How many cops per 10,000 people is normal?

[CrazyDe1]

Just a quick question concerning what the normal cop to citizen ratio is. Does anyone have any information?

 

[Anubis]

well in my town of 7000 there are 8 officers that i know

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Anubis
well in my town of 7000 there are 8 officers that i know

That isn't what he was asking.

 

[wfbberzerker]

depends what kind of town it is. is it a huge rural area, or suburban, or dense metro area?

EDIT: also depends on how much crime there is, go figure.

 

[rocadelpunk]

you also have to play the robocop factor.



...i would say one cop per human being is exactly how a machine i mean person would think..

 

[SSP]

11,000 cops for every 10,000 if its New York.

 

[Buttzilla]

Originally posted by: SSP
11,000 cops for every 10,000 if its New York.

hahaha, thats like sf

 

[acemcmac]

I'd say the highest cop to citizen ratios are probably in the rural areas where if you even have one cop in the town and the town has like 10 people....

 

[Schadenfreude]

Well, I'm living in Normal (yes, it's a town), so I suppose I should go and ask the local police department.

 

[MiniDoom]

60 police here to 22,000 people.

 

[jadinolf]

3300 people. No cops.

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: jadinolf
3300 people. No cops.

must be nice?

 

[CrazyDe1]

There's 13 patrol officers here and the town is like 10,000 people...it seemed a bit high to me since I only spend 5 minutes a day round trip driving in and out of here and every 3rd day I see a cop. I also always see 3 or 4 parked at the burger king parking lot in the evenings.

In the city I used to live in of about 40,000 people you could drive around a lot of the time and never see a cop. I think the ratio there was 44 to 40,000.

 

[lavagirl669]

depends on the city or town and location

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I imagine about 10 to 15

 

[seanws]

when i was a cj student, i think instructors said 1.2 officers per 1000 people was reccommended, or somethin like that.

 

[FuZoR]

dont know... im in NYC though ;-)

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: Buttzilla

Originally posted by: SSP
11,000 cops for every 10,000 if its New York.

hahaha, thats like oakland

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: jadinolf
3300 people. No cops.

must be nice?

Yes, it is except when you need a cop.