How many sworn police officers are there in the United States?
USA medium Data from 2023
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The answer
700,000 officers
Roughly 700K.
About 700,000 sworn officers work across roughly 18,000 separate law enforcement agencies in the U.S. — city police, county sheriffs, state troopers and federal agencies. Most of those agencies are tiny: the median American police department has fewer than ten officers.
Where this number comes from
| Source | FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | officers |
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