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Los Angeles Police Department

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[5] 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 Los Angeles Police Department.svg
Patch of the LAPD, used primarily for Traffic Assignment
Seal of the Los Angeles Police Department.png
Seal of the LAPD
Badge of a Los Angeles Police Department officer.png
LAPD Officer badge, with number omitted
Flag of the Los Angeles Police Department.png
Flag of the LAPD
Motto To Protect and to Serve
Agency Overview
Formed December 13, 1869; 155 years ago (1869-12-13)[1]
Employees 12,000 (2020)[2]
Annual Budget $1.189 billion (2020)[2]
Legal personality Governmental agency
Jurisdictional Structure
Divisional agency City of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles ]] in the State of [[California|California ]], United States
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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
Operational Structure
Headquarters 100 West 1st Street
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Police officers 8,832 (2024)
Unsworn members 3,000
Commissioner responsible William J. Briggs II, President[3]
Agency executives
  • Dominic H. Choi,
    Chief of Police
  • Robert E. Marino, Assistant Chief of Operations
  • Blake Chow, Assistant Chief of Special Operations
  • Dominic H. Choi, Assistant Chief of Support Services
  • Lizabeth Rhodes, Director of Constitutional Policing and Policy
Divisions
39[4]
Bureaus
10[4]
Facilities
Carss 6,000
Boats 2
Helicopters 26
Planes 3
Horses 40
Dogs 2 Bloodhounds
20 German Shepherds
Website
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Los Angeles Police Department Media

  • Rampart Community Police Station, one of the LAPD's 21 stations across the city

  • The Police Administration Building, the LAPD's headquarters since 2009

  • General rank insignia for the United States Army and Air Force.

  • Lieutenant General rank insignia for the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as

  • Major General rank insignia for the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

  • This is an image I created with Photoshop

  • LAPD officers patrolling the former Staples Center during a Los Angeles Lakers game

  • LAPD bicycle officers in 2014

  • LAPD cruisers at the scene of a traffic collision

References

  1. ↑ "The Los Angeles Police Department: Then and Now". Los Angeles Police Museum. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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/. 
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners". LAPD. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Los Angeles Police Department Organization Chart" (PDF). Los Angeles Police Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by City, 2018". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

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