Table 78
MASSACHUSETTS
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by City, 2019
City | Population |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abington | 16,448 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Acton | 23,780 | 54 | 43 | 11 |
Acushnet | 10,533 | 24 | 21 | 3 |
Agawam | 28,736 | 67 | 54 | 13 |
Amesbury | 17,595 | 37 | 30 | 7 |
Amherst | 39,603 | 64 | 46 | 18 |
Andover | 36,547 | 73 | 54 | 19 |
Aquinnah | 328 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Arlington | 45,614 | 78 | 64 | 14 |
Ashburnham | 6,330 | 17 | 12 | 5 |
Ashby | 3,228 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Ashfield | 1,734 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ashland | 17,742 | 34 | 27 | 7 |
Attleboro | 44,959 | 86 | 73 | 13 |
Auburn | 16,724 | 47 | 36 | 11 |
Avon | 4,504 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Ayer | 8,192 | 32 | 20 | 12 |
Barnstable | 44,032 | 132 | 106 | 26 |
Barre | 5,573 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Becket | 1,724 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Bedford | 14,193 | 37 | 29 | 8 |
Belchertown | 15,195 | 26 | 20 | 6 |
Bellingham | 17,143 | 37 | 30 | 7 |
Berkley | 6,799 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Berlin | 3,241 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Bernardston | 2,113 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Beverly | 42,317 | 69 | 66 | 3 |
Billerica | 43,882 | 70 | 65 | 5 |
Blackstone | 9,294 | 20 | 16 | 4 |
Bolton | 5,393 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Boston | 698,941 | 2,922 | 2,143 | 779 |
Bourne | 19,734 | 50 | 41 | 9 |
Boxborough | 6,540 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
Boxford | 8,352 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Boylston | 4,694 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
Braintree | 37,145 | 100 | 84 | 16 |
Brewster | 9,725 | 29 | 24 | 5 |
Brockton | 95,287 | 218 | 195 | 23 |
Brookfield | 3,440 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Brookline | 58,928 | 158 | 128 | 30 |
Buckland | 1,872 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Burlington | 29,082 | 71 | 64 | 7 |
Cambridge | 119,908 | 301 | 267 | 34 |
Canton | 23,706 | 44 | 44 | 0 |
Carlisle | 5,255 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Carver | 11,721 | 22 | 17 | 5 |
Chatham | 6,117 | 27 | 21 | 6 |
Chelmsford | 35,218 | 67 | 53 | 14 |
Chelsea | 40,496 | 115 | 107 | 8 |
Cheshire | 3,133 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chicopee | 55,293 | 157 | 130 | 27 |
Clinton | 13,964 | 38 | 28 | 10 |
Cohasset | 8,609 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
Concord | 19,253 | 46 | 36 | 10 |
Dalton | 6,546 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
Danvers | 27,664 | 56 | 44 | 12 |
Dartmouth | 34,035 | 83 | 68 | 15 |
Dedham | 25,203 | 59 | 56 | 3 |
Deerfield | 5,032 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Dennis | 13,738 | 55 | 45 | 10 |
Dighton | 7,935 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Douglas | 8,946 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Dover | 6,118 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Dracut | 31,786 | 46 | 41 | 5 |
Dudley | 11,754 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Dunstable | 3,405 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
East Bridgewater | 14,472 | 28 | 22 | 6 |
Eastham | 4,823 | 23 | 17 | 6 |
Easthampton | 15,979 | 34 | 28 | 6 |
East Longmeadow | 16,269 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Easton | 25,079 | 46 | 37 | 9 |
Edgartown | 4,362 | 21 | 19 | 2 |
Egremont | 1,206 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Erving | 1,771 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Essex | 3,795 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Everett | 47,195 | 139 | 123 | 16 |
Fairhaven | 15,996 | 38 | 32 | 6 |
Fall River | 89,066 | 286 | 227 | 59 |
Falmouth | 30,717 | 58 | 54 | 4 |
Fitchburg | 40,621 | 95 | 77 | 18 |
Foxborough | 17,631 | 39 | 36 | 3 |
Framingham | 73,127 | 143 | 125 | 18 |
