FBI agency record
Mesquite Police Department
Dallas, Kaufman County, Texas
Serves ~150,193 residents · UCR reported
The Mesquite Police Department is the local law enforcement agency of the city of Mesquite, Texas. The department divides the city into nine police districts. The department has four bureaus, each headed by a deputy chief: Technical Services, Staff Support, Operations, and Criminal Investigations.
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Crime & staffing trends
Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.
NIBRS incident detail
Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.
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Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 224
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 77
- Part-time civilian
- 14
- Total FT employees
- 301
- Population served
- 138,916
- Operating budget
- $41,039,300
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 260
- Civilians (2025)
- 85
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
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