Table 76

Full-time State Law Enforcement Employees
by State, 2005

State Agency Total law enforcement employees Total officers Total civilians
Male Female Male Female
ALABAMA Other state agencies 154 121 5 3 25
ALASKA State Troopers 551 322 16 80 133
Other state agencies 10 1 0 6 3
ARIZONA Department of Public Safety 1,939 1,062 73 320 484
Other state agencies 62 27 2 22 11
ARKANSAS Other state agencies 51 33 3 9 6
CALIFORNIA Highway Patrol 9,978 6,296 657 1,304 1,721
Other state agencies 1,050 728 207 41 74
COLORADO State Patrol 966 656 49 78 183
Other state agencies 58 15 2 24 17
CONNECTICUT State Police 1,688 1,112 78 212 286
Other state agencies 32 23 1 5 3
DELAWARE State Police 895 582 70 111 132
Other state agencies 628 267 93 65 203
FLORIDA Highway Patrol 2,192 1,475 188 178 351
Other state agencies 3,106 1,267 166 627 1,046
GEORGIA Department of Public Safety 918 739 22 97 60
Other state agencies 1,074 286 64 247 477
IDAHO State Police 334 245 11 14 64
ILLINOIS State Police 3,477 1,788 195 588 906
Other state agencies 405 231 27 94 53
INDIANA State Police 1,759 1,062 63 226 408
Other state agencies 8 7 0 0 1
IOWA Department of Public Safety 854 535 36 120 163
KANSAS Highway Patrol 806 515 18 94 179
Other state agencies1 496 278 13 76 129
KENTUCKY State Police 1,672 897 30 381 364
Other state agencies 560 439 12 50 59
LOUISIANA State Police 1,646 1,099 44 122 381
Other state agencies 51 37 5 0 9
MAINE State Police 441 277 21 52 91
Other state agencies1 49 18 1 19 11
MARYLAND State Police 2,302 1,373 123 453 353
Other state agencies 1,618 901 143 283 291
MASSACHUSETTS State Police 2,736 2,066 193 223 254
Other state agencies 253 214 26 4 9
MICHIGAN State Police 2,542 1,579 218 236 509
MINNESOTA State Patrol 807 510 47 152 98
MISSISSIPPI Highway Safety Patrol 984 493 10 154 327
MISSOURI State Highway Patrol 1,985 886 35 469 595
Other state agencies1 471 403 23 9 36
MONTANA Highway Patrol 247 183 9 14 41
Other state agencies 20 17 0 0 3
NEBRASKA State Patrol 677 452 26 72 127
NEVADA Highway Patrol 796 428 75 111 182
NEW HAMPSHIRE State Police 412 261 27 43 81
Other state agencies 29 17 3 3 6
NEW JERSEY State Police 4,375 2,765 107 706 797
Other state agencies 447 343 29 45 30
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey2 920 770 73 20 57
NEW MEXICO State Police 755 582 23 53 97
NEW YORK State Police 5,698 4,231 389 464 614
NORTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 2,168 1,618 44 293 213
Other state agencies 1,172 704 161 89 218
NORTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 184 131 5 19 29
OHIO State Highway Patrol 2,679 1,404 143 537 595
OKLAHOMA Department of Public Safety 1,404 742 14 295 353
Other state agencies 70 38 4 17 11
OREGON State Police 1,153 549 61 210 333
PENNSYLVANIA State Police 6,012 4,135 185 785 907
Other state agencies 804 652 71 15 66
RHODE ISLAND State Police 274 201 21 33 19
Other state agencies 44 31 4 7 2
SOUTH CAROLINA Highway Patrol 1,043 813 26 68 136
Other state agencies1 1,306 805 131 154 216
SOUTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol 237 155 2 58 22
Other state agencies 143 41 4 37 61
TENNESSEE Department of Safety 1,807 891 44 199 673
Other state agencies 978 537 70 122 249
TEXAS Department of Public Safety 7,855 3,285 211 1,408 2,951
UTAH Highway Patrol 501 414 17 26 44
Other state agencies 149 135 10 0 4
VERMONT State Police 451 292 24 42 93
Other state agencies 110 83 6 4 17
VIRGINIA State Police 2,567 1,806 97 207 457
Other state agencies 506 277 42 77 110
WASHINGTON State Patrol 2,175 1,063 94 483 535
WEST VIRGINIA State Police 974 616 18 117 223
Other state agencies 188 162 1 2 23
WISCONSIN State Patrol 675 432 60 80 103
Other state agencies 535 434 58 20 23
WYOMING Highway Patrol 206 175 7 3 21

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