When we posted last Friday that the Memphis metro was #2 (13.79 out of 1,000 workers) in the ranking of cities with the most security guards per 1,000 workers, it raised the question of the city’s our ranking for number of police officers. The listing below shows where Memphis stands in that ranking.
The ranking is for officers per 10,000 population, 2016:
55.1 – Washington DC
43.9 – Chicago
42.3 – New York City
40.6 – Baltimore
40.2 – Philadelphia
39.5 – Newark
38.0 – St. Louis
37.4 – Cleveland
35.8 – Atlanta
35.3 – Cincinnati
35.1 – Detroit
31.8 – Charleston
31.6 – Jackson TN
31.5 – Milwaukee
Boston
30.6 – Richmond
30.1 – MEMPHIS
30.0 – Pittsburgh
29.5 – New Orleans
28.8 – Syracuse
28.3 – Kansas City
26.7 – Miami
26.4 – San Francisco
Little Rock
25.7 – Orlando
25.4 – Germantown
25.3 – Tampa
24.8 – Dallas
24.6 – Los Angeles
24.4 – Chattanooga
24.0 – Jackson, MS
22.9 – Houston
22.4 – Salt Lake City
21.2 – Denver
20.9 – Las Vegas
Nashville
20.5 – Honolulu
20.4 – Bartlett
20.3 – Minneapolis
20.2 – Knoxville
20.0 – Jacksonville
Collierville
19.8 – Seattle
19.4 – Charlotte
18.9 – Austin
18.6 – Indianapolis
18.4 – Fort Worth
Tulsa
17.4 – Phoenix
17.3 – Oklahoma City
16.8 – Murfreesboro
16.3 – Tucson
15.8 – Raleigh
14.7 – El Paso
14.4 – San Antonio
14.1 – Portland
12.8 – San Diego
9.0 – San Jose
Source: 2016 FBI UCR Data
Raw numbers are always a good start to a conversation. However- as noted in prior SCM posts- how departments are organized, how leaders elect to utilize officers, and how departments deploy resources are also important factors.