enforcement agencies
Law-upholding organizations
Enforcement agencies are government bodies with authority to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
The term most often refers to law enforcement agencies—police departments, the FBI, sheriffs' offices—that investigate crimes and apprehend offenders.
But it extends to regulatory bodies that enforce specific rules: the EPA enforces environmental laws, the IRS enforces tax codes.
Federal enforcement agencies coordinated the investigation.
- constabularyOrganized law enforcement body
- InterpolGlobal police cooperation organization
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- DEAFederal narcotics agency
- drug bustLaw enforcement contraband seizure
police · FDA · border patrol · border security · sting operation · gendarmerie · alphabet agencies · SEC · highway patrol · EPA · sheriff's department · SWAT · FTC · USDA · Scotland Yard · OSHA · FCC · marshals
- enforcementcrackdown, fines, penalties, clampdown, raid
- support enforcementchild support, wage garnishment, income withholding, garnishment, arrears
- public regulationscivic codes, noise ordinances, public order, public safety, loitering laws
enforcement agencieslegislative bodies
Assemblies that enact laws
legislators · lawmaking bodies · Congress · legislatures · judiciary
enforcement agenciessupport services
Assistance functions for operations
social services · aid organizations · advocacy groups · rehabilitation services · educational programs
enforcement agenciesorganized crime
Structured illegal enterprise
criminal enterprises · cartels · syndicates · mafias · gangs