Special Report
Cities With the Most and Least Police
May 15, 2018 11:03 am
Last Updated: January 11, 2020 11:36 pm
Cities With the Most Police Officers
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50. Newport, Rhode Island
> Law enforcement employees: 386.3 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 77
> Total civilian employees: 16
> Total population: 24,077
> Violent crime rate: 257.5 per 100,000 people
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49. Sumter, South Carolina
> Law enforcement employees: 386.6 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 110
> Total civilian employees: 48
> Total population: 40,864
> Violent crime rate: 690.1 per 100,000 people
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48. North Augusta, South Carolina
> Law enforcement employees: 386.7 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 62
> Total civilian employees: 26
> Total population: 22,755
> Violent crime rate: 215.3 per 100,000 people
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47. West Memphis, Arkansas
> Law enforcement employees: 386.8 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 76
> Total civilian employees: 20
> Total population: 24,818
> Violent crime rate: 1,857.5 per 100,000 people
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46. Orange, New Jersey
> Law enforcement employees: 387.3 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 97
> Total civilian employees: 21
> Total population: 141,841
> Violent crime rate: 1,122.4 per 100,000 people
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45. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> Law enforcement employees: 387.9 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 1,889
> Total civilian employees: 439
> Total population: 600,193
> Violent crime rate: 1,533.0 per 100,000 people
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44. New Haven, Connecticut
> Law enforcement employees: 390.3 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 454
> Total civilian employees: 55
> Total population: 130,425
> Violent crime rate: 934.6 per 100,000 people
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43. Kansas City, Missouri
> Law enforcement employees: 392.0 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 1,356
> Total civilian employees: 519
> Total population: 151,623
> Violent crime rate: 1,654.6 per 100,000 people
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42. Charleston, South Carolina
> Law enforcement employees: 392.1 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 430
> Total civilian employees: 100
> Total population: 21,067
> Violent crime rate: 301.9 per 100,000 people
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41. Pine Bluff, Arkansas
> Law enforcement employees: 393.4 per 100,000 people
> Total officers: 143
> Total civilian employees: 30
> Total population: 43,976
> Violent crime rate: 1,603.1 per 100,000 people
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