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The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a [1]whole.
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1 Overview
2 History
3 List of agencies and units of agencies
3.1 Executive Branch
3.1.1 Department of Agriculture (USDA)
3.1.2 Department of Commerce (DOC)
3.1.3 Department of Defense
3.1.3.1 Department of the Army
3.1.3.2 Department of the Navy
3.1.3.3 Department of the Air Force
3.1.4 Department of Education
3.1.5 Department of Energy (DOE)
3.1.6 Department of Health and Human Services
3.1.7 Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
3.1.8 Department of Housing and Urban Development
3.1.9 Department of the Interior (USDI)
3.1.10 Department of Justice (DOJ)
3.1.11 Department of Labor
3.1.12 Department of State (DoS)
3.1.13 Department of Transportation
3.1.14 Department of the Treasury
3.1.15 Department of Veterans Affairs
3.2 Legislative Branch
3.3 Judicial Branch
3.4 Other federal law enforcement agencies
4 List of former agencies and units of agencies
5 Statistics
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Overview[edit]
Federal law enforcement authorities have authority given to them under various parts of the United States Code (U.S.C.). Federal law enforcement officers enforce various laws, generally at only the federal level. There are exceptions, with some agencies and officials enforcing state and tribal codes. Most are limited by the U.S. Code to investigating matters that are explicitly within the power of the federal government. Some federal investigative powers have become broader in practice, since the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in October 2001.[2]
The Department of Justice was formerly the largest, and is still the most prominent, collection of Federal law enforcement agencies. It has handled most law enforcement duties at the federal level.[3] It includes the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and others.
However, upon its creation in 2002; in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) became the Department with the most sworn armed Federal law enforcement officers and agents after it incorporated agencies seen as having roles in protecting the country against terrorism. This included large agencies such as the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—which combined the former agencies of the United States Border Patrol, United States Customs Service, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) into a single agency within the DHS.[1]
While the majority of federal law enforcement employees work for the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, there are dozens of other federal law enforcement agencies under the other executive departments, as well as under the legislative and judicial branches of the federal government.
History[edit]
Federal law enforcement in the United States is more than two hundred years old. For example, the Postal Inspection Service can trace its origins back to 1772.[4]
List of agencies and units of agencies[edit]
Agencies in bold text are law enforcement agencies (LEAs).
Executive Branch[edit]
Department of Agriculture (USDA)[edit]
Office of Inspector General (USDA OIG)
United States Forest Service (USFS), U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations (USFS LEI)
Department of Commerce (DOC)[edit]
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Export Enforcement (OEE)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Institute of Standards and Technology Police (NIST Police)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office for Law Enforcement (OLE)
Department of Commerce Office of Security (DOC OS)
Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General (DOC OIG)
Department of Defense[edit]
Office of Inspector General (DOD OIG), Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS)
Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), United States Pentagon Police (USPPD)
Department of Defense Police
Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Logistics Agency Police (DLA)
National Security Agency, National Security Agency Police (NSA)
Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency Police (DIA)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Police (NGA)
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) (organization disbanded)
Department of the Army[edit]
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID)
United States Army Military Police Corps
Department of the Army Civilian Police
United States Army Corrections Command
United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI), United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
Department of the Navy[edit]
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (USMC CID)
Master-at-arms (United States Navy) (military police)
Department of the Navy Police (civilian police)
Marine Corps Provost Marshal's Office (military police)
United States Marine Corps Civilian Police (civilian police)
Department of the Air Force[edit]
Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
Air Force Security Forces Center (AFSFC)
Air Force Security Forces (military police)
Department of the Air Force Police (civilian police)
Department of Education[edit]
Office of the Inspector General (ED OIG)
Department of Energy (DOE)[edit]
Office of Inspector General (DOE OIG)
Office of Health, Safety and Security (DOE HSS)
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Secure Transportation (OST)
Department of Health and Human Services[edit]
United States Food and Drug Administration (HHSFDA), Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health Police (NIH Police)
Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)[edit]
CBP Officers and Border Patrol Agents at a ceremony in 2007
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
National Protection and Programs Directorate, Federal Protective Service (FPS)
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS)
United States Coast Guard Police (CGPD)
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Office of Air and Marine (OAM)
Office of Border Patrol (OBP)
Office of Field Operations (OFO)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC) Police
Office of Chief Security Officer (OCSO)
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO)
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
