List of law enforcement agencies in Kentucky

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 389 law enforcement agencies employing 7,833 sworn police officers, about 183 for each 100,000 residents.[1]

State agencies

County agencies
  • Adair County Sheriff's Office
  • Adair County Constable
    • Adair County Constable District 1
    • Adair County Constable District 2
    • Adair County Constable District 3
    • Adair County Constable District 4
    • Adair County Constable District 5
    • Adair County Constable District 6
    • Adair County Constable District 7
  • Allen County Sheriff's Office
  • Allen County Constable
    • Allen County Constable District 1
    • Allen County Constable District 2
    • Allen County Constable District 3
    • Allen County Constable District 4
    • Allen County Constable District 5
  • Anderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Anderson County Constable
    • Anderson County Constable District 1
    • Anderson County Constable District 2
    • Anderson County Constable District 3
    • Anderson County Constable District 4
    • Anderson County Constable District 5
    • Anderson County Constable District 6
  • Ballard County Sheriff's Office
  • Ballard County Constable
    • Ballard County Constable District 2
    • Ballard County Constable District 3
    • Ballard County Constable District 5
  • Barren County Sheriff's Office
  • Barren County Constable
    • Barren County Constable District 1
    • Barren County Constable District 2
    • Barren County Constable District 3
    • Barren County Constable District 4
    • Barren County Constable District 5
    • Barren County Constable District 6
    • Barren County Constable District 7
  • Bath County Sheriff's Office
  • Bath County Constable
    • Bath County Constable District 1
    • Bath County Constable District 2
    • Bath County Constable District 3
  • Bell County Sheriff's Office
  • Boone County Sheriffs Office
  • Boone County Constable
  • Boone County Constable District 1
    • Boone County Constable District 2
    • Boone County Constable District 3
  • Bourbon County Sheriff's Office
  • Bourbon County Constable
    • Bourbon County Constable District 1
    • Bourbon County Constable District 5
  • Boyd County Sheriff's Office
    • Boyd County Detention Center
  • Boyle County Sheriff's Office
  • Bracken County Sheriff's Office
  • Breathitt County Sheriff's Office
  • Breckinridge County Sheriff's Office
  • Bullitt County Sheriff's Office
    • Bullitt County Detention Center
  • Butler County Sheriff's Office
  • Caldwell County Sheriff's Office
  • Calloway County Sheriff's Department
  • Campbell County Sheriff's Office
  • Campbell County Constables
  • Carlisle County Sheriff's Office
  • Carroll County Sheriff's Office
  • Carter County Sheriff's Office
    • Carter County Detention Center
  • Casey County Sheriff's Office
  • Christian County Sheriff's Office
  • Christian County Constable
    • Christian County Constable District 1
    • Christian County Constable District 2
    • Christian County Constable District 3
    • Christian County Constable District 4
    • Christian County Constable District 5
    • Christian County Constable District 6
    • Christian County Constable District 7
    • Christian County Constable District 8
  • Clark County Sheriff's Office
  • Clay County Sheriff's Office
  • Clinton County Sheriff's Office
  • Crittenden County Sheriff's Office
  • Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
  • Daviess County Sheriff's Office
  • Edmonson County Sheriff's Office
  • Elliott County Sheriff's Office
  • Estill County Sheriff's Office
  • Fayette County Sheriff's Office
  • Fayette County Constable
    • Fayette County Constable District 1
    • Fayette County Constable District 2
    • Fayette County Constable District 3
  • Fleming County Sheriff's Office
  • Floyd County Sheriff's Office
    • Floyd County Detention Center
  • Franklin County Sheriff's Office
    • Franklin County Detention Center
  • Franklin County Constables Office
  • Fulton County Sheriff's Office
  • Gallatin County Sheriff's Office
  • Garrard County Sheriff's Office
  • Garrard County Police Department
  • Grant County Sheriff's Office
    • Grant County Detention Center
  • Graves County Sheriff's Office
  • Grayson County Sheriff's Office
  • Green County Sheriff's Office
  • Greenup County Sheriff's Office
    • Greenup County Detention Center
  • Hancock County Sheriff's Office
  • Hardin County Sheriff's Department
  • Harlan County Sheriff's Department
  • Harrison County Sheriff's Office
  • Harrison County Constable
    • Harrison County Constable District 3
    • Harrison County Constable District 4
