Sarasota at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


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Full-time law enforcement staff, Sarasota Police Department

  • 175 Officers
  • 58 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

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

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

Federal grant funding for Sarasota

Data was last updated November 20, 2022


We identified over $2.8M in federal grant funding, FY 2013-2023

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Sarasota
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$28,022.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025
CITY OF SARASOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT 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
$26,634.00 10/1/2020
9/30/2024
CITY OF SARASOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT O-BJA-2021-35004 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$21,027.00 10/1/2019
9/30/2022
CITY OF SARASOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT CITY OF SARASOTA FY20 JAG PROJECT Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$27,318.00 10/1/2016
9/30/2020
SARASOTA, CITY OF SARASOTA FY 17 JAG 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 July 13, 2023


$120.8K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Sarasota Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is TRUCK,UTILITY with 2 items valued at $60,409.00 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
12/5/2013 TRUCK,UTILITY
2320-01-455-9593
2 2 @ $60,409.00 $120,818.00 C 1