35,520 Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers were employed in Florida in 2009.
As of 2007, there are 2109 officers
8 patrol divisions in total
According to Wiki "The Boston Police Department has approximately 2,015 officers and 808 civilian personnel, with patrol services covering an area of 89.6 mi² (232.1 km²) and a population of 617,594. "
According to Wikipedia as of 2009 there are over 7,500 officers employed by the California Highway Patrol.
Unless the officers are on patrol, many of their duties can be performed without the uniform. Most prefer to wear the uniform.
It depends on where you are and exactly what you mean. In the U.S. within any given department there are patrol officers, traffic officers, adminstrative officers, Tac team or SWAT officers, supervisors, detectives, etc. Then there are city officers, county officers, state troopers, DEA, FBI, CIA, post office police, school police (some schools use fully commissioned police officers), special ops (tact team, SWAT team, etc).
Very generally speaking, police officers can't be everywhere all the time. Most crime happens when a cop is not around. In my city, there are over 600,000 residents, but only about 2000 police officers. Many of that 2000 are non-patrol officers (field supervisors and other supervisory officers that don't go out and patrol the city), so at any given time, there are only a few hundred officers on the street. Another way to say is, even though it sounds a little cliche is, police normally show up after a crime has been committed. They are not usually there ahead of time to stop the crime.
The Philadelphia Police Department has a authorized strength of 6600 Sworn Police Officers.
As of 2021, the Detroit Police Department employed approximately 450 female police officers, making up about 25% of the total police force.
1360 Officers of all ranks.
17 Sworn Police Officers