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With 17,694 employees, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is the nation's largest Sheriff's Department. The Department's three main responsibilities entail providing patrol services for 153 unincorporated communities of Los Angeles County, California and 42 cities,[2] providing courthouse security for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and the housing and transportation of inmates within the county jail system. In addition, the Department contracts with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metrolink, provides law enforcement services to ten community colleges, patrols over 177 county parks, golf courses, special event venues, two major lakes, 16 hospitals, and over 300 county facilities; and provides services, such as crime laboratories, homicide investigations, and academy training, to smaller law enforcement agencies within the county.
County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department | |
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Common name | L.A. County Sheriff's Department |
Abbreviation | LASD |
Motto | "A Tradition of Service Since 1850" |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1850 |
Employees | Budgeted items: 20,159 (2015)[1] |
Annual budget | US$2,994,887,000 (2015)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Los Angeles County, California, United States of America |
Size | 10,575 square kilometres (4,083 sq mi) |
Population | 10,116,705 |
Legal jurisdiction | Los Angeles County, California |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 211 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
Sworn members | Budgeted items:10,915 (2015) |
Civilians | Budgeted items:9,244 (2015) |
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Operations Divisions | 4
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Facilities | |
Stations | 23
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Website | |
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's transit division alone is the second largest transit police force in the world, aside from the New York City Police Department.[3] This is through policing contracts of the Metro trains and buses of the Los Angeles Metro and Metrolink. Furthermore, with policing contracts with nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College and Lancaster Community College District, the LASD is the largest community policing agency in the United States.
The Sheriff's Department's headquarters are located in downtown Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice.