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Table 28

CALIFORNIA

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 2016

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan County Total law
enforcement
employees
Total
officers
Total
civilians
Metropolitan Counties Alameda 1,564 1,003 561
Butte 269 94 175
Contra Costa 957 633 324
El Dorado 349 154 195
Fresno 1,104 406 698
Imperial 286 190 96
Kern 1,137 826 311
Kings 271 75 196
Los Angeles 16,721 9,316 7,405
Madera 107 79 28
Marin 291 191 100
Merced 223 88 135
Monterey 416 295 121
Napa 139 100 39
Orange 3,622 1,745 1,877
Placer 513 244 269
Riverside 3,939 2,003 1,936
Sacramento 1,923 1,247 676
San Benito 54 26 28
San Bernardino 3,059 1,855 1,204
San Diego 4,254 2,569 1,685
San Francisco 1,027 830 197
San Joaquin 699 274 425
San Luis Obispo 396 295 101
San Mateo 681 330 351
Santa Barbara 617 452 165
Santa Clara 1,655 1,257 398
Santa Cruz 332 142 190
Shasta 216 153 63
Solano 526 124 402
Sonoma 331 232 99
Stanislaus 611 456 155
Sutter 133 105 28
Tulare 747 531 216
Ventura 1,247 756 491
Yolo 263 89 174
Yuba 162 118 44
Nonmetropolitan Counties Alpine 17 13 4
Amador 86 45 41
Calaveras 101 49 52
Colusa 65 33 32
Del Norte 55 24 31
Glenn 55 22 33
Humboldt 235 182 53
Inyo 71 35 36
Lake 135 53 82
Lassen 81 59 22
Mariposa 71 56 15
Mendocino 165 123 42
Modoc 28 19 9
Mono 38 21 17
Nevada 155 63 92
Plumas 65 33 32
Sierra 17 11 6
Siskiyou 108 86 22
Tehama 113 79 34
Trinity 44 35 9
Tuolumne 126 62 64

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