Los Angeles Police Department

City of Los Angeles Police Department
City of Los Angeles Police Department
	Patch of the LAPD, used primarily for Traffic Assignment
	Seal of the LAPD
	LAPD Officer badge, with number omitted
	Flag of the LAPD
Common name	Los Angeles Police Department
Abbreviation	LAPD
Motto	To Protect and to Serve
Agency overview
Formed	December 13, 1869
Employees	12,000 (2020)
Annual budget	$1.189 billion (2020)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Los Angeles, California, United States
	Map showing the LAPD's jurisdictional area
Size	503 sq mi (1,300 km2)
Population	3,979,576 (2019)
Governing body	Los Angeles City Council
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Overseen by	Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners
Headquarters	100 West 1st Street; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Police officers	8,832 (2024)
Unsworn members	3,000
Commissioners responsible	William J. Briggs II, President; Dale Bonner, Member; Maria Lou Calanche, Member; Steve Soboroff, Member;
Agency executives	Dominic H. Choi, ; Chief of Police; Robert E. Marino, Assistant Chief of Operations; Blake Chow, Assistant Chief of Special Operations; Dominic H. Choi, Assistant Chief of Support Services; Lizabeth Rhodes, Director of Constitutional Policing and Policy;
Divisions	39 Central Traffic ; South Traffic ; Valley Traffic ; West Traffic ; LAX Field Services ; Robbery-Homicide ; Juvenile ; Technical Investigations ; Forensic Sciences ; Gang and Narcotics ; Detective Support & Vice ; Commercial Crimes ; Metropolitan ; Air Support ; Major Crimes ; Emergency Services ; Custody Services ; Security Services; Central ; Rampart ; Southwest ; Hollenbeck ; Harbor ; Hollywood ; Wilshire ; West Los Angeles ; Van Nuys ; West Valley ; Northeast ; 77th Street ; Newton ; Pacific ; North Hollywood ; Foothill ; Devonshire ; Southeast ; Mission ; Olympic ; Topanga ; Media Relations;
Bureaus	10 Central ; South ; Valley ; West ; Detective ; Counter-Terrorism & Special Operations ; Transportation Services ; Professional Standards ; Administrative Services ; Personnel and Training;
Facilities
Cars	6,000
Boats	2
Helicopters	26
Planes	3
Horses	40
Dogs	2 Bloodhounds; 20 German Shepherds
Website
	Official website

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States.^[5] With 8,832 officers^[5] and 3,000 civilian staff,^[2] it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.

The LAPD is headquartered at 100 West 1st Street in the Civic Center district. The department's organization and resources are complex, including 21 community stations (divisions) grouped in four bureaus under the Office of Operations; multiple divisions within the Detective Bureau under the Office of Special Operations; and specialized units such as the Metropolitan Division, Air Support Division, and Major Crimes Division under the Counterterrorism & Special Operations Bureau. Further offices support the Chief of Police in areas such as constitutional policing and professional standards, while the Office of Support Services covers facilities management, personnel, and training, among other areas.

Independent investigative commissions have documented a history of police brutality, corruption, misconduct and discriminatory policing within the LAPD.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] In 2001, the United States Department of Justice entered into a consent decree with the LAPD regarding systemic civil rights violations and lack of accountability that stretched back decades; following major reforms, the decree was lifted in 2013.^[10]^[11]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Sullivan, Carl; Baranauckas, Carla (June 26, 2020). "Here's how much money goes to police departments in largest cities across the U.S." USA Today. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.
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^ ^a ^b "Los Angeles Police Department Organization Chart" (PDF). Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Leonard, Eric; Blankstein, Andrew (August 7, 2023). "Fewest cops in a generation: LAPD shrinks below 9,000 officers". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
^ Schrader, Stuart (2019). Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing. Vol. 56. University of California Press. pp. 216, 220. doi:10.2307/j.ctvp2n2kv. ISBN 978-0-520-29561-2. JSTOR j.ctvp2n2kv. S2CID 204688900.
^ Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Dept (1998). Christopher, Warren (ed.). Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department. Diane Publishing Company. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
^ Greene, Jack Raymond, ed. (2014). Encyclopedia of Police Science. Routledge. pp. 763–767. ISBN 9780203943175. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
^ Felker-Kantor, Max (2018). Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469646848. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
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[USAToday2020-2] Sullivan, Carl; Baranauckas, Carla (June 26, 2020). "Here's how much money goes to police departments in largest cities across the U.S." USA Today. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.

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[OrgChart_PDF_with_names-4] "Los Angeles Police Department Organization Chart" (PDF). Los Angeles Police Department. Retrieved April 1, 2022.

[:3-5] Leonard, Eric; Blankstein, Andrew (August 7, 2023). "Fewest cops in a generation: LAPD shrinks below 9,000 officers". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

[:1-6] Schrader, Stuart (2019). Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing. Vol. 56. University of California Press. pp. 216, 220. doi:10.2307/j.ctvp2n2kv. ISBN 978-0-520-29561-2. JSTOR j.ctvp2n2kv. S2CID 204688900.

[7] Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Dept (1998). Christopher, Warren (ed.). Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department. Diane Publishing Company. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

[8] Greene, Jack Raymond, ed. (2014). Encyclopedia of Police Science. Routledge. pp. 763–767. ISBN 9780203943175. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

[9] Felker-Kantor, Max (2018). Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469646848. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

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