List of state agencies that regulate law enforcement
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This page contains information from a Ballotpedia analysis about which state agencies regulate law enforcement. It is part of an analysis of police union collective bargaining agreements and related arrangements with police unions concerning hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements in the 50 states and top 100 cities by population.
Background
Through the lens of 40 research questions related to police hiring, training, and discipline, Ballotpedia examined the collective bargaining agreements, statutes, and regulatory codes governing the 50 states and the top 100 US cities by population.
Some of the hiring, training, and discipline standards for police officers not established by statutes or regulations arise from negotiations with police unions. Those negotiations are often codified in collective bargaining agreements. Those agreements are the contracts that states and cities sign following negotiations with police unions. Some states and cities restrict collective bargaining, but may still negotiate with police unions using other methods. After negotiating with the unions, those jurisdictions sometimes establish police standards through documents including memoranda of understanding or meet and confer agreements.
You can find lists of all the collective bargaining agreements and other documents used by Ballotpedia for this survey here for states and here for cities.
Results
The table below includes each state in alphabetical order and lists the state agencies that regulate law enforcement. To see the provisions Ballotpedia used to support these results, click here.
| State | State Agencies that Regulate Law Enforcement |
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| Alabama | Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards & Training Commission |
| Alaska | Alaska Department of Public Safety, Alaska Police Standards Council |
| Arizona | Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Department of Public Safety, Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training |
| California | California Commission on Peace Officer Standards & Training, California Office of the Attorney General, Law Enforcement Division |
| Colorado | Colorado Department of Public Safety, Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council |
| Delaware | Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Delaware Council on Police Training |
| Florida | Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission |
| Georgia | Georgia Department of Public Safety, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council |
| Hawaii | Hawaii Department of Public Safety, Hawaii Law Enforcement Standards Board |
| Idaho | Idaho Peace Officer Standards & Training, Idaho State Police |
| Illinois | Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Illinois State Police Merit Board |
| Indiana | Indiana State Police, Indiana Law Enforcement Academy |
| Iowa | Iowa Department of Public Safety, Iowa Law Enforcement Academy |
| Kansas | Kansas Office of the Attorney General, Kansas Commission on Peace Officers' Standards and Training, Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky Law Enforcement Council |
| Louisiana | Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement |
| Maine | Maine State Police, Maine Department of Public Safety |
| Maryland | Maryland Department of State Police, Maryland Office of the Governor, The Maryland State Police Internal Affairs Division |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Massachusetts State Police |
| Michigan | Michigan State Police, Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards |
| Minnesota | Minnesota State Patrol, Minnesota Department of Public Safety |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Highway Patrol, Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission, Mississippi Department of Public Safety |
| Missouri | Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Department of Public Safety |
| Montana | Montana Highway Patrol, Montana Department of Justice |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Crime Commission, Nebraska State Patrol |
| Nevada | Nevada Highway Patrol, Nevada Department of Public Safety |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire State Police, New Hampshire Department of Safety |
| New Jersey | State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Office of the Attorney General |
| New Mexico | New Mexico Department of Public Safety, New Mexico State Police |
| New York | New York State Police, New York Commission of Correction, New York Office of Public Safety |
| North Carolina | North Carolina State Highway Patrol, North Carolina Department of Public Safety |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Highway Patrol, North Dakota Peace Officer Standards and Training |
| Ohio | Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services, Ohio State Highway Patrol |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Council on Law Enforcement Education & Training |
| Oregon | Oregon State Police, Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards & Training |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island State Police, Rhode Island Department of Public Safety, Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Department of Public Safety, South Carolina Highway Patrol, South Carolina State Transport Police |
| South Dakota | South Dakota Department of Public Safety, South Dakota Highway Patrol |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security |
| Texas | Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Highway Patrol, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement |
| Utah | Utah Highway Patrol, Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training, Utah Department of Public Safety |
| Vermont | Vermont State Police, Vermont Department of Public Safety, Vermont Criminal Justice Council |
| Virginia | Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, Virginia State Police, Virginia Division of Capitol Police |
| Washington | Washington State Patrol, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission |
| West Virginia | West Virginia State Police, West Virginia Department of Homeland Security (Law Enforcement Professional Standards Program) |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin State Patrol, Wisconsin Department of Justice |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Department of Transportation, Wyoming Highway Patrol |
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