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Kalamazoo Police Department

City agencyMI3949900NIBRS since 2000LEMAS 2020Founded 1983

Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Serves ~76,009 residents · LEMAS survey

Crime trendsNIBRSLEMASPoliciesOpen dataPOP projects

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS) is the department charged with police, fire and rescue operations in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is the largest public safety department in the nation, with over 250 sworn officers. Each officer serves as a Police Officer, Firefighter, and Medical First Responder.

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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 MI3949900.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

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

Burglary: victim & offender age · 2,101 victims, 2,393 offenders
Victim sex
Female1,062 (51%)
Male1,032 (49%)
Unknown7 (0%)
Victim race
White1,040 (56%)
Black or African American801 (43%)
Asian10 (1%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1 (0%)
Incident location
Residence/Home1,762 (69%)
Commercial/Office Building149 (6%)
Rental Storage Facility113 (4%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage85 (3%)
Other/Unknown78 (3%)
Specialty Store62 (2%)

Top 6 of 32 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown564 (38%)
Otherwise Known417 (28%)
Stranger299 (20%)
Acquaintance34 (2%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend31 (2%)
Neighbor31 (2%)

Top 6 of 19 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Simple Assault74 (30%)
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property74 (30%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations23 (9%)
Aggravated Assault22 (9%)
Weapon Law Violations11 (4%)
Motor Vehicle Theft10 (4%)

Top 6 of 20 categories shown.

Open data

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Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
268
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
25
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
293
Population served
76,009
Operating budget
$32,524,506
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: yes

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

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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