Table 78
MASSACHUSETTS
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by City, 2012
City | Population |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abington | 16,215 | 26 | 23 | 3 |
Acton | 22,349 | 45 | 35 | 10 |
Acushnet | 10,408 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Adams | 8,508 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
Agawam | 28,708 | 58 | 49 | 9 |
Amesbury | 16,557 | 37 | 31 | 6 |
Amherst | 38,112 | 49 | 47 | 2 |
Andover | 33,753 | 69 | 53 | 16 |
Aquinnah | 319 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Arlington | 43,675 | 78 | 61 | 17 |
Ashburnham | 6,155 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Ashfield | 1,757 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ashland | 16,916 | 32 | 26 | 6 |
Athol | 11,727 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Attleboro | 44,033 | 87 | 74 | 13 |
Auburn | 16,389 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Avon | 4,427 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Ayer | 7,568 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
Barnstable | 45,570 | 130 | 115 | 15 |
Barre | 5,464 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Becket | 1,784 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bedford | 13,575 | 37 | 28 | 9 |
Belchertown | 14,751 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Bellingham | 16,593 | 33 | 26 | 7 |
Belmont | 25,209 | 58 | 42 | 16 |
Berlin | 2,903 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Bernardston | 2,154 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Beverly | 40,150 | 63 | 59 | 4 |
Billerica | 41,016 | 73 | 61 | 12 |
Blackstone | 9,138 | 20 | 17 | 3 |
Bolton | 4,959 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
Boston | 630,648 | 2,700 | 2,130 | 570 |
Bourne | 19,921 | 40 | 33 | 7 |
Boxborough | 5,094 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
Boxford | 8,099 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Boylston | 4,410 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
Braintree | 36,310 | 84 | 68 | 16 |
Brewster | 9,902 | 27 | 22 | 5 |
Bridgewater | 26,923 | 32 | 30 | 2 |
Brockton | 95,156 | 190 | 170 | 20 |
Brookfield | 3,431 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Brookline | 59,658 | 183 | 130 | 53 |
Buckland | 1,925 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Burlington | 24,975 | 72 | 64 | 8 |
Cambridge | 106,981 | 308 | 276 | 32 |
Canton | 21,903 | 43 | 42 | 1 |
Carlisle | 4,947 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Carver | 11,676 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Charlton | 13,142 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Chatham | 6,176 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Chelmsford | 34,460 | 65 | 51 | 14 |
Chelsea | 35,966 | 101 | 95 | 6 |
Chester | 1,350 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chicopee | 55,825 | 132 | 128 | 4 |
Clinton | 13,774 | 32 | 27 | 5 |
Cohasset | 7,663 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Concord | 17,995 | 44 | 35 | 9 |
Dalton | 6,774 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Danvers | 26,934 | 56 | 44 | 12 |
Dartmouth | 34,368 | 77 | 63 | 14 |
Dedham | 25,116 | 57 | 55 | 2 |
Deerfield | 5,186 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Dennis | 14,325 | 51 | 41 | 10 |
Douglas | 8,576 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Dover | 5,677 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
Dracut | 30,032 | 43 | 37 | 6 |
Dudley | 11,528 | 15 | 12 | 3 |
Dunstable | 3,242 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Duxbury | 15,276 | 35 | 28 | 7 |
East Bridgewater | 13,989 | 24 | 20 | 4 |
East Brookfield | 2,209 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Eastham | 4,997 | 20 | 16 | 4 |
Easthampton | 16,166 | 29 | 26 | 3 |
East Longmeadow | 15,871 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
Easton | 23,342 | 42 | 31 | 11 |
Edgartown | 4,161 | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Egremont | 1,229 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Erving | 1,822 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Essex | 3,562 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
Everett | 42,476 | 104 | 94 | 10 |
Fairhaven | 16,033 | 33 | 27 | 6 |
Fall River | 89,753 | 263 | 218 | 45 |
Falmouth | 31,794 | 59 | 53 | 6 |
Fitchburg | 40,809 | 76 | 69 | 7 |
Foxborough | 17,134 | 40 | 32 | 8 |
Framingham | 69,605 | 133 | 121 | 12 |
Franklin | 32,134 | 51 | 43 | 8 |
Freetown | 8,960 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Gardner | 20,474 | 43 | 31 | 12 |
Georgetown | 8,321 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
Gill | 1,518 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gloucester | 29,272 | 64 | 59 | 5 |
Goshen | 1,062 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Grafton | 17,986 | 22 | 18 | 4 |
Granby | 6,282 | 14 | 11 | 3 |
Granville | 1,581 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Great Barrington | 7,128 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Greenfield | 17,667 | 32 | 29 | 3 |
