List of law enforcement agencies in New Hampshire

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of New Hampshire.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 208 law enforcement agencies employing 2,936 sworn police officers, about 222 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies

County agencies

Municipal agencies

  • Belknap County
    • Alton Police Department[4]
    • Barnstead Police Department[5]
    • Belmont Police Department[6]
    • Center Harbor Police Department[7]
    • Gilford Police Department[8]
    • Gilmanton Police Department[9]
    • Laconia Police Department[10]
    • Meredith Police Department[11]
    • New Hampton Police Department
    • Sanborton Police Department[12]
    • Tilton Police Department[13]
  • Carroll County
    • Bartlett Police Department
    • Conway Police Department
    • Effingham Police Department[14]
    • Freedom Police Department[15]
    • Jackson Police Department[16]
    • Madison Police Department[17]
    • Moultonborough Police Department
    • Ossipee Police Department
    • Sandwich Police Department[18]
    • Tamworth Police Department[19]
    • Tuftonboro Police Department[20]
    • Wakefield Police Department[21]
    • Wolfeboro Police Department[22]
  • Cheshire County
    • Alstead Police Department[23]
    • Chesterfield Police Department[24]
    • Dublin Police Department
    • Fitzwilliam Police Department
    • Harrisville Police Department
    • Hinsdale Police Department
    • Jaffrey Police Department
    • Keene Police Department
    • Marlborough Police Department
    • Marlow Police Department
    • Nelson Police Department
    • Rindge Police Department[25]
    • Roxbury Police Department
    • Stoddard Police Department
    • Swanzey Police Department
    • Troy Police Department
    • Walpole Police Department
    • Winchester Police Department
  • Coös County
    • Berlin Police Department
    • Carroll Police Department
    • Colebrook Police Department
    • Gorham Police Department
    • Lancaster Police Department
    • Northumberland Police Department
    • Pittsburg Police Department
    • Randolph Police Department]
    • Whitefield Police Department
  • Grafton County
    • Alexandria Police Department
    • Ashland Police Department
    • Bethlehem Police Department
    • Bridgewater Police Department
    • Bristol Police Department
    • Campton Police Department
    • Canaan Police Department
    • Enfield Police Department
    • Franconia Police Department
    • Grafton Police Department
    • Groton Police Department
    • Hanover Police Department
    • Haverhill Police Department
    • Hebron Police Department
    • Holderness Police Department
    • Lebanon Police Department
    • Lincoln Police Department
    • Lisbon Police Department
    • Littleton Police Department
    • Lyme Police Department
    • Orford Police Department
    • Piermont Police Department
    • Plymouth Police Department
    • Rumney Police Department
    • Sugar Hill Police Department
    • Thornton Police Department
    • Warren Police Department
    • Waterville Valley Police Department
    • Wentworth Police Department
    • Woodstock Police Department
  • Hillsborough County
    • Amherst Police Department
    • Antrim Police Department
    • Bedford Police Department
    • Bennington Department
    • Brookline Police Department
    • Deering Police Department
    • Francestown Police Department
    • Goffstown Police Department
    • Hancock Police Department
    • Hillsborough Police Department
    • Hollis Police Department
    • Hudson Police Department[26]
    • Litchfield Police Department
    • Lyndeborough Police Department
    • Manchester Police Department
    • Mason Police Department
    • Merrimack Police Department
    • Milford Police Department
    • Mont Vernon Police Department
    • Nashua Police Department[27]
    • New Boston Police Department
    • New Ipswich Police Department
    • Pelham Police Department
    • Peterborough Police Department
    • Temple-Greenville Police Department (Towns of Greenville and Temple)
    • Weare Police Department
    • Wilton Police Department
  • Merrimack County
    • Allenstown Police Department[28]
    • Andover Police Department
    • Boscawen Police Department
    • Bow Police Department[29]
    • Bradford Police Department
    • Canterbury Police Department
    • Chichester Police Department
    • Concord Police Department
    • Danbury Police Department
    • Dunbarton Police Department
    • Epsom Police Department
    • Franklin Police Department
    • Henniker Police Department
    • Hill Police Department
    • Hooksett Police Department
    • Hopkinton Police Department
    • Loudon Police Department
    • New London Police Department[30]
    • Newbury Police Department
    • Northfield Police Department
    • Pembroke Police Department
    • Pittsfield Police Department
    • Sutton Police Department
    • Warner Police Department
    • Webster Police Department
  • Rockingham County
    • Atkinson Police Department
    • Auburn Police Department
    • Brentwood Police Department
    • Candia Police Department
    • Chester Police Department
    • Danville Police Department
    • Deerfield Police Department
    • Derry Police Department
    • East Kingston Police Department
    • Epping Police Department
    • Exeter Police Department
    • Fremont Police Department
    • Greenland Police Department
    • Hampstead Police Department
    • Hampton Police Department
    • Hampton Falls Police Department
    • Kensington Police Department
    • Kingston Police Department
    • Londonderry Police Department
    • New Castle Police Department
    • Newfields Police Department
    • Newington Police Department
    • Newmarket Police Department
    • Newton Police Department
    • North Hampton Police Department
    • Northwood Police Department
    • Nottingham Police Department
    • Plaistow Police Department
    • Portsmouth Police Department[31]
    • Raymond Police Department
    • Rye Police Department
    • Salem Police Department[32]
    • Sandown Police Department
    • Seabrook Police Department
    • South Hampton Police Department
    • Stratham Police Department
    • Windham Police Department
  • Strafford County
    • Barrington Police Department
    • Dover Police Department
    • Durham Police Department
    • Farmington Police Department
    • Lee Police Department
    • Madbury Police Department
    • Middleton Police Department
    • Milton Police Department
    • New Durham Police Department
    • Rochester Police Department
    • Rollinsford Police Department
    • Somersworth Police Department
    • Strafford Police Department
  • Sullivan County
    • Charlestown Police Department
    • Claremont Police Department
    • Cornish Police Department
    • Goshen Police Department
    • Grantham Police Department
    • Langdon Police Department
    • Newport Police Department
    • Plainfield Police Department
    • Springfield Police Department
    • Sunapee Police Department
    • Washington Police Department

