Table 78

VIRGINIA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by City, 2005

City Total law enforcement employees Total officers Total civilians
Abingdon 24 22 2
Alexandria 435 313 122
Altavista 11 11 0
Amherst 5 5 0
Appalachia 6 6 0
Ashland 24 21 3
Bedford 32 28 4
Berryville 9 8 1
Big Stone Gap 17 15 2
Blacksburg 72 56 16
Blackstone 18 13 5
Bluefield 21 16 5
Boykins 1 1 0
Bridgewater 8 8 0
Bristol 77 57 20
Broadway 4 4 0
Brookneal 4 4 0
Buena Vista 15 14 1
Burkeville 1 1 0
Cape Charles 5 5 0
Cedar Bluff 3 3 0
Charlottesville 138 111 27
Chase City 11 10 1
Chatham 4 4 0
Chesapeake 504 364 140
Chilhowie 5 5 0
Chincoteague 13 10 3
Christiansburg 62 47 15
Clarksville 8 7 1
Clifton Forge 16 10 6
Clinchco 1 1 0
Clintwood 3 3 0
Coeburn 8 7 1
Colonial Beach 15 10 5
Colonial Heights 49 45 4
Courtland 3 1 2
Covington 23 14 9
Crewe 5 5 0
Culpeper 45 38 7
Damascus 6 6 0
Danville 138 128 10
Dayton 6 6 0
Dublin 10 9 1
Dumfries 17 15 2
Edinburg 1 1 0
Elkton 9 8 1
Emporia 35 25 10
Exmore 7 7 0
Fairfax City 79 65 14
Falls Church 43 29 14
Farmville 38 24 14
Franklin 38 26 12
Fredericksburg 86 64 22
Fries 1 1 0
Front Royal 44 35 9
Galax 39 24 15
Gate City 5 5 0
Glade Spring 4 4 0
Glasgow 1 1 0
Glen Lyn 1 1 0
Gordonsville 6 6 0
Gretna 4 3 1
Grottoes 6 6 0
Grundy 5 5 0
Halifax 5 5 0
Hampton 376 270 106
Harrisonburg 93 80 13
Haymarket 6 5 1
Haysi 2 2 0
Herndon 67 54 13
Hillsville 12 11 1
Honaker 5 4 1
Hopewell 66 47 19
Hurt 1 1 0
Independence 2 2 0
Jonesville 2 2 0
Kenbridge 8 8 0
Kilmarnock 4 4 0
La Crosse 3 3 0
Lawrenceville 5 5 0
Lebanon 13 12 1
Leesburg 85 67 18
Lexington 15 13 2
Louisa 4 4 0
Luray 14 12 2
Lynchburg 214 135 79
Manassas 110 86 24
Manassas Park 32 24 8
Marion 20 18 2
Martinsville 59 53 6
McKenney 1 1 0
Middleburg 3 3 0
Middletown 3 3 0
Mount Jackson 4 4 0
Narrows 4 4 0
New Market 5 5 0
Newport News 517 386 131
Norfolk 822 699 123
Norton 24 18 6
Occoquan 1 1 0
Onancock 4 4 0
Onley 3 3 0
Orange 17 14 3
Parksley 3 3 0
Pearisburg 8 7 1
Pembroke 2 2 0
Pennington Gap 6 6 0
Petersburg 131 95 36
Pocahontas 1 1 0
Poquoson 24 20 4
Portsmouth 334 242 92
Pound 4 4 0
Pulaski 36 28 8
Purcellville 12 11 1
Quantico 3 2 1
Radford 49 35 14
Rich Creek 1 1 0
Richlands 19 15 4
Richmond 890 696 194
Roanoke 308 254 54
Rocky Mount 19 17 2
Rural Retreat 1 1 0
Salem 89 63 26
Saltville 7 6 1
Shenandoah 4 4 0
Smithfield 26 21 5
South Boston 31 29 2
South Hill 25 20 5
Stanley 4 4 0
Staunton 60 49 11
Stephens City 3 3 0
St. Paul 5 5 0
Strasburg 19 17 2
Suffolk 213 171 42
Tappahannock 11 10 1
Tazewell 13 12 1
Timberville 3 3 0
Victoria 6 5 1
Vienna 49 40 9
Vinton 31 20 11
Virginia Beach 951 786 165
Warrenton 20 18 2
Warsaw 4 3 1
Waverly 13 8 5
Waynesboro 56 49 7
Weber City 4 4 0
West Point 10 9 1
Williamsburg 47 33 14
Winchester 83 70 13
Wise 14 13 1
Woodstock 14 13 1
Wytheville 36 24 12

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