City of Orange
City Manager's Office
Memo
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
CC: City Clerk
From: Rob Houston, City Manager
Date: April 26, 2022
Re: Number of Sworn Officers per Thousand Residents
The attached spreadsheet shows the number of sworn police officers per thousand residents in the 20 Orange County cities that have their own police departments. The spreadsheet was prepared as part of internal budget discussions regarding staffing levels and was provided to the City Council immediately prior to the April 26, 2022 City Council meeting.
City Population #Sworn Ratio* Notes
Anaheim 353,468 400 1.13
Brea 45,137 61 1.35
Buena Park 81,626 93 1.14
Costa Mesa 112,780 127 1.13
Cypress 48,531 55 1.13
Fountain Valley 54,953 62 1.13
Fullerton 139,431 125 0.90
Garden Grove 172,476 182 1.06 From counting org chart
Huntington Beach 196,874 230 1.17
Irvine 271,564 315 1.16
La Palma 15,442 21 1.36 From counting org chart
Laguna Beach 22,495 55 2.44
Los Alamitos 11,538 22 1.91 From counting org chart
Newport Beach 88,865 157 1.77
Orange 137,366 165 1.20 With 168 = 1.22
Placentia 51,173 54 1.06
Santa Ana 331,369 352 1.06 From 2016 Annual Report
Seal Beach 24,443 37 1.51 From counting org chart
Tustin 80,009 100 1.25
Westminster 91,466 95 1.04 From counting org chart
*Number of sworn officers per thousand residents
County Totals 2,331,006 2,708 1.16