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Fort Dodge Police Department

City agencyIA0940100NIBRS since 1992LEMAS 2020

Webster County, Iowa

Serves ~23,906 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 IA0940100.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 514 victims, 517 offenders
Victim sex
Female267 (52%)
Male243 (47%)
Unknown4 (1%)
Victim race
White380 (79%)
Black or African American98 (20%)
American Indian or Alaska Native2 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons209 (41%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument73 (14%)
Blunt Object54 (11%)
Handgun45 (9%)
Other31 (6%)
Firearm28 (6%)

Top 6 of 17 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home294 (57%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk123 (24%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage17 (3%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.13 (3%)
Bar/Nightclub13 (3%)
Convenience Store9 (2%)

Top 6 of 21 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Acquaintance117 (22%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend89 (17%)
Relationship Unknown71 (14%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)69 (13%)
Otherwise Known67 (13%)
Stranger20 (4%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property40 (30%)
Weapon Law Violations25 (19%)
Burglary/Breaking & Entering18 (14%)
Kidnapping/Abduction11 (8%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations11 (8%)
Simple Assault10 (8%)

Top 6 of 14 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
40
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
3
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
43
Population served
23,906
Operating budget
$4,000,000
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

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

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
2003405$2,556,115
2000434$2,357,000
1999434
1990425

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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