Groton | 10,851 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Groveland | 6,567 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Hadley | 5,288 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
Halifax | 7,627 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Hamilton | 7,896 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Hampden | 5,188 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Hanover | 14,078 | 30 | 28 | 2 |
Hardwick | 3,027 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Harwich | 12,345 | 37 | 34 | 3 |
Hatfield | 3,302 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Haverhill | 61,897 | 97 | 85 | 12 |
Hingham | 22,475 | 53 | 50 | 3 |
Hinsdale | 2,038 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Holbrook | 10,963 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
Holden | 17,562 | 27 | 23 | 4 |
Holland | 2,504 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Holliston | 13,811 | 25 | 22 | 3 |
Holyoke | 40,260 | 137 | 118 | 19 |
Hopedale | 5,985 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Hopkinton | 15,214 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
Hubbardston | 4,436 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Hudson | 19,435 | 42 | 31 | 11 |
Hull | 10,441 | 29 | 26 | 3 |
Ipswich | 13,397 | 31 | 24 | 7 |
Kingston | 12,809 | 27 | 20 | 7 |
Lakeville | 10,754 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Lancaster | 8,148 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Lanesboro | 3,100 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Lawrence | 77,661 | 133 | 117 | 16 |
Lee | 5,960 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
Leicester | 11,106 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Lenox | 5,039 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Leominster | 41,262 | 68 | 56 | 12 |
Leverett | 1,874 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lexington | 32,000 | 63 | 48 | 15 |
Lincoln | 6,487 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
Longmeadow | 15,936 | 35 | 26 | 9 |
Lowell | 108,539 | 295 | 225 | 70 |
Ludlow | 21,304 | 37 | 34 | 3 |
Lunenburg | 10,212 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Lynn | 91,846 | 197 | 179 | 18 |
Lynnfield | 11,791 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
Malden | 60,605 | 114 | 103 | 11 |
Manchester-by-the-Sea | 5,222 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
Mansfield | 23,419 | 38 | 35 | 3 |
Marblehead | 20,142 | 38 | 29 | 9 |
Marion | 4,976 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Marlborough | 39,241 | 75 | 63 | 12 |
Marshfield | 25,496 | 44 | 41 | 3 |
Mashpee | 14,123 | 46 | 35 | 11 |
Mattapoisett | 6,133 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Maynard | 10,303 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
Medfield | 12,216 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Medford | 57,243 | 94 | 92 | 2 |
Medway | 12,956 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Melrose | 27,506 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
Merrimac | 6,446 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Methuen | 48,051 | 101 | 88 | 13 |
Middleboro | 23,448 | 43 | 39 | 4 |
Middleton | 9,130 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Milford | 28,346 | 54 | 45 | 9 |
Millbury | 13,425 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Millville | 3,228 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Milton | 27,424 | 62 | 50 | 12 |
Monson | 8,641 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Montague | 8,540 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Monterey | 965 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Nahant | 3,467 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Nantucket | 10,232 | 45 | 33 | 12 |
Natick | 33,646 | 67 | 55 | 12 |
Needham | 29,342 | 53 | 45 | 8 |
New Bedford | 96,031 | 296 | 253 | 43 |
New Braintree | 1,011 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Newbury | 6,779 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Newburyport | 17,708 | 37 | 33 | 4 |
Newton | 86,710 | 169 | 137 | 32 |
Norfolk | 11,390 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
North Adams | 13,753 | 29 | 25 | 4 |
Northampton | 28,755 | 68 | 63 | 5 |
North Andover | 28,825 | 52 | 40 | 12 |
North Attleboro | 29,001 | 53 | 40 | 13 |
Northborough | 14,329 | 24 | 17 | 7 |
Northbridge | 15,901 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Northfield | 3,069 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
North Reading | 15,182 | 29 | 28 | 1 |
Norton | 19,222 | 29 | 28 | 1 |
Norwell | 10,656 | 24 | 21 | 3 |
Norwood | 29,057 | 68 | 57 | 11 |
Oak Bluffs | 4,631 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Orange | 7,934 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Orleans | 5,939 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
Oxford | 13,880 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
Paxton | 4,864 | 18 | 11 | 7 |
Peabody | 52,113 | 93 | 82 | 11 |
Pelham | 1,329 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pembroke | 18,094 | 26 | 24 | 2 |