    • Harrison County Constable District 5
  • Hart County Sheriff's Office
  • Henderson County Sheriff's Office
  • Henry County Sheriff's Office
  • Hickman County Sheriff's Office
  • Hopkins County Sheriff's Office
  • Hopkins County Constable
    • Hopkins County Constable District 1
    • Hopkins County Constable District 2
    • Hopkins County Constable District 3
    • Hopkins County Constable District 4
    • Hopkins County Constable District 5
    • Hopkins County Constable District 6
    • Hopkins County Constable District 7
  • Jackson County Sheriff's Office
  • Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
  • Jefferson County Constable
    • Jefferson County Constable District 1
    • Jefferson County Constable District 2
    • Jefferson County Constable District 3
  • Jessamine County Sheriff's Office
  • Jessamine County Constable
    • Jessamine County Constable District 1
    • Jessamine County Constable District 2
    • Jessamine County Constable District 3
    • Jessamine County Constable District 4
    • Jessamine County Constable District 5
    • Jessamine County Constable District 6
  • Johnson County Sheriff's Office
  • Johnson County Constable
    • Johnson County Constable District 1
    • Johnson County Constable District 2
  • Kenton County Sheriff's Office
  • Knott County Sheriff's Office (Kentucky) Knott County Sheriff's Office
  • Knott County Constable (Kentucky) Knott County Constable ** District 1 (Kentucky) Knott County Constable District 1
  • Knox County Sheriff's Office
  • Knox County Constable
    • Knox County Constable District 1
    • Knox County Constable District 2
    • Knox County Constable District 3
    • Knox County Constable District 4
    • Knox County Constable District 5
  • LaRue County Sheriff's Office
  • Laurel County Sheriff's Office
  • Lawrence County Sheriff's Office
  • Lee County Sheriff's Office
  • Leslie County Sheriff's Office
  • Letcher County Sheriff's Office
  • Lewis County Sheriff's Office
    • Lewis County Detention Center
  • Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
  • Livingston County Constable District 4
  • Livingston County Sheriff's Office
  • Logan County Sheriff's Office
  • Lyon County Sheriff's Office
  • Madison County Sheriff's Office
    • Madison County Detention Center
  • Madison County Constable
    • Madison County Constable District 1
    • Madison County Constable District 2
    • Madison County Constable District 3
    • Madison County Constable District 4
  • Magoffin County Sheriff's Office
  • Marion County Sheriff's Office
  • Marshall County Sheriff's Office
  • Martin County Sheriff's Office
  • Martin County Constable
    • Martin County Constable District 1
    • Martin County Constable District 2
    • Martin County Constable District 3
    • Martin County Constable District 4
    • Martin County Constable District 5
  • Mason County Sheriff's Office
  • McCracken County Sheriff's Department[2]
  • McCreary County Sheriff's Office *McCreary County Constable's Office 3rd District(Kentucky).
  • McLean County Sheriff's Department
  • Meade County Sheriff's Department
  • Menifee County Sheriff's Office
  • Mercer County Sheriff's Office
  • Metcalfe County Sheriff's Office
  • Monroe County Sheriff's Office
  • Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
  • Morgan County Sheriff's Office
  • Muhlenberg County Sheriff's Office
  • Nelson County Sheriff's Office
  • Nicholas County Sheriff's Office
  • Ohio County Sheriff's Office
  • Oldham County Sheriff's Department
  • Owen County Sheriff's Office
  • Owsley County Sheriff's Office
  • Pendleton County Sheriff's Office
  • Perry County Sheriff's Office
  • Pike County Sheriff's Office
  • Powell County Sheriff's Office
  • Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
  • Robertson County Sheriff's Office
  • Robertson County Constables
  • Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office
  • Rowan County Sheriff's Office
    • Rowan County Detention Center
  • Russell County Sheriff's Office
  • Scott County Sheriff's Office
    • Scott County Detention Center
  • Shelby County Sheriff's Office
  • Simpson County Sheriff's Office
  • Spencer County Sheriff's Office
  • Taylor County Sheriff's Office
  • Todd County Sheriff's Office
  • Trigg County Sheriff's Office
  • Trimble County Sheriff's Office
  • Union County Sheriff's Office
  • Warren County Sheriff's Office
  • Washington County Sheriff's Office
  • Wayne County Sheriff's Office
  • Webster County Sheriff's Office
  • Whitley County Sheriff's Office
    • Whitley County Detention Center
  • Wolfe County Sheriff's Department
  • Woodford County Sheriff's Office

