the General Services Administration.
U.S. Department
of Justice
The Department of Justice is the "largest
law firm in the nation" as well as a law enforcement agency, playing
an important role in protection against criminals and subversion, in ensuring
healthy competition of business, in safeguarding the consumer, and in
enforcing drug, immigration, and naturalization laws. The Justice Department
also plays a significant role in protecting citizens through its efforts
for effective law enforcement, crime prevention, crime detection, and
prosecution and rehabilitation of offenders. The Justice Department also
conducts all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States is
concerned and represents the federal government in legal matters generally.
- U.S. Department of Justice (gopher)
- U.S. Department of Justice Organizations. Alphabetical listing with links.
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Not in itself a law enforcement agency, BJS is part of the Office of Justice Programs which asists state and local governments and law enforcement agencies in combating violent crime and drug abuse by providing funding, evaluation, training, and technical assistance.
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Charged with enforcement of federal drug laws.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Investigates violation of federal criminal law in the areas of civil rights, counterrorism, foreign counterintelligence, organized crime, drugs, violent crime, and white-collar crime.
- Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). COPS awards grants to put additional police officers on the streets of America and to promote community policing strategies nationwide.
- Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Promotes economy, efficiency and effectiveness within the U.S. Department of Justice and enforces criminal and civil laws, regulations, and ethical standards within DOJ.
- U.S. Marshals Service. The nation's oldest federal law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service is responsible for investigation and apprehension of federal fugitives; prisoner custody of individuals arrested by all federal agencies; federal prisoner transport; providing court security and protection to federal judges, court officials, and jurors; witness security, including the Witness Security Program (WITSEC); the management of seized and forfeited assets bought with the proceeds of drug trafficking and organized crime; and special operations and programs related to the Service's mission.
- Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLETC). Identififies new technologies and creates partnerships for developing effective and safe products for law enforcement and corrections use, responding to needs identified by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and its Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Advisory Council.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Secret Service. The Secret Service's charges include protecting the life of the current and past U.S. Presidents, the Vice President, the Vice President-elect, and their immediate families; foreign dignitaries visiting the U.S.; and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad. The Secret Service also investigates certain criminal violations of federal laws related to coins, currency, and securities.
U.S.
Department of the Treasury /
text-only version
The Treasury Department formulates
and recommends economic, fiscal and tax policies; serve as financial agent
of the United States Government; enforce the law; protects the President
and other officials; and manufactures coins and currency.
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). ATF's mission is to reduce criminal use of firearms and explosives; collection of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms taxes; and enforcement of federal alchol, tobacco, and firearms laws.
- Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). FLECT serves 72 participating federal agencies by providing training in law enforcement.
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN establishes, oversees, and implements the Treasury Department's strategies to prevent and detect money laundering, through which criminal convert funds derived from criminal activities into funds from apparently legal sources.
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS) | text-only version. The IRS is the primary agency responsible for collecting federal tax revenues and enforcing U.S. tax laws. The IRS web site contains forms, regulations, and other information geared at helping U.S. citizens and businesses complete their annual income tax forms.
- U.S. Customs Service. Customs is the nation's principal border agency, ensuring that goods entering and exiting the U.S. do so in accordance with U.S. laws and regulations. Customs' law enforcement activities include interdicting illegal narcotics, child pornography, and other contraband and preventing the importation of hazardous substances into the U.S.