Pepperell | 11,719 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Phillipston | 1,702 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pittsfield | 44,868 | 108 | 87 | 21 |
Plainville | 8,396 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Plymouth | 57,272 | 118 | 100 | 18 |
Plympton | 2,862 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Princeton | 3,454 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Provincetown | 2,966 | 25 | 17 | 8 |
Quincy | 93,736 | 219 | 190 | 29 |
Randolph | 32,624 | 56 | 53 | 3 |
Raynham | 13,518 | 32 | 23 | 9 |
Reading | 25,223 | 52 | 39 | 13 |
Rehoboth | 11,724 | 27 | 21 | 6 |
Revere | 52,926 | 101 | 89 | 12 |
Rochester | 5,308 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Rockland | 17,739 | 38 | 31 | 7 |
Rockport | 7,068 | 16 | 14 | 2 |
Rutland | 8,073 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Salem | 42,025 | 97 | 86 | 11 |
Salisbury | 8,422 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Sandwich | 20,848 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
Saugus | 27,075 | 67 | 52 | 15 |
Scituate | 18,395 | 35 | 30 | 5 |
Seekonk | 13,862 | 36 | 34 | 2 |
Sharon | 17,892 | 40 | 30 | 10 |
Sheffield | 3,265 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Sherborn | 4,199 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Shirley | 7,337 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
Shrewsbury | 36,048 | 53 | 41 | 12 |
Somerset | 18,349 | 38 | 32 | 6 |
Somerville | 77,200 | 138 | 125 | 13 |
Southborough | 9,887 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
Southbridge | 16,924 | 35 | 33 | 2 |
South Hadley | 17,642 | 32 | 27 | 5 |
Southwick | 9,594 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
Spencer | 11,832 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Springfield | 154,518 | 413 | 368 | 45 |
Sterling | 7,904 | 17 | 13 | 4 |
Stockbridge | 1,953 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Stoneham | 21,852 | 40 | 34 | 6 |
Stoughton | 27,392 | 56 | 50 | 6 |
Stow | 6,717 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
Sturbridge | 9,383 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Sudbury | 18,002 | 35 | 25 | 10 |
Sunderland | 3,730 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Sutton | 9,075 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Swampscott | 14,020 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
Swansea | 16,025 | 37 | 31 | 6 |
Templeton | 8,111 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
Tewksbury | 29,518 | 71 | 57 | 14 |
Tisbury | 4,040 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Topsfield | 6,188 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Townsend | 9,099 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
Truro | 2,020 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Tyngsboro | 11,513 | 29 | 23 | 6 |
Upton | 7,636 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Uxbridge | 13,623 | 22 | 16 | 6 |
Wakefield | 25,415 | 44 | 43 | 1 |
Walpole | 24,450 | 44 | 38 | 6 |
Waltham | 61,725 | 170 | 143 | 27 |
Ware | 9,942 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
Wareham | 22,136 | 62 | 48 | 14 |
Warren | 5,198 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Warwick | 790 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Watertown | 32,535 | 69 | 65 | 4 |
Wayland | 13,248 | 30 | 22 | 8 |
Webster | 16,974 | 35 | 31 | 4 |
Wellesley | 28,402 | 51 | 38 | 13 |
Wellfleet | 2,772 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Wenham | 4,948 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Westborough | 18,496 | 35 | 29 | 6 |
West Boylston | 7,759 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
West Bridgewater | 7,016 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
West Brookfield | 3,746 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Westfield | 41,485 | 86 | 82 | 4 |
Westford | 22,378 | 52 | 40 | 12 |
Westminster | 7,367 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
West Newbury | 4,306 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
Weston | 11,472 | 30 | 25 | 5 |
Westport | 15,688 | 32 | 27 | 5 |
West Springfield | 28,663 | 85 | 75 | 10 |
West Tisbury | 2,803 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Westwood | 14,852 | 32 | 23 | 9 |
Weymouth | 54,597 | 105 | 88 | 17 |
Whately | 1,514 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Whitman | 14,699 | 27 | 26 | 1 |
Wilbraham | 14,356 | 27 | 26 | 1 |
Williamsburg | 2,499 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Williamstown | 7,789 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Wilmington | 22,758 | 62 | 48 | 14 |
Winchendon | 10,427 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Winchester | 21,786 | 46 | 38 | 8 |
Winthrop | 17,895 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
Woburn | 38,863 | 80 | 75 | 5 |
Worcester | 183,247 | 462 | 415 | 47 |
Wrentham | 11,125 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Yarmouth | 23,991 | 73 | 59 | 14 |
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