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A state bureau of investigation (SBI) is a state-level detective agency in the United States. They are plainclothes agencies that usually investigate criminal cases involving the state and/or multiple jurisdictions. They also typically provide technical support to local agencies in the form of laboratory and/or record services, or to directly assist in the investigation of cases at the local agency's request.
An SBI is a state's equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but can include investigative jurisdiction similar to other federal law enforcement agencies as well. The SBIs investigate all manner of cases assigned to them by their state's laws and usually report to their state's attorney general, or in some cases, directly to their state's governor.
SBIs can also exist either independently or within a state Department of Public Safety/Department of Justice (which is an umbrella agency coordinating and/or controlling the various state-level law enforcement agencies) or a state police force (which is a general law enforcement agency).
Specific state forces
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) – Special Agents assigned to various investigative bureaus:
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Hawaii Department of the Attorney General – Investigations Division
- Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement
- Sheriff Division
- Criminal Investigation Division
- Office of Homeland Security, Intelligence Enforcement Unit
- Idaho
- Idaho State Police – Investigation Division
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Iowa Department of Public Safety
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts State Police — State Police Detective Units
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Montana Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigations
- Nebraska
- Nebraska State Patrol – Investigative Services
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Department of Safety – Division of State Police – Investigative Services Bureau
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New Mexico State Police – Special Investigations Division
- New York
- New York State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- North Dakota Office of the Attorney General – North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations (Attorney General's website)
- Ohio
- Ohio Attorney General – Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation an independent agency
- Oregon
- Oregon Department of Justice – Criminal Justice Division
- Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
- Pennsylvania State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- Rhode Island State Police – Detective Bureau
- South Carolina
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) – an independent agency
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation – an independent agency
- Texas
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Texas Attorney General's Office – Law Enforcement Division
- Utah
- Utah Department of Public Safety – State Bureau of Investigation
- Vermont
- Vermont State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
- Virginia
- Virginia State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Washington
- Washington State Patrol – Criminal Investigations Division
- West Virginia
- West Virginia State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
- Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigation
- Wyoming
See also
- Law enforcement in the United States
- Landeskriminalamt – German state law enforcement agencies
- Civil Police – Brazilian state detective agencies
- Ministry of Public Security – Chinese national police force with autonomous provincial units such as the Guangdong Public Security Department
References
- "Specialized Units | Mass.gov". www.mass.gov. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
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