Franklin | 33,149 | 54 | 52 | 2 |
Freetown | 9,388 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
Gardner | 20,628 | 46 | 33 | 13 |
Georgetown | 8,777 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Gill | 1,490 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Gloucester | 30,362 | 66 | 60 | 6 |
Goshen | 1,065 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Grafton | 18,880 | 24 | 20 | 4 |
Granby | 6,360 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
Great Barrington | 6,822 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Greenfield | 17,464 | 46 | 33 | 13 |
Groton | 11,388 | 27 | 20 | 7 |
Groveland | 6,846 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
Hadley | 5,358 | 20 | 16 | 4 |
Halifax | 7,874 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Hamilton | 8,075 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Hampden | 5,199 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
Hanson | 10,876 | 25 | 20 | 5 |
Hardwick | 3,039 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Harwich | 12,028 | 42 | 35 | 7 |
Haverhill | 63,935 | 108 | 90 | 18 |
Hingham | 23,960 | 49 | 47 | 2 |
Holbrook | 10,990 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
Holland | 2,484 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Holliston | 14,996 | 29 | 23 | 6 |
Holyoke | 40,178 | 130 | 112 | 18 |
Hopedale | 5,929 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Hopkinton | 18,585 | 34 | 24 | 10 |
Hudson | 19,910 | 42 | 32 | 10 |
Hull | 10,402 | 29 | 27 | 2 |
Ipswich | 14,095 | 29 | 25 | 4 |
Kingston | 13,758 | 33 | 25 | 8 |
Lakeville | 11,419 | 22 | 19 | 3 |
Lancaster | 8,136 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Lanesboro | 2,950 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Lawrence | 80,243 | 162 | 141 | 21 |
Leicester | 11,368 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
Lenox | 4,951 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Leominster | 41,631 | 92 | 75 | 17 |
Lexington | 33,824 | 63 | 46 | 17 |
Lincoln | 6,798 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Littleton | 10,334 | 28 | 20 | 8 |
Longmeadow | 15,737 | 33 | 27 | 6 |
Lowell | 111,423 | 342 | 244 | 98 |
Ludlow | 21,395 | 49 | 38 | 11 |
Lunenburg | 11,781 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Lynn | 94,449 | 187 | 168 | 19 |
Lynnfield | 13,130 | 26 | 21 | 5 |
Malden | 60,746 | 111 | 100 | 11 |
Mansfield | 23,987 | 48 | 38 | 10 |
Marblehead | 20,574 | 42 | 31 | 11 |
Marion | 5,132 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
Marlborough | 39,673 | 75 | 66 | 9 |
Marshfield | 25,794 | 43 | 40 | 3 |
Mashpee | 14,094 | 44 | 35 | 9 |
Mattapoisett | 6,372 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Maynard | 10,654 | 27 | 21 | 6 |
Medfield | 12,913 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
Medford | 57,484 | 122 | 102 | 20 |
Medway | 13,405 | 24 | 23 | 1 |
Melrose | 28,120 | 49 | 48 | 1 |
Mendon | 6,176 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Methuen | 50,727 | 116 | 96 | 20 |
Middleboro | 25,183 | 49 | 42 | 7 |
Middleton | 10,113 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Millbury | 13,837 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
Millis | 8,252 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
Millville | 3,249 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Montague | 8,298 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Nahant | 3,511 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Natick | 36,358 | 72 | 54 | 18 |
Needham | 31,275 | 56 | 49 | 7 |
New Bedford | 94,613 | 301 | 243 | 58 |
Newton | 88,658 | 194 | 149 | 45 |
Norfolk | 11,992 | 23 | 21 | 2 |
Northampton | 28,735 | 70 | 63 | 7 |
North Andover | 31,428 | 49 | 37 | 12 |
North Attleboro | 29,202 | 63 | 48 | 15 |
Northborough | 15,075 | 29 | 22 | 7 |
Northbridge | 16,732 | 27 | 20 | 7 |
North Reading | 15,687 | 34 | 31 | 3 |
Norton | 19,894 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
Norwell | 11,105 | 25 | 22 | 3 |
Norwood | 29,185 | 72 | 61 | 11 |
