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Gardena Police Department
Los Angeles County, California
Serves ~59,951 residents · LEMAS survey
The Gardena Police Department is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Gardena, California, in the United States. The current Chief of Police is Michael Saffell, appointed in 2019. He was born and raised in the South Bay. He was one of the first District Commanders for GPD's award winning District Policing Program which began in 2007. Chief Saffell announced his retirement on April 29, 2025. After 32 years with the City of Gardena and 30 years as a police officer, Chief Saffell retired on June 6, 2025. Chief Todd Fox began his tenure on June 12, 2025.
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NIBRS incident detail
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 91
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 21
- Part-time civilian
- 33
- Total FT employees
- 112
- Population served
- 59,951
- Operating budget
- $17,500,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2007 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
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