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. [1]

RankDepartmentState/TerritoryNumber of full-time
sworn officers		As of
(with reference)
1 New York City Police Department (NYPD) New York 33,475October 2024 [2]
2 Chicago Police Department (CPD) Illinois 11,580September 2024 [3]
3 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California 8,784December 2024 [4]
4 Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) Pennsylvania 5,544March 2024 [5]
5 Houston Police Department (HPD) Texas 5,195October 2024 [6]
6 Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC) District of Columbia 3,975December 2024 [7]
7 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Nevada 3,3982023 [8]
8 Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) Florida 3,139May 2024 [9]
9 Dallas Police Department (DPD) Texas 3,121September 2024 [10]
10 Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Arizona 2,563April 2024 [11]
11 Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) New York 2,508September 2023 [12]
12 Detroit Police Department (DPD) Michigan 2,496January 2024 [13]
13 San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) Texas 2,403March 2023 [14]
14 Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) New York 2,246September 2023 [15]
15 Boston Police Department (BPD) Massachusetts 2,128November 2024 [16]
16 Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Maryland 2,008March 2024 [17]
17 San Diego Police Department (SDPD) California 1,870January 2024 [18]
18 Columbus Division of Police (CPD) Ohio 1,859July 2023 [19]
19 San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) California 1,851December 2024 [20]
20 Memphis Police Department (MPD) Tennessee 1,850March 2024 [21]
21 Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) Maryland 1,747April 2023 [22]
22 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) North Carolina 1,746April 2024 [23] [24]
23 Honolulu Police Department (HPD) Hawaii 1,740March 2024 [25]
24 Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) Texas 1,664November 2023 [26]
25 Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) Wisconsin 1,595December 2023 [27]

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