
The
Los Angeles Police Department (
LAPD) is the
police department of the city of
Los Angeles,
California. With 10,023 officers
[3] and 2,879 civilian staff, it is the third-largest local law enforcement agency in the United States, after the
New York City Police Department and the
Chicago Police Department.
[4] The department serves an area of 498 square miles (1,290 km
2) and a population of 3,792,621 people as of the
2010 Census.
The LAPD has been fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and
television shows throughout its history. The department has also been
associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with
racial animosity,
police brutality and
police corruption.