This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of
Connecticut.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 143 law enforcement agencies employing 8,281 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.[1]
Departments marked by a "*" are in towns that participate in the Connecticut State Police's Resident Trooper Program. The town's police officers and/or constables are overseen by the town's Resident State Trooper(s).
^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
^Beach, Randall (October 31, 2019).
"RWA police force covers a lot of ground 'protecting a natural resource'". New Haven Register. Retrieved October 2, 2022. When a New Haven man was tracked down and arrested by police officers of the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority for allegedly cutting down a historic tree in Hamden last month, members of the general public were reminded, or learned for the first time, that the RWA has such a police squad.