How many police departments are there?

Answer 1

It is exremely doubtful that this statistic exists broken down into the exact number of individual buildings there are in the US. Many jurisdictions such as large municipalities, counties, and states can have many (counting sub-stations, etc) while small towns may have only one, and still smaller hamlets may not have one at all and instead work out of an office located in Town Hall.

Answer 2

That's difficult to answer. Every major city, most other cities, and even some very small cities have a police department. Then there are county sheriff's or county officers in every county.

Answer 3

There are about 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, including police departments, sheriff's offices, state police organizations, and federal agencies.

Answer 4

The USA has one of the largest police forces on the planet. At the moment they have about a total of 1,1 million staff members and 581888 departments.