Los Angeles Police Department
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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 officers[3] and 3,036 civilian members, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.
City of Los Angeles Police Department | |
Common name | Los Angeles Police Department |
Abbreviation | LAPD |
Patch of the LAPD, used primarily for Traffic Assignment | |
Seal of the LAPD | |
LAPD Officer badge, with number omitted | |
Motto | To Protect and To Serve |
Agency Overview | |
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Formed | December 13, 1869 |
Employees | 12,000 (2020)[1] |
Annual Budget | $1.189 billion (2020)[1] |
Legal personality | Governmental agency |
Jurisdictional Structure | |
Divisional agency | City of Los Angeles in the State of California , United States |
Map showing the LAPD's jurisdictional area | |
Size | 503 sq mi (1,300 km2) |
Population | 3,979,576 (2019) |
Governing body | Los Angeles City Council |
General nature |
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Operational Structure | |
Overviewed by | Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners |
Headquarters | 100 West 1st Street Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Police officers | 8,967 (2023) |
Unsworn members | 3,000 |
Commissioner responsible | William J. Briggs II, President |
Agency executives |
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Divisions | 39[2]
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Bureaus | 10[2]
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Facilities | |
Cars | 6,000 |
Boats | 2 |
Helicopters | 26 |
Planes | 3 |
Horses | 40 |
Dogs | 2 Bloodhounds 20 German Shepherds |
Website | |
lapdonline | |
Los Angeles Police Department Media
Rampart Community Police Station, one of the LAPD's 21 stations across the city
LAPD officers patrolling the Staples Center during a Los Angeles Lakers game
LAPD bicycle officers in 2014
LAPD cruisers at the scene of a traffic collision
An LAPD Eurocopter AS350
An LAPD officer armed with an AR-15 in 2011
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sullivan, Carl; Baranauckas, Carla (June 26, 2020). "Here's how much money goes to police departments in largest cities across the U.S.". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/06/26/how-much-money-goes-to-police-departments-in-americas-largest-cities/112004904/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Los Angeles Police Department Organization Chart" (PDF). Los Angeles Police Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by City, 2018". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 7 October 2019.