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This is a list of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies — local, regional, special and statewide government agencies (state police) of the U.S. states, of the federal district, and of the territories that provide law enforcement duties, including investigations, prevention and patrol functions.
The department is still often referred by its former name, the Metro-Dade Police or simply Metro. Even though the agency brands itself as Miami-Dade Police implying that it is a county police agency such as the Gwinnett County Police Department in Georgia or the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia, the agency is in fact a sheriff's ...
A Captain often supervises a police station but can supervise another division or unit (detectives, patrol, etc.) in smaller departments and only certain sections of a police station in larger departments. In the NYPD, captains are the normal commanders of precincts.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office (BSO) is a public safety organization with 5,400 employees, [2] it is the largest sheriff's office in the state of Florida. Sheriff Gregory Tony heads the agency. BSO was one of the United States' largest fully-accredited sheriff's offices before losing accreditation (by unanimous vote) in 2019. [ 4 ]
The Sheriff's Police patrol services are often not required in incorporated cities because the cities such as Chicago have established their own police departments. The 500–600-member sheriff's police department would not have the personnel necessary to supply full police services to all incorporated areas in Cook County especially in a ...
City of Miami Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida; Orlando Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida; Pinellas Park Police Department Mounted Patrol, Florida [51] Polk County Sheriff's Office Mounted Enforcement Unit, Florida; Saint Petersburg Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit, Florida; Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Mounted ...
Fifteen of the 50 largest local police departments employed fewer full-time sworn personnel in 2008 than in 2004. The largest declines were in Detroit (36%), Memphis (23%), New Orleans (13%), and San Francisco (10%). [165] Ten of the 50 largest local police departments reported double-digit increases in sworn personnel from 2004 to 2008.
A police station (sometimes called a "station house" or just "house") is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of police staff. Police stations typically contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms , temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.