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Dept of Agriculture — Office of Inspector General; Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Dept. of Commerce — Office of Inspector General; Commerce Dept. Police; Office of Export Enforcement; Maritime Fisheries Service Off. of Law Enforcement.

Dept. of Defense — Office of Inspector General Criminal Investigative Service; Pentagon Police; Dept. of Defense Police; Defense Logistics Agency Police; NSA Police; DIA Police; Army Criminal Investigations Division; Army Civilian Police; Navy Criminal Investigation Service; Dept of Navy Civilian Police; Marine Corps Criminal Investigations Division; Marine Corps Civilian Police; Air Force Office of Special Investigations; Air Force Civilian Police.

Dept. of Education — Office of Inspector General; Protective Services Division; Office for Civil Rights.

Dept. of Energy — Office of Inspector General; Nuclear Security Administration Office of Secure Transportation and Federal Protective Forces.

Health and Human Services — Office of Inspector General; Food & Drug Admin. Office of Criminal Investigations; National Institutes of Health Police.

Homeland Security — Office of Inspector General; Federal Protective Service; Coast Guard Law Enforcement Office; Coast Guard Police; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol; CBP Air and Marine Operations; CBP Office of Field Operations; Office of Professional Responsibility; FEMA Office of Security; Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations; ICE Removal Operations; ICE Office of Intelligence; ICE Office of Professional Responsibility; Secret Service Protective Detail; USSS Uniformed Division; TSA Air Marshal Service; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate.

Housing and Urban Development — Office of Inspector General; Protective Services Division.

Dept. of Interior — Office of Inspector General; Bureau of Indian Affairs Police; Bureau of Land Management Office of Law Enforcement and Security; Bureau of Reclamation Security Response Force; National Park Service Rangers; National Park Service Park Police; Fish and Wildlife Service Offie of Law Enforcement; Division of Refuge Law Enforcement.

Dept. of Justice — Office of Inspector General; FBI; DEA; ATF; US Marshal; Bureau of Prisons; Office of Professional Responsibility.

Dept. of Labor — Office of Inspector General

Dept. of State — Office of Inspector General; Diplomatic Security Service

Dept. of Transportation — Office of Inspector General; Merchant Marine Academy Office of Public Safety; Nat. Highway Traffic Safety Admin Office of Odometer Fraud Investigations

Dept. of Treasury — Office of Inspector General; Treas. Inspector General for Tax Administration; Special Inspector General for Pandemic Response; Special Inspector General for Trouble Asset Relief Program; Bureau of Engraving and Printing Police; Fin. Crimes Invest. Network Off. of Special Investigations; IRS Criminal Investigations; U.S. Mint Police.

In addition to those Executive Branch Departments add: CIA Police; EPA OIG and Criminal Investigations; NASA OIG and Office of Protective Services; Postal Service OIG, Postal Inspection Service and Postal Police; Federal Reserve Police AND Federal Reserve Board Police; Amtrak OIG and Amtrak Police Department; Tennessee. Valley Authority. OIG and Police and Emergency Management; Nuclear Regulatory Commission. OIG and Office of Investigations; etc.

The list above is a NOT complete listing of federal agencies and departments that employ law enforcement officers who carry guns. They carry guns because certain aspects of federal law define crimes in their areas of jurisdictional responsibility, and where a violation can result in an arrest. Because those crimes bring these officers into contact with alleged criminals who might need to be arrested and taken to jail, they must be armed for their own protection when necessary to make an arrest.