Los Angeles Police Department

City of Los Angeles Police Department
Common name	Los Angeles Police Department
Abbreviation	LAPD
Patch of the LAPD, used primarily for Traffic Assignment
Seal of the LAPD
LAPD Officer badge, with number omitted
Flag of the LAPD
Motto	To Protect and to Serve
Agency Overview
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
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 See also Police
Operational Structure
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]
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[3] 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[3] Central South Valley West Detective Counter-Terrorism & Special Operations Transportation Services Professional Standards Administrative Services Personnel and Training
Facilities
Carss	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 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.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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.
2. ↑ "Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners". LAPD. Retrieved April 2, 2008.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Los Angeles Police Department Organization Chart" (PDF). Los Angeles Police Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
4. ↑ "Full-time Law Enforcement Employees by State by City, 2018". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 7 October 2019.