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San Diego at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations

Full-time law enforcement staff, San Diego Police Department

  • 1,777 Officers
  • 566 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 1.29 San Diego
  • 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
  • 2.2 National average

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

Federal grant funding for San Diego

Data was last updated July 1, 2024

We identified over $64.1M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: San Diego
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$5,166,915.00 1/1/2024
12/31/2025		 SAN DIEGO, COUNTY OF 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
$782,490.00 10/1/2023
9/30/2026		 SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (CDCA) COVERS SEVEN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: LOS ANGELES, VENTURA, SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS OBISPO, ORANGE, RIVERSIDE, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. IT IS THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY, SERVING OVER 19 MILLION RESIDENTS. SINCE 2019, MANY NEIGHBORHOODS… Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.609 Project Safe Neighborhoods Prime
$519,782.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025		 CITY OF SAN DIEGO 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
$13,773,500.00 9/1/2021
8/31/2024		 CITY OF SAN DIEGO IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE IDENTIFIED PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, AND EXERCISE NEEDS TO PREVENT, PROTECT AGAINST, MITIGATE, RESPOND TO, AND RECOVER FROM ACTS OF TERRORISM AND OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency 97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program Sub

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Military equipment transfers

We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.

Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated January 25, 2022

Settlements

We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $25,000,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year Description Outcome
2008 - 2015

Between 2008 and 2016, the San Diego Police Department spent $25 million to resolve lawsuits, some of which were for police misconduct.

In 2016, local news channel NBC 7 reviewed every lawsuit involving the San Diego Police Department since 2008. It determined that taxpayers paid more than $25 million since 2008 to settle lawsuits against the department. Specifically, settlement payouts ranged from $1.1 million (in 2008), nearly $5 million (in 2013), and $9.5 million (in 2015). According to NBC 7’s analysis, the department settled an average of 177 claims per year, and the biggest individual payouts involved police misconduct allegations.

Source

Mary Payton and Tom Jones, "San Diegans Paying Millions in Police Misconduct Settlements", NBC San Diego, May 26, 2016

Compensation
$25,000,000.00