Office of Intelligence
Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR)
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
United States Secret Service (USSS)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) / Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
Office of Inspection (OI)
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHSOIG)
Department of Housing and Urban Development[edit]
Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) [1][5]
Protective Service Division (HUD PSD)
Department of the Interior (USDI)[edit]
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police (BIA Police)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Office of Law Enforcement (BLM Rangers and Special Agents)
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Bureau of Reclamation Office of Law Enforcement (BOR Rangers)
Hoover Dam Police aka Bureau of Reclamation Police
National Park Service (NPS), Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services (U.S. Park Rangers-Law Enforcement)
United States Park Police
Office of Inspector General (DOI OIG)
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Law Enforcement (FWS OLE)
Division of Refuge Law Enforcement
Department of Justice (DOJ)[edit]
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) (since 1973)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Bureau of Investigation Police (FBI Police)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
United States Marshals Service (USMS)
Office of Inspector General (DOJ OIG)
Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ OPR)
Department of Labor[edit]
Office of Inspector General (DOLOIG)
Department of State (DoS)[edit]
Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
Office of Foreign Missions
Office of the Inspector General
Department of Transportation[edit]
Office of Inspector General (DOTOIG)
United States Merchant Marine Academy Department of Public Safety (USMMADPS)
Office of Odometer Fraud Investigation - NHTSA (OFI)
Department of the Treasury[edit]
A Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police (BEP) patrol car.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police (BEP Police)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI)
United States Mint Police (USMP)
Office of Inspector General (TREASOIG)
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (SIGTARP)
Department of Veterans Affairs[edit]
Office of Inspector General (VAOIG)
Veterans Affairs Police
Legislative Branch[edit]
Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
United States Capitol Police (USCP)
Office of the Inspector General (USCP OIG)
Office of Professional Responsibility (USCP OPR)
Library of Congress (LOC)
Office of the Inspector General (LOCOIG)
Government Publishing Office (GPO), Government Publishing Office Police
Office of Inspector General (GPO OIG)
Judicial Branch[edit]
Marshal of the United States Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court Police
Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC)
Office of Probation and Pretrial Services
Other federal law enforcement agencies[edit]
Independent Agencies and Quasi-official Corporations
Central Intelligence Agency, Security Protective Service (CIA SPS)
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal Investigation Division (EPA CID)
Office of Inspector General (EPA OIG)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Protective Services (NASA OPS)
Office of Inspector General (NASA OIG)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Office of Inspector General (OPM OIG)
Federal Investigative Services Division (FIS) / National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB)
Facilities, Security, and Emergency Management
United States Postal Service (USPS), United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), U.S. Postal Police
United States Postal Service Office of the Inspector General
Smithsonian Institution (SI)
Office of Protection Services
National Zoological Park Police (NZPP)
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Amtrak
Amtrak Office of Inspector General
Amtrak Office of Security Strategy and Special Operations (OSSSO)
Amtrak Police
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Police
Federal Reserve Board Police (Board of Governors)
Office of Inspector General (FRB/CFPB OIG)
Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee Valley Authority Police (TVAP)
Office of Inspector General (TVA OIG)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Office of Inspector General (NRC OIG)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Office of the Inspector General (NSF OIG)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Office of the Inspector General (NARA OIG)
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
Office of Inspector General (RRB OIG)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Office of Inspector General (FDIC OIG)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Office of Inspector General (GSA OIG)
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Office of Inspector General (SSA OIG)
United States Agency for International Development
Office of Inspector General (AID OIG)
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
Office of the Inspector General (CNCS OIG)
List of former agencies and units of agencies[edit]
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Narcotic Division (1921-1927) (transferred to Bureau of Prohibition)
Bureau of Prohibition, Narcotic Division (1927-1930) (merged into Federal Bureau of Narcotics)
Federal Narcotics Control Board (FNCB) (1922-1930) (merged into Federal Bureau of Narcotics)
Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) (1930-1968) (merged into Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs)
Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (1966-1968) (merged into Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs)
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) (1968-1973) (merged into Drug Enforcement Administration)
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE) (1972-1973) (merged into Drug Enforcement Administration)
Statistics[edit]
In 2004, federal agencies employed approximately 105,000 full-time personnel authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Compared with 2002, employment of such personnel increased by 13%.
