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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.
[48] [full citation needed] According to Stenson, [49] there is a dilemma within community policing: when practicing community policing, police officers have the tendency of getting too involved with trying to institute "particularistic community normative standards". He says this could in turn be problematic, in that it could entice corruption ...
The concept has been in use in the United States since at least the 1970s. The United States Department of Justice database includes an article from 1977 entitled, COMBATING CRIME - FULL UTILIZATION OF THE POLICE OFFICER AND CSO (COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER) CONCEPT that described CSO functions and implementation of a CSO program. [2]
In the United States, a 'Department of Public Safety is a state or local government agency that often has a broad portfolio of responsibilities, which may include some or all of the following: Fire services: provides fire prevention and suppression. Rescue services: provides rescue services. Haz-mat services: provides hazardous materials response.
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California: 8,784: December 2024 [4] 4: Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) Pennsylvania: 5,544: March 2024 [5] 5: Houston Police Department (HPD) Texas: 5,164: February 2024 [6] 6: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Nevada: 3,363: 2022 [7] 7: Metropolitan Police Department of the District of ...
Officers responded to a call of an active shooter at the Abundant Life Christian School, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said. One teacher and one teen student were killed, he confirmed.
Police officers and sheriff's deputies in Scotts Valley, California arresting a suspect following a police pursuit in 2009. Local police range from one-officer agencies (sometimes still called the town marshals) to the 40,000 person-strong New York City Police Department, which has its own counterterrorism division. Most city agencies take the ...
San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.