How many police are in the us?

Answer 1

It's difficult to get a precise number of law enforcement officers in the United States, because the definition of "police officer" varies from one jurisdiction to another, and there are numerous other job titles for people with police powers, such as deputy sheriffs, constables, state troopers, special agents and so on. The federal sector is especially difficult to track, as the federal government doesn't list federal-level police agencies with fewer than 100 officers. Virtually every federal agency or operation has some form of police assigned to it, and many of them are dedicated to that organization. For instance, the National Security Agency, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Pentagon all have police forces of their own. There is even an FBI Police Department that patrols FBI facilities and mans checkpoints at each entrance.

That said, here is a list of types and numbers for law enforcement officers in the United States. The figure in parentheses is the year that data was gathered

Local police (2000): 440,920

Sheriffs and deputies (2000): 164,711

State police (2000): 56,348

Special Jurisdictions (college, hospital, transit, etc.) (2000): 43,413

Texas constables (2000): 2,630

Tribal police (2000): 1,10

Federal law enforcement officers (2004): 104,884

Total: 814,007

This number does not include correctional (jail and prison) officers, who may have law enforcement authority, depending on their jurisdiction.

The emergeny number for police in the US is 911. Or call 411 for ur local state police

Answer 2

708,569 See FBI Stats at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/police/

Answer 3

Roughly 1.2 million including Federal, State, and Local officers

Answer 4

Roughly 1 million, counting Federal, State, local and special police officers, deputies, agents, marshals, etc.

Answer 5

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