Mesa at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


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Full-time law enforcement staff, Mesa Police Department

  • 853 Officers
  • 506 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 1.65 Mesa
  • 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
  • 2.2 National average

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

Federal grant funding for Mesa

Data was last updated October 21, 2024


We identified over $3.8M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Mesa
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$572,013.00 9/1/2024
8/31/2027
MESA CITY OF SHSGP & UASI FUNDING Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency 97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program Sub
$750,000.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025
MESA CITY OF CITY OF MESA POLICE DEPARTMENT COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TOWARD PREVENTING HATE CRIME Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$822,209.00 9/1/2021
8/31/2024
MESA CITY OF SHSGP & UASI PROJECTS Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency 97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program Sub
$123,883.00 10/1/2018
9/30/2022
MESA CITY OF MESA WILL UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO CONTINUE OUR MICROFILM CONVERSION PROJECT TO CONVERT DECAYING MICROFILM TO PDF. SPECIFICALLY, THESE FUNDS WILL BE LEVERAGED AGAINST CONVERSION OF BUREAU CARDS WHICH CONTAIN ARREST BOOKING INFORMATION. MESA LEVERAGED A PORTION OF THE FY18 JAG FUNDS TO FINISH CONVER… Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Sub

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated July 9, 2024


$3.7M value of military equipment has been transferred to the Mesa Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is ENGINE,AIRCRAFT,TURBO-SHAFT with 2 items valued at $592,839.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date Item and National Stock Number (NSN) Quantity Acquisition value, each Acquisition value, total DEMIL code DEMIL IC
9/14/2017 SIGHT,REFLEX
1240-01-411-1265
88 88 @ $365.00 $32,120.00 D 1
9/14/2017 SIGHT,REFLEX
1240-01-540-3690
17 17 @ $365.00 $6,205.00 Q 3
11/19/2015 ENGINE,AIRCRAFT,TURBO-SHAFT
2840-01-333-2064
5 5 @ $295,609.00 $1,478,045.00 C 1
10/27/2015 ENGINE,AIRCRAFT,TURBO-SHAFT
2840-01-444-3770
2 2 @ $592,839.00 $1,185,678.00 C 7

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