Provođenje reda i zakona u Boliviji je povjereno Nacionalnoj policiji () koja broji oko 31.000 pripadnika. Za razliku od većine ostalih zemalja Latinske Amerike u Boliviji je policija odgovorna Vladi, a ne lokalnim autoritetima. Iako je odvojena od vojske, policija često zana zatražiti i pomoć vojske, pogotov kod većih nereda i demonstracija.

      Policijske snage se sastoje od slijedećih odjela: Glavne administracije (Administración General), 5.000 pripadnika Nacionalne garde (Guardia Nacional) koje još uvijek nazivaju karabinjerima (Carabineros), nacionalne direkcije za istrage (Dirección de Investigaciones Nacionales), Carinske policije (Policía de Aduana), Nacionalne prometne policije (Servicio Nacional de Carreteras), koja je pod upravom Ministarstva prometa i komunikacija, Vatrogasnog korpusa (Cuerpo de Bomberos) koji se popunjava policajcima te Nacionalne policijske akademije.

      Law enforcement in Bolivia is based on the 31,000-strong Cuerpo de Policía Nacional (National Police Corps) responsible for internal security and maintaining law and order. Unlike most Latin American countries, the Bolivian police force always has been accountable to the national government rather than to state or local officials. The 1950 Organic Law of Police and Carabiniers officially separated the police from the military. Frequently, however, the national police call upon the military for assistance in quelling riots and civil protests.

      The police corps consists of the General Administration (Administración General) section; the 5,000-member paramilitary National Guard (Guardia Nacional), still referred to as the Carabineros, which were reorganized in 1976; the Directorate of National Investigations (Dirección de Investigaciones Nacionales, DIN), the Customs Police (Policía de Aduana); the Traffic Police (Policía de Tránsito); the National Highway Service (Servicio Nacional de Carreteras), under the authority of the Ministry of Transport and Communications; the Fire Corps (Cuerpo de Bomberos), which was manned by police personnel; and the National Police Academy.