Number of police officers in U.S. reaches 25-year low, fed report. Frankly, we’re amazed more haven’t retired or changed careers.
There were roughly 214 police officers per 100,000 Americans in 2019, according to the latest figures from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll.
The number represents a 1.5 percent decline from 2018 and a 9 percent decrease from 2007, when police numbers last peaked, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
