page_title: Los Angeles Police Department
section_title: Detective Bureau
hierarchical_section_title: Los Angeles Police Department / Organization / Office of Special Operations / Detective Bureau
caption_attribution_description: English: Badge of a Los Angeles Police Department detective (2434)
context_page_description: The Los Angeles Police Department, officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 officers and 3,036 civilian staff, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department. The department operates in an area of 502.73 square miles and a population of 3,979,576 people.
context_section_description: The Detective Bureau consists of several divisions and sections responsible for investigating a variety of crimes.
  The Detective Bureau also houses the COMPSTAT (Computer Statistics) Division which maintains crime data. It holds regular weekly meetings within a purpose-built suite in the new Police Administration Building with the Chief of Police and senior officers. COMPSTAT is based on the NYPD CompStat unit that was created in 1994 by former LAPD Chief William Bratton, while he was still a NYPD Police Commissioner. He implemented the LAPD version on becoming Chief of Police in 2002.
  Structure of the Detective Bureau
  Detective Services Group
  Robbery-Homicide Division (RHD)
  Homicide Special Section (HSS)
  Robbery Special Section (RSS)
  Special Assault Section (SAS)
  Cold Case Special Section (CCSS)
  Special Investigation Section (SIS)
  Juvenile Division
  Gang and Narcotics Division
  Commercial Crimes Division
  Detective Support and Vice Division
  Mental Evaluation Unit
  Threat Management Unit
  Forensic Science Division (FSD)
  Technical Investigation Division (TID)
  COMPSTAT Division
caption: Badge of an LAPD detective
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