There are over 12,500 different police department in the US. They range from one officer to over 30,000 officers.
17 Sworn Police Officers
The Springfield IL Police Department has approximately 250 sworn officers.
Approximately 3,200 sworn.
In 2007 there were 1584 sworn officers of all ranks on the Cleveland Police Department.
The Philadelphia Police Department has a authorized strength of 6600 Sworn Police Officers.
There were 721 sworn officers of all ranks on the Toledo Ohio Police Department as of 12-31-2009.
The Los Angeles Police Department has about 9,000 sworn officers. There are other law enforcement agencies that operate within the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles, separate from LAPD. Examples include college and university police departments, school district police, LA County Sheriff's Department deputies, etc.
There are about 13,400 sworn police officers and 1,850 other employees in the Chicago Police Department.
Roughly 600 sworn officers.
As of August of 2009, the sworn staff of the Anchorage Police Department was 561 officers, of all ranks.
The three largest police departments in Tennessee are the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD), the Memphis Police Department, and the Knoxville Police Department. MNPD is the largest with approximately 1,500 sworn officers, followed by the Memphis Police Department with over 2,000 officers, and the Knoxville Police Department with around 400 officers.
Some are sworn law enforcement officers and some are civilians. It depends on the requirements and needs of the agency or department that employs them.