City of Los Angeles Police Department | |
Common name | Los Angeles Police Department |
Abbreviation | LAPD |
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Motto | To Protect and to Serve |
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Employees | 12,000 (2020)[1] |
Annual Budget | $1.189 billion (2020)[1] |
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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Size | 503 sq mi (1,300 km2) |
Population | 3,979,576 (2019) |
Governing body | Los Angeles City Council |
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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[2] |
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Divisions | 39[3]
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Bureaus | 10[3]
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Facilities | |
Carss | 6,000 |
Boats | 2 |
Helicopters | 26 |
Planes | 3 |
Horses | 40 |
Dogs | 2 Bloodhounds 20 German Shepherds |
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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[4] 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.
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