Orange | 7,643 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Orleans | 5,742 | 27 | 21 | 6 |
Oxford | 13,973 | 27 | 21 | 6 |
Palmer | 12,258 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
Paxton | 4,944 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
Peabody | 53,104 | 112 | 92 | 20 |
Pelham | 1,322 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Pembroke | 18,378 | 34 | 32 | 2 |
Pepperell | 12,146 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
Pittsfield | 42,268 | 110 | 88 | 22 |
Plymouth | 60,870 | 144 | 128 | 16 |
Plympton | 2,980 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Princeton | 3,459 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Provincetown | 2,939 | 27 | 19 | 8 |
Quincy | 94,113 | 240 | 209 | 31 |
Randolph | 34,385 | 64 | 58 | 6 |
Raynham | 14,322 | 36 | 29 | 7 |
Reading | 25,305 | 62 | 45 | 17 |
Rehoboth | 12,252 | 33 | 27 | 6 |
Revere | 53,654 | 113 | 106 | 7 |
Rockport | 7,280 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
Salem | 43,443 | 104 | 94 | 10 |
Sandwich | 20,016 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
Saugus | 28,378 | 72 | 59 | 13 |
Scituate | 18,774 | 38 | 35 | 3 |
Sharon | 18,973 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
Sherborn | 4,334 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Somerset | 18,036 | 36 | 31 | 5 |
Somerville | 81,668 | 159 | 127 | 32 |
Southborough | 10,140 | 24 | 19 | 5 |
Southbridge | 16,826 | 45 | 34 | 11 |
Southwick | 9,772 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Spencer | 11,911 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Springfield | 154,306 | 552 | 489 | 63 |
Stockbridge | 1,898 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Stoneham | 22,732 | 45 | 39 | 6 |
Stoughton | 28,961 | 72 | 60 | 12 |
Stow | 7,234 | 15 | 11 | 4 |
Sturbridge | 9,611 | 26 | 19 | 7 |
Sudbury | 19,727 | 41 | 30 | 11 |
Sunderland | 3,656 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Sutton | 9,551 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
Swampscott | 15,296 | 31 | 30 | 1 |
Swansea | 16,681 | 40 | 34 | 6 |
Taunton | 57,028 | 121 | 115 | 6 |
Templeton | 8,109 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
Tewksbury | 31,424 | 75 | 62 | 13 |
Topsfield | 6,644 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
Townsend | 9,546 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Truro | 1,984 | 18 | 13 | 5 |
Uxbridge | 14,066 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
Wakefield | 27,178 | 44 | 43 | 1 |
Walpole | 25,150 | 54 | 43 | 11 |
Waltham | 62,737 | 176 | 144 | 32 |
Wareham | 22,592 | 56 | 45 | 11 |
Watertown | 36,189 | 83 | 70 | 13 |
Wayland | 13,891 | 31 | 24 | 7 |
Wellesley | 29,651 | 55 | 41 | 14 |
Wellfleet | 2,705 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Wenham | 5,295 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
Westborough | 19,155 | 35 | 33 | 2 |
West Brookfield | 3,767 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Westfield | 41,507 | 94 | 88 | 6 |
Westford | 24,403 | 50 | 46 | 4 |
Westminster | 7,902 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
West Newbury | 4,712 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Weston | 12,138 | 35 | 25 | 10 |
Westport | 15,920 | 33 | 30 | 3 |
West Springfield | 28,628 | 95 | 85 | 10 |
West Tisbury | 2,911 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Westwood | 16,199 | 43 | 33 | 10 |
Weymouth | 57,776 | 119 | 99 | 20 |
Whitman | 15,134 | 27 | 26 | 1 |
Wilbraham | 14,730 | 28 | 27 | 1 |
Williamsburg | 2,489 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Williamstown | 8,021 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
Wilmington | 23,915 | 51 | 48 | 3 |
Winchendon | 10,897 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
Winchester | 22,850 | 46 | 36 | 10 |
Winthrop | 18,692 | 35 | 34 | 1 |
Woburn | 40,251 | 84 | 80 | 4 |
Worcester | 184,945 | 506 | 456 | 50 |
Wrentham | 11,989 | 22 | 21 | 1 |
Yarmouth | 23,076 | 74 | 60 | 14 |
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