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Sanford Police Department

City agencyFL0590500Not reporting NIBRSLEMAS 2020

Seminole County, Florida

Serves ~61,508 residents · LEMAS survey

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The Sanford Police Department is a police agency in Sanford, the county seat of Seminole County, Florida. It employs 130 sworn police officers alongside 17 civilian employees, and Police Chief Smith. Prior to Chief Smith, Richard Myers was the Interim Police Chief. Myers is the former Chief of Police in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Appleton, Wisconsin. In March 2012, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee took a temporary leave of absence during the department's investigation of the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, and Captain Darren Scott was named acting chief of police.

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Crime & staffing trends

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NIBRS incident detail

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Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
137
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
21
Part-time civilian
2
Total FT employees
158
Population served
61,508
Operating budget
$17,442,042
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201312419$12,442,508
200712724$13,265,000

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

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