Chicago Police Department

Chicago Police Department
Chicago Police Department
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Common name	Chicago P.D.
Abbreviation	CPD
Motto	We Serve and Protect
Agency overview
Formed	December 20, 1835
Employees	13,086 (2020)
Annual budget	$1.7 billion (2020)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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Size	237 sq mi (610 km2)
Population	2,746,388 (2020)
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Governing body	Chicago City Council
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	3510 S. Michigan Ave; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Police officers	12,000 of 13,500 (2025)
Civilian employees	948 (2020)
Mayor of Chicago responsible	Brandon Johnson;
Agency executive	Larry Snelling, Superintendent;
Bureaus	6 Bureau of Patrol; Bureau of Detectives; Bureau of Organized Crime; Bureau of Organizational Development; Bureau of Technical Services; Bureau of Internal Affairs;
Facilities
Districts	22 001: Central; 002: Wentworth; 003: Grand Crossing; 004: South Chicago; 005: Calumet; 006: Gresham; 007: Englewood; 008: Chicago Lawn; 009: Deering; 010: Ogden; 011: Harrison; 012: Near West; 014: Shakespeare; 015: Austin; 016: Jefferson Park; 017: Albany Park; 018: Near North; 019: Town Hall; 020: Lincoln; 022: Morgan Park; 024: Rogers Park; 025: Grand Central;
Website
	home.chicagopolice.org

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind the New York City Police Department. As of 2023 CPD had 11,703 sworn officers on duty, and in 2020 had more than 948 other employees. Tracing its roots to 1835, the Chicago Police Department is one of the oldest modern police departments in the world.

The Chicago Police Department has both a past & recent-present history of police brutality, racial profiling, misconduct and corruption, and at one point, tortured multiple people in custody in the 1980s. In 2017, the US Department of Justice criticized the department for poor training, lack of oversight, and repeated incidents of excessive force.