Nationwide, there were 36 federal officers per 100,000 residents. Outside the District of Columbia, which had 1,662 per 100,000, State ratios ranged from 90 per 100,000 in Arizona to 7 per 100,000 in Iowa.
As of 2004, about 3 in 4 federal law enforcement officers working outside the Armed Forces were employed within the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice.
Federal officers' duties included criminal investigation (38%), police response and patrol (21%), corrections and detention (16%), inspections (16%), court operations (5%), and security and protection (4%).
Women accounted for 16% of federal officers in 2004, an increase from 14.8% in 2002.
A third (33.2%) of federal officers were members of a racial or ethnic minority in 2004. This included 17.7% who were Hispanic or Latino, and 11.4% who were black or African American. In 2002, racial or ethnic minorities officers comprised 32.4% of federal officers.
Twenty-seven federal offices of inspector general (IG) employed criminal investigators with arrest and firearm authority in 2004. Overall, these agencies employed 2,867 such officers in the 50 states and District of Columbia.[6]
See also[edit]
Law enforcement in the United States
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "CBP Through the Years - U.S. Customs and Border Protection".
Jump up ^ Hatcher, Jeanette. "LibGuides: Criminal Justice: Federal Law Enforcement Agencies".
Jump up ^ Langeluttig, Albert (1927). The Department of Justice of the United States. Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 9–14.
Jump up ^ "Chronology of U.S. Postal Inspection Service". Retrieved 2013-11-26.
Jump up ^ "Partner Organizations — Federal Law Enforcement Training Center". Fletc.gov. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
Jump up ^ bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov Federal Law Enforcement United States Bureau of Justice Statistics Publications & Products. Page last revised on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
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Anaerobic & aerobic system comparison
Anaerobic digestion
Composting
Digestate Compost
Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide
Methane Heat
Hydrogen sulfide (trace levels)
The following article is a comparison of aerobic and anaerobic digestion. In both aerobic and anaerobic systems the growing and reproducing microorganisms within them require a source of elemental oxygen to survive.[1]
In an anaerobic system there is an absence of gaseous oxygen. In an anaerobic digester, gaseous oxygen is prevented from entering the system through physical containment in sealed tanks. Anaerobes access oxygen from sources other than the surrounding air. The oxygen source for these microorganisms can be the organic material itself or alternatively may be supplied by inorganic oxides from within the input material. When the oxygen source in an anaerobic system is derived from the organic material itself, then the 'intermediate' end products are primarily alcohols, aldehydes, and organic acids plus carbon dioxide. In the presence of specialised methanogens, the intermediates are converted to the 'final' end products of methane, carbon dioxide with trace levels of hydrogen sulfide.[2] In an anaerobic system the majority of the chemical energy contained within the starting material is released by methanogenic bacteria as methane.[3]
In an aerobic system, such as composting, the microorganisms access free, gaseous oxygen directly from the surrounding atmosphere. The end products of an aerobic process are primarily carbon dioxide and water which are the stable, oxidised forms of carbon and hydrogen. If the biodegradable starting material contains nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur, then the end products may also include their oxidised forms- nitrate, phosphate and sulfate.[1] In an aerobic system the majority of the energy in the starting material is released as heat by their oxidisation into carbon dioxide and water.[3]
Composting systems typically include organisms such as fungi that are able to break down lignin and celluloses to a greater extent than anaerobic bacteria.[4] Due to this fact it is possible, following anaerobic digestion, to compost the anaerobic digestate allowing further volume reduction and stabilisation.[5]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "Aerobic and anaerobic respiration". Archived from the original on 2005-05-20. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
Jump up ^ Adapted from Beychok, M. (1967) Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plants, First edition, John Wiley & Sons, LCCN 67019834
^ Jump up to: a b Fergusen, T. & Mah, R. (2006) Methanogenic bacteria in Anaerobic digestion of biomass, p49
Jump up ^ "The effect of lignin on biodegradability". Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
Jump up ^ Anaerobic digestion briefing, www.foe.co.uk, retrieved 2.11.07
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