In North American English, a law enforcement agency (LEA) is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.
Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names (e.g. sheriff's department; investigative police services in the USA are often called bureaus (e.g. FBI, USMS, ICE, CBP, ATF, DEA, USSS etc.)).
| Other terms defined in this article |
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| local police |
| international law enforcement agency |
| multinational law enforcement agency |
| federal law enforcement agency |
| federal police |
| national law enforcement agency |
| national police |
| religious police |
| police |
| military police |
| provost |
| gendarmerie |
| civilian police |
| secret police |
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