State of Maryland Careers
Join dedicated public safety professionals across the State of Maryland. Protect our communities, preserve state resources, and build a rewarding career with comprehensive benefits.
Reflect the face and the best of the State of Maryland. Select from our diverse branches of Public Safety Agencies.

Safeguard Maryland's toll facilities, bridges, tunnels, highways, and BWI Marshall Airport through proactive highway safety and law enforcement.

As a Maryland State Trooper, you’ll have opportunities to challenge yourself, serve your community, and build a career across a wide range of specialized assignments. Whether your interests are in Aviation, K-9, Forensics, Tactical Response, or Patrol Operations, there is a place for you at the Maryland State Police.

Serve as Maryland's primary conservation law enforcement agency, protecting state parks, public waterways, wildlife, and natural heritage.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal, the nation’s oldest state fire marshal office, is Maryland’s largest fire and explosive investigation agency with statewide jurisdiction. OSFM protects life and property through fire and explosive investigations, enforcement of the State Fire Prevention Code, and specialized operations, including Bomb Squad, Underwater Hazardous Device Team, and accelerant and explosives detection K-9 teams.

Protect state facilities, employees, and visitors while providing physical security and law enforcement services across government complexes statewide.

Develop strategic public safety initiatives, crime prevention strategies, and policy frameworks to build safer Maryland neighborhoods.

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) helps keep Maryland safe through secure custody, community supervision, and rehabilitation programs. We are an innovative leader in providing needed public safety services to individuals within our custody in safe and secure settings. Throughout Maryland, we work and engage in communities and neighborhoods to which many of the individuals under our supervision will one day return. We work with partner agencies, sharing important intelligence information in order to reduce crime and violence.

For more than ten years, the MTA Police Force has been recognized for its work in helping to maintain the record of the Maryland Transit Administration as one of the safest of the nation’s largest transit agencies. We are committed to our mission of helping everyone to feel safe and at ease when riding public transportation, with dignity and respect for all. In addition to the awards we’ve earned, statistics confirm the depth of that commitment.

At the University of Maryland Police Department, you will join a team of dedicated professionals who have chosen a rewarding career path with an agency that is steeped in tradition and pride. Over 50,000 students, faculty, and staff call the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park campus home. With approximately 10,000 students living on-campus and over 100 countries represented at UMD, protecting UMD is more than a statement, it’s a calling.

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) helps keep Maryland safe through secure custody, community supervision, and rehabilitation programs. We are an innovative leader in providing needed public safety services to individuals within our custody in safe and secure settings. Throughout Maryland, we work and engage in communities and neighborhoods to which many of the individuals under our supervision will one day return. We work with partner agencies, sharing important intelligence information in order to reduce crime and violence.
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| Agencies | Website | |
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| Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services | Website | |
| Maryland DPSCS Division of Parole and Probation | Website | |
| Maryland DPSCS Intelligence & Investigative Division | Website | |
| Maryland Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission | Website | |
| Maryland Capital Police | Website | |
| Maryland Comptroller Field Enforcement Bureau | Website | |
| Maryland Department of Health | Website | |
| Maryland Department of Juvenile Services | Website | |
| Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration | Website | |
| Maryland Natural Resources Police | Website | |
| Maryland State Fire Marshal | Website | |
| Maryland State Police | Website | |
| Maryland Transit Administration Police | Website | |
| Maryland Transportation Authority Police | Website | |
| Washington Metro Transit Police | Website | |
| Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission | Website |
| Agencies | Website | |
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| Annapolis Fire/Explosive Investigative Unit | Website | |
| Annapolis Police | Website | |
| Anne Arundel Community College Public Safety & Police | Website | |
| Anne Arundel Co Fire & Explosive Investigations | Website | |
| Anne Arundel County Detention Facilities | Website | |
| Anne Arundel County Police | Website | |
| Anne Arundel County Sheriff | Website | |
| Anne Arundel County State's Attorney | Website | |
| Crofton Police | Website |
| Agencies | Website | |
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| Baltimore City Community College | Website | |
| Baltimore Police Department | Website | |
| Baltimore City School Police | Website | |
| Baltimore City Sheriff | Website | |
| Baltimore Environmental Police | Website | |
| Coppin State University Police | Website | |
| Johns Hopkins University Police | Website | |
| Morgan State University Police | Website | |
| University of MD Baltimore Police | Website |
| Agencies | Website | |
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| Carroll Community College | Website | |
| Carroll County Sheriff | Website | |
| Carroll County Sheriff's Office Corrections | Website | |
| Carroll County State's Attorney | Website | |
| Hampstead Police | Website | |
| Manchester Police | Website | |
| Mount Airy Police | Website | |
| Sykesville Police | Website | |
| Taneytown Police | Website | |
| Westminster Police | Website |
| Agencies | Website | |
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| Chevy Chase Police | Website | |
| Gaithersburg Police | Website | |
| MD National Capital Park Police - Montgomery County | Website | |
| Montgomery County Pre-Trial & Pre-Release | Website | |
| Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation | Website | |
| Montgomery County Fire & Explos. Inv. Sect. | Website | |
| Montgomery County Police | Website | |
| Montgomery County Sheriff | Website | |
| Rockville City Police | Website | |
| Takoma Park Police | Website |
| Agencies | Website | |
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| Berwyn Heights Police | Website | |
| Bladensburg Police | Website | |
| Bowie Police Department | Website | |
| Bowie State University | Website | |
| Brentwood Police | Website | |
| Capitol Heights Police | Website | |
| Cheverly Police | Website | |
| Colmar Manor Police | Website | |
| Cottage City Police | Website | |
| District Heights Police | Website | |
| Edmonston Police | Website | |
| Fairmount Heights Police | Website | |
| Forest Heights Police | Website | |
| Glenarden Police | Website | |
| Greenbelt Police | Website | |
| Hyattsville Police | Website | |
| Landover Hills Police | Website | |
| Laurel Police | Website | |
| MD National Capital Park Police - Prince George's County | Website | |
| Morningside Police | Website | |
| Mount Rainier Police | Website | |
| New Carrollton Police | Website | |
| Prince George's Community College | Website | |
| Prince George's County Detention Center | Website | |
| Prince George's County Fire Investigation | Website | |
| Prince George's County Police | Website | |
| Prince George's County Public Schools | Website | |
| Prince George's County Sheriff | Website | |
| Prince George's County Sheriff | Website | |
| Prince George's County State's Attorney | Website | |
| Seat Pleasant Police | Website | |
| University of MD, College Park Police | Website | |
| University Park Police | Website | |
| Upper Marlboro Police | Website |
| Agencies | Website | |
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| Berlin Police | Website | |
| Ocean City Police | Website | |
| Ocean Pines Police | Website | |
| Pocomoke City Police | Website | |
| Snow Hill Police | Website | |
| Worcester County Detention Center | Website | |
| Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office | Website | |
| Worcester County Sheriff | Website | |
| Worcester County State's Attorney | Website |
Discover dynamic career opportunities, competitive state benefits, pension options, continuous leadership training, and tuition reimbursement across Maryland's public safety institutions.