Local Police Departments in the US
Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog
MAY 7, 2024
Local Police Departments in the US "As of December 31, 2020, more than 14,700 general-purpose law enforcement agencies in the United States employed about 708,000 full-time sworn officers and 348,000 full-time civilians. Local police departments accounted for about 80% (11,800) of the general-purpose agencies, employing nearly 67% (473,000) of full-time sworn personnel and 36% (126,000) of full-time civilian personnel (figure 1, table 1). 1 "The total number of full-time personnel in local polic
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