College and university agencies

  • Plymouth State University Police Department
  • University of New Hampshire Police Department

Railroad Police agencies

Disbanded agencies

  • Croydon Police Department
  • Dalton Police Department
  • Errol Police Department
  • Gilsum Police Department
  • New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
    • New Hampshire Hospital/State Office Park South Campus Police (transferred to State Police in 2005)
  • New Hampshire Department of Safety
    • Division of Motor Vehicles
      • Bureau of Enforcement (merged into Division of State Police in 1996)
      • Bureau of Highway Patrol (merged into Division of State Police in 2008)
    • Division of Safety Services
      • Bureau of Marine Patrol (merged into State Police in 2011)
  • Milan Police Department
  • Lempster Police Department
  • Richmond Police Department
  • Salisbury Police Department
  • Stewartstown Police Department
  • Stratford Police Department
  • Sullivan Police Department
  • Surry Police Department
  • Unity Police Department

References

  1. ^ Brian A. Reaves, "2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies". US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
  2. ^ https://www.nhsp.dos.nh.gov/our-services/field-operations-bureau/state-office-complex-police
  3. ^ "Tilton police officer won't be charged with crime relating to sale of stolen gift card". Laconia Daily Sun. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Long Alton investigation into alleged pot sales results in arrest of 20-year-old". Laconia Daily Sun. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. ^ "WWII vintage hand-grenade dropped off at Barnstead Police Email". No. 15 July 2015. Laconia Daily Sun. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. ^ "N.H. Joint Fugitive Task Force looking for Ken Blankenship". Laconia Daily Sun. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Police Department". Town of Center Harbor. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  8. ^ "$90k short: Gilford learns communications center was not properly budgeted for in police station project". Laconia Daily Sun. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Gilmanton chief unhappy about retirement news leak". Laconia Daily Sun. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  10. ^ "County attorney, Laconia police object to Lafond's request for home confinement Email". Laconia Daily Sun. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Police Department". Meredith NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Police Department". Sanborton NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Tilton police officer won't be charged with crime relating to sale of stolen gift card". Laconia Daily Sun. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  14. ^ "Police Department". Town of Effingham. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Department". Town of Freedom. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Police Department". Jackson, NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Police". Town of Madison, NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Police Department". Sandwich, NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Police Department". Tamworth, NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Police Department". Tuftonboro. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Home". Wakefield Police Department. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Police Department". Wolfeboro, NH. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  23. ^ Official website accessed 29 December 2014
  24. ^ "Chesterfield NH Police". Town of Chesterfield. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Police Department". Town of Rindge. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  26. ^ "Police say man tried to use credit cards with different names". New Hampshire Union-Leader. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  27. ^ Molinet, Jason (8 May 2015). "Police officer dies trying to ride bike down stairs at New Hampshire house party: officials". New York Daily News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  28. ^ Ryan O'Connor, "Allenstown police officer promoted to leadership post"; 13 February 2014, New Hampshire News-Leader
  29. ^ "Police: Wrong-way driver had drugs on him, was under the influence". New Hampshire Union-Leader. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  30. ^ Dan Seufert, "Indecent proposition from New London chief was 'chilling' says victim"; 27 December 2014, New Hampshire Union-Leader
  31. ^ Kimble, James (3 June 2015). "Report: Portsmouth police sergeant violated department rules with $2.7 million inheritance". New Hampshire Union-Leader. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  32. ^ John Palmer, "NH Police Officer Leaves Rifle on Trunk, Drives Away"; 7 January 2015, Boston Globe