FBI agency record
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Serves ~299,226 residents · LEMAS survey
The Pittsburgh Police, officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police (PBP), is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen beginning in 1794, and the subsequent day patrols in the early 19th century, in the then borough of Pittsburgh. By 1952 the Bureau had a strength of 1,400 sworn officers; in July 1985, 1,200; and by November 1989, 1,040.
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Crime & staffing trends
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NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 965
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 79
- Part-time civilian
- 71
- Total FT employees
- 1,044
- Population served
- 299,226
- Operating budget
- $114,787,000
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
Employment counts for this agency are available through the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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POP conference activity
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