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Only nine countries disclosed values lower than 100 officers per 100,000 inhabitants. [1] The highest median of police officers – around 400 – was observed in West Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe. [1] The median of police officers per population remained stable between 2002 and 2006, after an increase between 1995 and 2002. [1]
Policing in the United States is highly fragmented, [122] and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S. [123] Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative situations. [124]
Rank Department State/Territory Number of full-time sworn officers As of (with reference) 1: New York City Police Department (NYPD): New York: 33,475: October 2024 [2]: 2
There are no accurate reports on how many of the 800,000 sworn officers are members of a police union. The best estimate would be 75-80 percent; that would rank police officers with firefighters as having the highest unionization rates in the United States. [1] The New York City Police Department is the largest in the country. With roughly ...
District of Columbia flag Badge of a Deputy U.S. Marshal. This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents.
Federal officers' most common primary function was criminal investigation or enforcement (68%), corrections (25%), and police response and patrol (9%). Around 15% of federal law enforcement officers and 13% of supervisory law enforcement personnel were female in 2020.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.
The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (NYC PBA), the largest municipal police union in the United States, represents over 50,000 active and retired police officers. The entire police force in 2023: 47% are white and 53% are members of minority groups. [more detail needed] Of 21,603 officers on patrol: 43% are non-Hispanic white