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Santa Monica at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

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Full-time law enforcement staff, Santa Monica Police Department

  • 213 Officers
  • 203 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 1.6 National average, cities with 50,000 to 99,999 population
  • 2.2 National average

Federal grant funding for Santa Monica

Data was last updated March 24, 2026

We identified over $956.6K in federal grant funding, FY 2016-2026

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Santa Monica
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$486,760.00 10/1/2025
9/30/2027		 CITY OF SANTA MONICA THE USE OF GRANT FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPANSION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SANTA MONICA POLICE DEPARTMENT (SMPD). IN RECENT YEARS, HEIGHTENED PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE USE OF FORCE HAVE UNDERSCORED THE CR… Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$200,000.00 10/1/2024
9/30/2026		 CITY OF SANTA MONICA THE SANTA MONICA POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL USE FY24 LEMHWA FUNDING TO (1) DELIVER MINDFULNESS TRAINING TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT PERSONNELS EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH (2) PROVIDE TOOLS FOR STRESS REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE, AND (3) DESIGN AN APPLICATION TO PROVIDE ON-DEMAND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES.… Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$51,173.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025		 CITY OF SANTA MONICA 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
$53,912.76 10/1/2020
9/30/2024		 CITY OF SANTA MONICA SANTA MONICA POLICE DEPARTMENT FY 2021 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROJECT 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 January 16, 2026

$32.3K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Santa Monica Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is SIGHT,THERMAL with 2 items valued at $11,999.00 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
1/16/2019 RANGE FINDER,LASER
1240-01-575-1105		 1 1 @ $7,974.00 $7,974.00 D 1
1/4/2018 TRIPOD,PHOTOGRAPHIC
6760-01-587-5428		 1 1 @ $400.00 $400.00 Q 3
11/18/2016 SIGHT,THERMAL
5855-01-524-4314		 2 2 @ $11,999.00 $23,998.00 F 1

Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated January 25, 2022

Settlements

We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $42,600,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year Description Outcome
2020

The Santa Monica City Council voted to issue $42.6 million to the families of 23 victims who alleged that they had been sexually abused by a police department employee and member of the Police Activities League.

Eric Uller was accused of molesting several children whom he picked up from predominately Latino areas of the city, beginning in the 1980s. He used his job with the city to gain access to the boys, and the city had a series of reports on his behavior.

Source

Richard Winton, "Santa Monica to pay $42.6 million to settle child abuse claims against police volunteer", Los Angela Times, November 03, 2020

Compensation
$42,600,000.00