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List of largest local police departments in the United States

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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.

Rank Department State/Territory Number of full-time
sworn officers		 As of
(with reference)
1 New York City Police Department (NYPD) New York 33,475 October 2024
2 Chicago Police Department (CPD) Illinois 11,580 September 2024
3 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California 8,784 December 2024
4 Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) Pennsylvania 5,544 March 2024
5 Houston Police Department (HPD) Texas 5,195 October 2024
6 Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC) District of Columbia 3,975 December 2024
7 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Nevada 3,398 2023
8 Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) Florida 3,139 May 2024
9 Dallas Police Department (DPD) Texas 3,121 September 2024
10 Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Arizona 2,563 April 2024
11 Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) New York 2,508 September 2023
12 Detroit Police Department (DPD) Michigan 2,496 January 2024
13 San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) Texas 2,403 March 2023
14 Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) New York 2,246 September 2023
15 Boston Police Department (BPD) Massachusetts 2,128 November 2024
16 Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Maryland 2,008 March 2024
17 San Diego Police Department (SDPD) California 1,870 January 2024
18 Columbus Division of Police (CPD) Ohio 1,859 July 2023
19 San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) California 1,851 December 2024
20 Memphis Police Department (MPD) Tennessee 1,850 March 2024
21 Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) Maryland 1,747 April 2023
22 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) North Carolina 1,746 April 2024
23 Honolulu Police Department (HPD) Hawaii 1,740 March 2024
24 Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) Texas 1,664 November 2023
25 Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) Wisconsin 1,595 December 2023

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