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For cities not listed below, see Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Alhambra 81 1,015 211 S First St, 91801; (626) 570-5151
Arcadia 62 907 250 W Huntington Dr, 91007; (626) 574-5150
Azusa 50 1,004 725 N Alameda Ave, 91702; (626) 812-3200
Baldwin Park 56 1,276 14403 E Pacific Ave, 91706; (626) 960-1955
Bell 27 1,258 6326 Pine Ave, 90201; (323) 585-1245
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Bell Gardens 47 835 7100 Garfield Ave, 90201; (562) 806-7600
Beverly Hills 125 261 464 N Rexford Dr, 90210; (310) 550-4951
Burbank 152 699 200 N Third St, 91502; (818) 238-3000
Claremont 41 911 570 W Bonita Ave, 91711; (909) 399-5411
Covina 54 943 444 N Citrus Ave, 91723; (626) 331-3391
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Culver City 106 380 4040 Duquesne Ave, 90232; (310) 253-6208
Downey 112 1,014 10911 Brookshire Ave, 90241; (562) 861-0771
El Monte 116 937 11333 Valley Blvd, 91731; (626) 580-2100
El Segundo 56 308 348 Main St, 90245; (310) 524-2200
Gardena 87 694 1718 W 162nd St, 90247; (310) 217-9670
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Glendale 228 854 131 N Isabel St, 91206; (818) 548-4840
Glendora 50 1,046 150 S Glendora Ave, 91741; (626) 914-8250
Hawthorne 88 997 12501 S Hawthorne Blvd, 90250; (310) 349-2700
Hermosa Beach 38 510 540 Pier Ave, 90254; (310) 318-0360
Huntington Park 51 1,069 6542 Miles Ave, 90255; (323) 584-6254
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Inglewood 180 595 One W Manchester Blvd, 90301; (310) 412-5210
Irwindale 27 55 5050 N Irwindale Ave, 91706; (626) 430-2244
La Verne 41 795 2061 Third St, 91750; (909) 596-1913
Long Beach 772 596 400 W Broadway, 90802; (562) 570-7260
Los Angeles 9,474 407 100 W First St, 90012; (877) 275-5273
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Manhattan Beach 60 589 420 15th St, 90266; (310) 545-4566
Monrovia 46 822 140 E Lime Ave, 91016; (626) 256-8000
Montebello 71 876 1600 W Beverly Blvd, 90640; (323) 887-1313
Monterey Park 72 845 320 W Newmark Ave, 91754; (626) 307-1311
Palos Verdes Estates 16 820 340 Palos Verdes Dr West, 90274; (310) 378-4211
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
Pasadena 221 629 207 N Garfield Ave, 91101; (626) 744-4501
Pomona 146 1,020 490 W Mission Blvd, 91766; (909) 620-2155
Redondo Beach 88 793 401 Diamond St, 90277; (310) 379-2477
San Fernando 28 840 910 First St, 91340; (818) 898-1267
San Gabriel 51 770 625 S Del Mar Ave, 91776 ; (626) 308-2828
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
San Marino 26 474 2200 Huntington Dr, 91108; (626) 300-0720
Santa Fe Springs --- --- 11576 Telegraph Rd, 90670 (Contract with Whittier PD); (562) 409-1850; TDD (562) 409-1855
Santa Monica 206 453 333 Olympic Dr, PO Box 2200, 90401; (310) 395-9931
Sierra Madre 16 685 242 W Sierra Madre Bl, 91024; (626) 355-1414
Signal Hill 29 404 2745 Walnut Ave, 90755; (562) 989-7200
Department Sworn Officers Number of Residents per Officer* Address & Telephone
South Gate 78 1,190 8620 California Ave, 90280; (323) 563-5436
South Pasadena 33 814 1422 Mission St, 91030; (626) 403-7270
Torrance 208 701 3300 Civic Center Dr, 90503; (310) 328-3456
Vernon 41 5 4305 S Santa Fe Ave, 90058; (323) 583-8811
West Covina 87 1,256 1444 W Garvey, 91791; (626) 939-8500
Whittier 124 709 13200 Penn St, 90602; (562) 567-9200

* Law enforcement employee counts (as of October 31, 2021), submitted by agencies.
† Based on 2021 population estimates. See General Estimated Population by City in Los Angeles County.

Source: California Office of the Attorney General, Open Justice Data

For cities not listed above, see Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

All Los Angeles County municipalities not listed above contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for police services, with the exception of the City of Santa Fe Springs. In 1995, Santa Fe Springs became the first municipality in Los Angeles County to contract with an adjoining city (City of Whittier) for police services. In 2003, Cudahy ended its contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and contracted with the neighboring Maywood Police Department for police services. That contract, however, was ended when Maywood's department later disbanded (see next paragraph), forcing Cudahy back to the Sheriff's Department.


In 2010, in an unprecedented move by any California city, the City of Maywood disbanded almost all municipal departments and services, including the Maywood Police Department, effective June 30 of that year. The city council was forced to respond to cancellation of the city's workman's compensation and commercial insurance coverage by the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (JPIA), due to a poor claims history over the period of 2005 to 2010. This negative claims history included a number of expensive lawsuits against the police department (the department was reported to hire officers fired by other law enforcement agencies). After dismissal of the police department, the city contracted with the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for police services. The Maywood Police Department had also served a contract for the City of Cudahy for police services, after Cudahy cancelled their contract with the Sheriff's Department in 2003. With the disbanding of the Maywood Police Department, Cudahy was forced to re-contract with the Sheriff.


In July 2000, after long, bitter contention between Compton City Council and the Compton Police Department, the council voted to disband the department and contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for police services. The council cited financial savings. Members of the department attributed the move to a vendetta against the department.


In 1997, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department, responsible for police services for much of the bus and rail public transit in Los Angeles County, was disbanded and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority contracted with the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Of the more than 300 police officers working for MTA, 60 percent were then absorbed by the LAPD and the remaining number absorbed by the Sheriff's Department. LAPD assumed police services for transit lines within the city of Los Angeles and the Sheriff's Department for MTA lines operating outside Los Angeles.


In 1995, the City of Hawaiian Gardens discontinued its contract with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to form Los Angeles County’s newest police department, comprised of 20 officers. A few years later, however, faced with a budget crisis, the City Council voted, over objections of residents, to disband the department and re-establish a contract with the Sheriff.


Many police departments in Los Angeles County use reserve officers -- officers who perform part-time law enforcement duties.