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Billings Police Department
Yellowstone County, Montana
Serves ~109,736 residents · LEMAS survey
The Billings Police Department (BPD) is the primary law enforcement agency in Billings, Montana. It is the largest city police force in Montana with 177 sworn officers & 80 civilian employees covering 41 square miles (110 km2) and a population of about 122,000. The city is divided into four police response zones, which are subdivided into 9 police beats. Organizationally the department is broken up into the Operations (Patrol) Division and the Investigations Division. Specialized units include Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Drone Unit, Hostage Negotiators & a Bomb Unit.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 154
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 33
- Part-time civilian
- 0
- Total FT employees
- 187
- Population served
- 109,736
- Operating budget
- $25,925,826
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
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