When did George Floyd die?
A total of 1,627 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past 10 years, an average of one death every 54 hours or 163 per year. There were 135 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2019.
At least 460 people have died in police custody since 1990. About 20 people die in police custody a year, down from 28-30 per year in the nineties.
List of Countries By Number of Police Officers
| Rank | ?Country | Number of Police Offers |
|---|
| 3 | United States | 913,161 |
| 4 | Russia | 756,859 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 579,000 |
| 6 | Mexico | 470,676 |
10-999 = Officer down / officer needs help immediately. This is considered to be an SOS alert that requires immediate attention.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest and one of the oldest municipal police departments in the United States, with approximately 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian employees.
Delivery Truck Drivers and Driver/Sales Workers — 24.7 fatality rate (918 total fatalities) Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers — 23.1 fatality rate (260 total fatalities) First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers — 18.0 fatality rate (134 total fatalities)
The End of Watch Call or Last Radio Call is a ceremony in which, after a police officer's death (usually in the line of duty but sometimes from illness), the officers from his or her unit or department gather around a police radio, over which the police dispatcher issues one call to the officer, followed by a silence,
The World's Biggest Police Force: Tokyo Metropolitan Police. Japan has one of the world's lowest crime rates. Nevertheless, Tokyo has the World's biggest metropolitan police force at 43,273 police officers (and 3,095 part-time officers).
Here's a brief overview of America's top 6 federal law enforcement agencies:
- Drug Enforcement Administration.
- United States Customs and Border Protection.
- United States Marshals Service.
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
- United States Secret Service.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Largest Police Departments in United States
| Police Department | Police Officers on Duty (approx.) |
|---|
| New York Police Department | 36,000 |
| Chicago Police Department | 13,500 |
| Los Angeles Police Department | 10,000 |
| Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department | 9,500 |
Local Police Employment Data
| City | Total Law Enforcement | Total Officers |
|---|
| Washington, DC | 4,332 | 3,867 |
| Baltimore, MD | 3,342 | 2,962 |
| Chicago, IL | 12,766 | 11,944 |
| Wilmington, DE | 368 | 307 |
But while they share similar functions, state troopers are meant to have more horsepower than the average police station. Take, for instance, jurisdiction. While local police are confined to cities, state troopers usually have authority spreading across -- you guessed it -- the whole state.
In general, the largest cities have a greater presence of police officers than smaller and mid-sized jurisdictions. On average, all localities with populations of at least 50,000 employed 16.6 officers and 21.4 total personnel for every 10,000 residents in 2015, according to the FBI data.
Police to Population Ratios by State (Officers per Thousand)
| Rank | State | Total Officers |
|---|
| 1 | OREGON | 6035 |
| 2 | WASHINGTON | 10593 |
| 3 | MAINE | 2251 |
| 4 | MINNESOTA | 8882 |
Among countries with over 50 million people, Russia topped the list (546 police per 100,000 people), while Bangladesh and India had among the lowest police density in the world (about half of UN recommended 230 police per 100,000 people). The data for Algeria is from Most Heavily Policed Countries, Bloomberg (2013).
It has approximately 12,000 officers and over 1,925 other employees. Tracing its roots back to the year of 1835, the Chicago Police Department is one of the oldest modern police forces in the world.
