State bureau of investigation

A state bureau of investigation (SBI) is a state-level detective agency in the United States. They are plainclothes agencies which 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
- Alabama Bureau of Investigation
- Alabama Highway Patrol
Alaska
- Alaska Bureau of Investigation (ABI)
Arizona
- Arizona Attorney General's Office – Criminal Division [1]
Arkansas
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety
  - Arkansas State Police
    - Criminal Investigations [2]
    - Crimes Against Children [3]
California
- California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) – Special Agents assigned to various investigative bureaus:
- California Highway Patrol – Freeway traffic investigations
Colorado
- Colorado Bureau of Investigation
Connecticut
- Connecticut Bureau of Criminal Investigations
Delaware
- Delaware State Police
  - Criminal Investigations Units
  - Special Investigations Section
- Delaware Department of Justice
  - Office of the Attorney General – Special Investigators
Florida
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement (SBI)
- Florida Highway Patrol
Georgia
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation
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
- Illinois State Police – Division of Criminal Investigation
Indiana
- Indiana State Police – Criminal Investigation Division
Iowa
- Iowa Department of Public Safety
  - Division of Criminal Investigation
Kansas
- Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kentucky
- Kentucky Department of Criminal Investigation
Louisiana
- Louisiana State Police
Maine
- Maine State Police
- Office of the Maine Attorney General Investigation Division
Maryland
- Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions (state law-enforcement-and-corrections standards and enforcement)
- Maryland State Police
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts State Police — State Police Detective Units^[1]
Michigan
- Michigan State Police
- Michigan Department of Attorney General Criminal Division
- Michigan Department of Attorney General Financial Crimes Division
Minnesota
- Minnesota Department of Public Safety
  - Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension^[2]
Mississippi
- Mississippi Bureau of Investigation^[3]
Missouri
- Missouri Department of Public Safety
Montana
- Montana Department of Justice – Division of Criminal Investigations
Nebraska
- Nebraska State Patrol – Investigative Services
Nevada
- Nevada Investigation Division
New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Department of Safety – Division of State Police – Investigative Services Bureau
New Jersey
- New Jersey State Police – Criminal Investigations Bureau
- New Jersey State Detectives
New Mexico
- New Mexico State Police – Special Investigations Division
New York
- New York State Police – Bureau of Criminal Investigations
North Carolina
- North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation
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
- Puerto Rico Department of Justice
- Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety
  - Puerto Rico Police
  - Puerto Rico Special Investigations Bureau
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island State Police – Detective Bureau
South Carolina
- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) – an independent agency
South Dakota
- South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation
Tennessee
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigation – an independent agency
Texas
- Texas Department of Public Safety
  - Texas Rangers
  - Criminal Investigations Division
- 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
- Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation

References

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Specific state forces

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