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NY has the largest municiple police force in the United States.
by swashboon 13y ago
NY has the largest municiple police force in the United States.
- dragonwriter 13y agoNY has the largest population of any city in the US, too. IIRC, police force to population ratio (or at least, "on duty at any time" to population ratio) in the US tends to vary in a fairly narrow range among cities.
- NoPiece 13y agoThere is some variation though. For example, NYPD is 1 officer to 228 residents, LAPD is 1 officer to 426 residents. And if you consider the size of LA, police seem dramatically less visible than NY where there seems to be police on every block. Some good info on police per capita here: http://www.governing.com/gov-data/safety-justice/law-enforcement-police-department-employee-totals-for-cities.html http://www.governing.com/gov-data/safety-justice/law-enforce... NYPD is on the high side, and east coast seems to be more policed than the west coast.