Tucson, Arizona | Police Funding Database | LDF

Tucson at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	227,760
	Black or African American	23,569
	American Indian and Alaska native	4,926
	Asian	20,421
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,096
	Two or More Races	19,931
	Hispanic or Latino	247,498

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Full-time law enforcement staff, Tucson Police Department

820 Officers
239 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

1.47 Tucson
2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
2.2 National average

These figures reflect the Tucson Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.

Federal grant funding for Tucson

Data was last updated January 22, 2024

We identified over $104.1M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Homeland Security	$3,270,541
	Department of Justice	$23,885,755
	Executive Office of the President	$77,007,212

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Tucson
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$784,380.00	10/1/2023 9/30/2026	CITY OF TUCSON WITH GUN RELATED CRIME RATES INCREASING IN TUCSON, ARIZONA OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT (TPD) IS COMMITTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS TO COMBAT THIS GROWING PROBLEM. ONE-THIRD OF GUN-RELATED CRIME (GRC) CASES WITHIN TPD GO UNASSIGNED DUE TO A LACK OF …	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime
$8,622,102.90	1/1/2023 12/31/2024	CITY OF TUCSON POLICE THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$8,912,741.31	1/1/2022 12/31/2023	CITY OF TUCSON POLICE THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$377,015.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2025	CITY OF TUCSON THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, …	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated April 3, 2024

$852.2K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Tucson Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is TRUCK,UTILITY with 1 item valued at $89,900.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date	Item and National Stock Number (NSN)	Acquisition value	Quantity	Acquisition value, each	Acquisition value, total	DEMIL code / IC	DEMIL code	DEMIL IC
5/11/2016	COMPASS,MAGNETIC,UNMOUNTED 6605-01-571-6052	Acquisition value	31	31 @ $59.22	$1,835.82	DEMIL code / IC	Q	3
1/15/2014	VIEWER KIT,NIGHT VISION 5855-01-461-8169	Acquisition value	1	1 @ $5,562.85	$5,562.85	DEMIL code / IC	D	1
10/10/2012	SIGHT,REFLEX 1240-01-411-1265	Acquisition value	1	1 @ $365.00	$365.00	DEMIL code / IC	D	1
5/22/2012	TRUCK,UTILITY 2320-01-128-9551	Acquisition value	2	2 @ $50,458.00	$100,916.00	DEMIL code / IC	C	1

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Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated January 25, 2022

Settlements

We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $300,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2019	Tucson paid a settlement of $300,000 in January 2019 to resolve a police misconduct lawsuit. In January 2019, a family received a settlement total of $300,000 after filing a lawsuit against the City of Tucson and several officers of the Tucson Police Department. The lawsuit accused the officers of detaining members of the Wyatt family, forcing them to lie on the ground after they approached a traffic stop occurring near their home. Source Joe Ferguson, "Family who accused Tucson police of excessive force receive $300K in settlement", Arizona Daily Star, January 31, 2019	Compensation $300,000.00