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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]
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: Chicago Police Department (CPD) Illinois: 11,580: September 2024 [3] 3: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) California: 8,784: December 2024 [4] 4: Philadelphia Police Department ...
Pages in category "American police officers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 208 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
The number of police officers who died on the job dropped again last year, including deaths from gunfire, traffic accidents and COVID-19, according to a new report released Thursday. A total of ...
Female officers were formally appointed beginning on August 13, 1913, starting with ten officers. In 1918, Grace Wilson, possibly the first black female police officer in United States history, joined the force. In 1913, Alice Clement became the first female police detective for the Chicago Police Department.
There are countless police officers who work incredibly hard to establish relationships with all people in the communities they serve. The treatment of Black people in this country makes the job ...
Our Police Protectors: History of the New York Police from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. New York: A.E. Costello, 1885. Hickey, John J. Our Police Guardians: History of the Police Department of the City of New York, and the Policing of Same for the Past One Hundred Years. New York: John J. Hickey, 1925.