This is a list of the 25 largest municipal police departments in the United States as defined by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, by numbers of full-time sworn personnel.
Rank Department State/Territory Number of full-timesworn officers As of(with reference) 1 New York City Police Department (NYPD) New York 33,975 July 2026 2 Chicago Police Department (CPD) Illinois 11,478 August 2026 3 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California 8,621 May 2026 4 Houston Police Department (HPD) Texas 5,420 June 2026 5 Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) Pennsylvania 5,347 June 2025 6 Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Nevada 3,485 2024 7 Dallas Police Department (DPD) Texas 3,383 January 2026 8 Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC) District of Columbia 3,165 August 2026 9 Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) New York 2,654 April 2026 10 Detroit Police Department (DPD) Michigan 2,602 March 2026 11 Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) New York 2,497 September 2025 12 Phoenix Police Department (PPD) Arizona 2,400(approximate) March 2026 13 San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) Texas 2,383 September 2025 14 Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Maryland 2,186 January 2026 15 Boston Police Department (BPD) Massachusetts 2,127 April 2026 16 Columbus Division of Police (CPD) Ohio 1,904 February 2026 17 Memphis Police Department (MPD) Tennessee 1,902 November 2025 18 San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) California 1,899 May 2026 19 Fort Worth Police Department (FWPD) Texas 1,832 February 2026 20 San Diego Police Department (SDPD) California 1,822 February 2026 21 Atlanta Police Department (APD) Georgia 1,810(approximate) February 2026 22 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) North Carolina 1,656(approximate) April 2026 23 Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD) Maryland 1,643(approximate) April 202624Milwaukee Police Department (MPD)Wisconsin1,587September 202525Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD)Tennessee1,586June 2026
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