FBI agency record
Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Serves ~559,717 residents · UCR reported
The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) is the police department organized under the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The department has a contingent of about 1,800 sworn officers when at full strength and is divided into seven districts. Jeffrey B. Norman is the current chief of police, serving since December 2020.
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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.
Top 6 of 43 categories shown.
Top 6 of 20 categories shown.
Top 6 of 25 categories shown.
Open data
Milwaukee Open DataPortal
Staffing
- Full-time sworn
- 1,738
- Part-time sworn
- 0
- Full-time civilian
- 445
- Part-time civilian
- 141
- Total FT employees
- 2,183
- Population served
- 589,067
- Operating budget
- $297,366,419
Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020
- Sworn officers (2025)
- 1,553
- Civilians (2025)
- 320
Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.
Open data
POP conference activity
Networks of Criminals Youth Offender Program
2024 · Submission
Abating Nuisance Properties Improving the Built Environment:A Collaborative Approach Between the Milwaukee Police Department Washington Park Partners
2015 · Finalist
Operation Red Light: Milwaukees North Side Prostitution Abatement Plan
2013 · Submission
Operation Red Light:Milwaukees North Side Prostitution Abatement Plan
2012 · Submission
Operation Cornerstone
2011 · Submission
District Two 250 Area Robbery Reduction Project
2010 · Submission
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