Los Angeles Police Department

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The **Los Angeles Police Department** (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 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 LAPD has its headquarters at 100 W. 1st St., in the Civic Center, not far from the demolished Parker Center it replaced in 2009. The organization of the department is complex, including 21 divisions (stations) grouped in four bureaus in the Office of Operations; multiple divisions within the Detective Bureau in the Office of Special Operations; and specialized units such as SWAT, K-9, mounted police, air support and the Major Crimes Division all within the Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau. Further offices support the chief of police in areas such as constitutional policing and professional standards, while the Office of Support Services covers facilities management, personnel and training, among other areas.

## Structure

### Board of Police Commissioners

* Board of Police Commissioners
* Office of the Chief of Police

### Chief of Staff

* Commanding Officer
* Employee Relations Group
* Public Communications Group
* Media Relations Group

### Office of Constitutional Policing & Policy

* Commanding Officer
* Auditing Division
* Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

### Professional Standards Bureau

* Internal Affairs Division
* Special Operations Division

### Office of Support Services

* Director, Office of Support Services
* Behavioral Science Services

### Administrative Services Bureau

* Commanding Officer
* Support Services Group
* Communications Division
* Custody Services Division
* Motor Transport Division
* Records and Identification Division
* Evidence and Property Management Division
* Facilities Management Division
* Personnel Division

### Training Bureau

* Commanding Officer
* Recruitment and Employment Division

### Detective Bureau

* COMPSTAT
* Detective Services Group
* Robbery-Homicide Division
* Juvenile Division
* Gang and Narcotics Division
* Commercial Crimes Division
* Detective Support and Vice Division
* Forensic Science Division

### Office of Special Operations

* Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau
	+ Major Crimes Division
	+ Emergency Services Division
	+ Metropolitan Division
	+ Underwater Dive Unit
	+ Air Support Division
	+ Security Services Division
* Transit Service Bureau
	+ Transit Services Division
	+ Traffic Group
	+ Central Traffic Division
	+ South Traffic Division
	+ West Traffic Division
	+ Valley Traffic Division

### Office of Operations

* Central Bureau
	+ Rampart Division
	+ Hollenbeck Division
	+ Northeast Division
	+ Newton Division

* South Bureau
	+ 77th Street Division
	+ Southwest Division
	+ Harbor Division
	+ Southeast Division
	+ South Bureau Homicide Division

* West Bureau
	+ Hollywood Division
	+ Wilshire Division
	+ West Los Angeles Division
	+ Olympic Division
	+ Pacific Division

* Valley Bureau
	+ Van Nuys Division
	+ West Valley Division
	+ North Hollywood Division
	+ Foothill Division
	+ Devonshire Division
	+ Mission Division
	+ Topanga Division

### Information Technology Bureau

* Application Development and Support Division
* ECCCS Division
* Information Technology Division
* Innovation Management Division

## Rank Structure

### Senior Ranks

* Chief of Police
* Assistant Chief
* Deputy Chief
* Commander
* Captain (I, II, III)
* Lieutenant (I, II)

### Junior Ranks

* Sergeant II/Detective III
* Sergeant I/Detective II
* Police Officer III/Detective
* Police Officer II
* Police Officer I

## Issued Weapons

### Currently Issued

* FN 509 MRD-LE
* Kimber Custom TLE II (SWAT)
* STI DVC 3-GUN (SWAT: optional)
* Kimber SIS Custom/RL II (SIS)

### Previously Issued

* Beretta 92FS
* Beretta 8045F
* Smith & Wesson 5906
* Smith & Wesson 4506/4566
* Glock 22
* Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm

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