City agencies

Airport police
  • Blue Grass Airport Police/Public Safety Department
  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl. Airport Police Department
  • Louisville Int'l/Regional Airport Authority Public Safety

County police

Community corrections

University agencies
  • Eastern Kentucky University Police Department
  • Kentucky State University Police Department
  • Morehead State University Police Department
  • Murray State University Police Department
  • Northern Kentucky University Police Department
  • Transylvania University Public Safety
  • University of Kentucky Police Department
  • University of Louisville Police Department
  • University of Pikeville Public Safety
  • Western Kentucky University Police Department
  • Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Police Department

Public schools police
  • Fayette County Schools Department of Law Enforcement

Railroad police

Specialized police agencies

Law enforcement training academies
  • Department of Criminal Justice Training Academy
  • Lexington/Fayette Urban County Police Department Academy
  • Kentucky State Police Academy
  • Kentucky DOC Eastern Region Training Center
  • Louisville Metro Police Training Academy

Defunct agencies
  • Allen Police Department[19]
  • Boone County Police Department
  • Boyd County Police Department
  • Bromley Police Department
  • Crescent Springs Police Department
  • Crescent Park Police Department
  • Dixie Police Authority
  • Eden Police Department
  • Fayette County Police Department
  • Highland Heights/Southgate Police Authority
  • Houston Acres Police Department
  • Inez Police Department
  • Jefferson County Police Department
  • Jefferson County Public Schools Police
  • Kentucky Christian College Police Department
  • Kentucky Highway Patrol
  • Latonia Police Department
  • Lexington Division of Police
  • Louisville Police Department
  • Millersburg Police Department
  • Rolling Hills Police Department
  • South Fort Mitchell Police Department
  • Walton Police Department
  • Woodford County Police Department
  • Wurtland Police Department

References
  1. 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
  2. Hastings, Deborah (5 May 2014). "Kentucky sheriff's deputy placed on paid leave after accidentally shooting his own mother during wedding ceremony". New York Daily News. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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  13. Dunloup, R.G. (29 May 2015). "Police in Kentucky Town Ship Mentally Ill Man to Florida, Defying Judge's Order". Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  14. Off-duty cop out mistakenly shoots himself in elevator while adjusting his belt after returning from a dinner date with his wife; by the Associated Press, 4 January 2015
  15. "Former Falmouth police chief indicted on theft charges". WKYT. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  16. Cop Who Shot Off Finger With Loaded Weapon Sues Gun Store; Sebastian Murdock, 13 January 2015, Huffington Post
  17. "FBI, Kentucky State Police raid Horse Cave Police Department". WDRB. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  18. Paducah Police Chief Responds to Accusations that Officers Used Excessive Force; by Rob Canning, WKMS, 29 August 2014
  19. https://www.wymt.com/2021/01/17/city-of-allen-approves-inter-local-agreement-with-prestonsburg-police/https://www.wymt.com/2021/01/17/city-of-allen-approves-inter-local-agreement-with-prestonsburg-police/
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