This is a list of the largest local police departments in the United States as defined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, by numbers of full-time sworn personnel.[1]
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Rank | Department | State/Territory | Number of full-time sworn officers | As of (with reference) |
1 | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | New York | 33,695 | April 2024[2] |
2 | Chicago Police Department (CPD) | Illinois | 11,780 | February 2024[3] |
3 | Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) | California | 8,959 | April 2024[4] |
4 | Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) | Pennsylvania | 5,544 | March 2024[5] |
5 | Houston Police Department (HPD) | Texas | 5,164 | February 2024[6] |
6 | Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) | Nevada | 3,363 | 2022[7] |
7 | Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC) | District of Columbia | 3,328 | March 2024[8] |
8 | Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) | Florida | 3,120 | September 2022[9] |
9 | Dallas Police Department (DPD) | Texas | 3,031 | January 2024[10] |
10 | Phoenix Police Department (PPD) | Arizona | 2,563 | April 2024[11] |
11 | Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) | New York | 2,508 | September 2023[12] |
12 | Detroit Police Department (DPD) | Michigan | 2,496 | January 2024[13] |
13 | San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) | Texas | 2,403 | March 2023[14] |
14 | Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) | New York | 2,246 | September 2023[15] |
15 | Baltimore Police Department (BPD) | Maryland | 2,008 | March 2024[16] |
16 | San Diego Police Department (SDPD) | California | 1,870 | January 2024[17] |
17 | San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) | California | 1,857 | March 2024[18] |
18 | Memphis Police Department (MPD) | Tennessee | 1,850 | March 2024[19] |
19 | Columbus Division of Police (CPD) | Ohio | 1,779 | July 2023[20] |
20 | Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) | Maryland | 1,747 | April 2023[21] |
21 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) | North Carolina | 1,746 | April 2024[22][23] |
22 | Honolulu Police Department (HPD) | Hawaii | 1,740 | March 2024[24] |
23 | Boston Police Department (BPD) | Massachusetts | 1,711 | March 2024[25] |
24 | Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) | Texas | 1,664 | November 2023[26] |
25 | Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) | Wisconsin | 1,595 | December 2023[27] |
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