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Chula Vista Police Department

City agencyCA0370200NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

San Diego County, California

Serves ~279,237 residents · UCR reported

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The Chula Vista Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of Chula Vista, California. Its authorized staffing consists of 283 sworn officers and 114 civilian employees. The Chief of Police is Roxana Kennedy, who is the department's first female chief.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Arson: victim & offender age · 79 victims, 155 offenders
Victim sex
Male34 (43%)
Female31 (39%)
Unknown14 (18%)
Victim race
White52 (91%)
Black or African American3 (5%)
Asian2 (4%)
Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk36 (20%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage31 (17%)
Residence/Home25 (14%)
Commercial/Office Building22 (12%)
Construction Site14 (8%)
Field/Woods13 (7%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown45 (96%)
Parent2 (4%)
Co-occurring offenses
Drug Equipment Violations8 (21%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property7 (18%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering5 (13%)
Aggravated Assault4 (11%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations3 (8%)
Theft From Motor Vehicle2 (5%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
cvgis1 dataset · arcgis

pbi pd sector

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
242
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
101
Part-time civilian
11
Total FT employees
343
Population served
272,979
Operating budget
$58,784,676
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201320783$43,963,270
2007255110$50,673,395
2003221110$34,599,587
200019680$24,954,558
199918180
199717279
199316181

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

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
276
Civilians (2025)
98

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

CVPD Transparency Portal

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