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La Palma Police Department

City agencyCA0300600NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2003

Orange County, California

Serves ~15,903 residents · LEMAS survey

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Crime & staffing trends

No snapshot trend data is stored for this agency yet. Explore its full crime and employment history directly on the FBI Crime Data Explorer, which covers UCR summary data, NIBRS incidents, and police employment for ORI CA0300600.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Motor Vehicle Theft: victim & offender age · 136 victims, 140 offenders
Victim sex
Male93 (68%)
Female43 (32%)
Victim race
White75 (56%)
Asian41 (31%)
Black or African American16 (12%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (1%)
Incident location
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage54 (38%)
Residence/Home44 (31%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk30 (21%)
Commercial/Office Building7 (5%)
Drug Store/Doctor's Office/Hospital3 (2%)
Specialty Store1 (1%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown4 (29%)
Parent3 (21%)
Stranger2 (14%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)1 (7%)
Neighbor1 (7%)
Friend1 (7%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property14 (40%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle6 (17%)
Stolen Property Offenses3 (9%)
All Other Larceny3 (9%)
Drug Equipment Violations2 (6%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations2 (6%)

Top 6 of 11 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2003 survey
Full-time sworn
25
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
10
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
35
Population served
15,903
Operating budget
$3,933,100

Source: BJS LEMAS 2003 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2000238$3,100,000
1999257
1997246
1993246

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment

Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Open data

No open data sources are catalogued for this agency yet. FBI reported-crime data is still available via the Crime Data Explorer link above.

POP conference activity

No POP conference submissions matched to this agency in our records.

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