FBI agency record
Denver Police Department
Denver County, Colorado
Serves ~733,212 residents · UCR reported
The Denver Police Department (DPD) is the full service police department jointly for the City and County of Denver, Colorado, which provides police services to the entire county, including Denver International Airport, and may provide contractual security police service to special districts within the county. The police department is within the Denver Department of Public Safety, which also includes the Denver Sheriff Department and Denver Fire Department. The DPD was established in 1859. The current police chief is Ron Thomas.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Top 6 of 35 categories shown.
Top 6 of 25 categories shown.
Top 6 of 27 categories shown.
Open data
Denver Open Data CatalogPortal
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 1,547
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 268
- Part-time civilian
- 30
- Total FT employees
- 1,815
- Population served
- 735,538
- Operating budget
- $254,232,367
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 1,562
- Civilians (2025)
- 267
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
26 published policy documents on PowerDMS.
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