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Table 76

Full-time State Law Enforcement Employees

by State, 2017

State Agency Total law
enforcement
employees		 Total
officers		 Total
civilians
Male Female Male Female
ALASKA State Troopers 581 331 16 103 131
ARIZONA Department of Public Safety 1,976 1,118 45 334 479
ARKANSAS1 Other state agencies 36 27 1 2 6
CALIFORNIA Highway Patrol 10,737 6,934 467 1,478 1,858
Other state agencies2 1,278 987 178 37 76
COLORADO State Police 1,175 739 51 148 237
Other state agencies 369 53 8 109 199
CONNECTICUT State Police 1,197 883 83 92 139
Other state agencies 101 79 5 9 8
DELAWARE State Police 969 636 98 91 144
Other state agencies 780 251 31 142 356
FLORIDA Highway Patrol 3,635 2,139 321 366 809
Other state agencies 3,503 1,549 247 587 1,120
GEORGIA Department of Public Safety 1,340 872 12 299 157
Other state agencies 386 156 23 86 121
IDAHO State Police 519 272 16 66 165
ILLINOIS State Police 2,698 1,457 163 457 621
Other state agencies 209 104 5 62 38
INDIANA State Police 1,757 1,226 62 177 292
Other state agencies 86 65 14 0 7
IOWA Department of Public Safety 816 515 37 126 138
KANSAS Highway Patrol 785 491 19 108 167
Other state agencies 279 60 13 75 131
KENTUCKY State Police 1,612 945 30 310 327
Other state agencies 244 197 7 11 29
LOUISIANA Other state agencies 3 2 0 0 1
MAINE State Police 436 297 25 49 65
Other state agencies2 56 27 1 17 11
MARYLAND State Police 2,105 1,319 110 350 326
Other state agencies 1,474 916 124 187 247
MASSACHUSETTS State Police 2,614 1,970 125 191 328
Other state agencies 260 225 23 6 6
MICHIGAN State Police 2,948 1,713 192 433 610
MINNESOTA State Patrol 542 453 43 13 33
Other state agencies 411 236 32 76 67
MISSISSIPPI1 Other state agencies 126 97 7 4 18
MISSOURI State Highway Patrol 2,348 1,168 68 528 584
Other state agencies 475 403 43 2 27
MONTANA Highway Patrol 294 223 16 14 41
Other state agencies 43 16 1 11 15
NEBRASKA State Patrol 697 419 31 84 163
NEVADA Highway Patrol 555 427 33 42 53
Other state agencies 89 57 7 1 24
NEW HAMPSHIRE State Police 499 306 28 52 113
Other state agencies 30 14 3 3 10
NEW JERSEY State Police 3,974 2,624 127 581 642
Other state agencies 576 466 45 33 32
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey3 1,834 1,460 191 94 89
NEW MEXICO State Police 1,067 618 45 171 233
NEW YORK State Police 5,890 4,534 512 309 535
Other state agencies 298 247 33 7 11
NORTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 2,090 1,566 47 280 197
Other state agencies 1,131 715 128 116 172
NORTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 187 143 7 6 31
OHIO Highway Patrol 2,623 1,532 155 471 465
OKLAHOMA Highway Patrol 1,381 776 17 261 327
Other state agencies 122 66 6 40 10
OREGON State Police 1,279 644 69 200 366
Other state agencies 56 37 12 1 6
PENNSYLVANIA State Police 6,269 3,959 270 1,023 1,017
Other state agencies 453 317 28 76 32
RHODE ISLAND State Police 286 208 21 28 29
Other state agencies 82 59 5 9 9
SOUTH CAROLINA1 Other state agencies 593 511 40 15 27
SOUTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 254 167 13 41 33
Other state agencies 176 48 3 50 75
TENNESSEE Department of Safety 1,712 847 50 242 573
Other state agencies 1,140 644 174 122 200
TEXAS Department of Public Safety 9,652 3,892 295 1,905 3,560
UTAH Highway Patrol 594 496 23 13 62
Other state agencies 134 125 6 1 2
VERMONT State Police 348 264 33 15 36
Other state agencies 121 89 8 9 15
VIRGINIA State Police 2,640 1,791 111 252 486
Other state agencies 742 448 57 100 137
WASHINGTON State Patrol 2,104 914 86 512 592
Other state agencies 110 45 17 14 34
WEST VIRGINIA State Patrol 1,145 689 30 170 256
Other state agencies 220 174 3 17 26
WISCONSIN State Patrol 647 446 45 75 81
Other state agencies 388 297 52 15 24
  • 1 Police employee data were not received from the State Police/Highway Patrol/Department of Public Safety for the state.
  • 2 The total employee count includes employees from agencies that are not represented in other law enforcement employee tables.
  • 3 Data reported are the number of law enforcement employees for the state of New Jersey.
  • NOTE: Caution should be used when comparing data from one state to that of another. The responsibilities of the various state police, highway patrol, and department of public safety agencies range from full law enforcement duties to only traffic patrol, which can impact both the level of employment for agencies as well as the ratio of sworn officers to civilians employed. Any valid comparison must take these factors and the other identified variables affecting crime into consideration.

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