law enforcement agency

Other forms: law enforcement agencies

Definitions of law enforcement agency

1. noun

   an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
   types:

   FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation

   a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice

   FLETC, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

   a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies

   FinCEN, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

   a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering

   ATF, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms

   the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson

   CID, Criminal Investigation Command

   the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world

   DEA, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency

   federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations

   BoP, Federal Bureau of Prisons

   the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes

   Federal Judiciary

   the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws

   NIJ, National Institute of Justice

   the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice

   Marshals, US Marshals Service, United States Marshals Service

   the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system

   constabulary, law, police, police force

   the force of police and officers

   European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol

   police organization for the European Union; aims to improve effectiveness and cooperation among European police forces

   gendarmerie, gendarmery

   French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively

   Mutawa, Mutawa'een

   religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded

   Mounties, RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

   the federal police force of Canada

   New Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard

   the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London

   secret police

   a police force that operates in secrecy (usually against persons suspected of treason or sedition)

   SS, Schutzstaffel

   special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps

   posse, posse comitatus

   a temporary police force

   type of:

   agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

   an administrative unit of government