Wilmington, Delaware | Police Funding Database | LDF

Wilmington at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	20,608
	Black or African American	40,574
	American Indian and Alaska native	148
	Asian	840
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	12
	Two or More Races	1,046
	Hispanic or Latino	7,202

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Full-time law enforcement staff, Wilmington Police Department

293 Officers
56 Civilian staff

Officers per 1000 residents

4.98 Wilmington
1.6 National average, cities with 50,000 to 99,999 population
2.3 National average

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

Federal grant funding

Data was last updated February 14, 2022

We identified over $6.7M in federal grant funding, FY 2012-2022

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Justice	$6,664,546
	Executive Office of the President	$113,017

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Wilmington
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$630,000.00	10/01/2020 09/30/2023	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE WILMINGTON POLICE BWC POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.835 Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation	Prime
$219,891.00	10/01/2020 09/30/2024	WILMINGTON, CITY OF ANTI-VIOLENCE OVERTIME INITIATIVE AND COLD CASE INVESTIGATOR	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime
$196,855.00	10/01/2019 09/30/2023	WILMINGTON, CITY OF ANTI-VIOLENCE /COLD CASE INVESTIGATOR	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Prime
$0.00	01/01/2019 12/31/2020	WILMINGTON, CITY OF SUPPORT OF INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY PROPOSED BY THE GRANTEES' GOVERNING HIDTA EXECUTIVE BOARD AND APPROVED BY ONDCP.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime

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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.