Tampa at a glance
Population by race and Hispanic origin
Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations
Full-time law enforcement staff, Tampa Police Department
- 944 Officers
- 265 Civilian staff
Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents
- 3 Tampa
- 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
- 2.2 National average
These figures reflect the Tampa Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.
Federal grant funding for Tampa
Data was last updated July 1, 2024
We identified over $14.2M in federal grant funding, FY 2015-2025
Grant funding over time
Grant funding by federal department
Recent grants
Military equipment transfers
Data last updated July 11, 2025
$277.3K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Tampa Police Department
The highest-value stock number reported is ONLY COMPLETE COMBAT/ASSAULT/TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES with 1 item valued at $150,000.00 each
Recent equipment transfers
| Ship date | Item and National Stock Number (NSN) | Quantity | Acquisition value, each | Acquisition value, total | DEMIL code | DEMIL IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/2/2011 | TRUCK,UTILITY 2320-01-371-9583 |
2 | 2 @ $63,682.00 | $127,364.00 | Q | 6 |
| 10/13/1998 | ONLY COMPLETE COMBAT/ASSAULT/TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES 2355-DS-COM-BTV2 |
1 | 1 @ $150,000.00 | $150,000.00 | D | Unknown |
Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements
Data last updated December 8, 2025
Settlements
We identified 2 publicly reported settlements that resulted in over $14,000,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.
| Year | Description | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 |
In February 2024, the City of Tampa, Florida, agreed to a $14 million settlement with Robert DuBoise, who spent thirty-seven years wrongfully imprisoned after being convicted of murder in 1985 based on discredited forensic evidence and coerced informant testimony. DuBoise was sentenced to death but always maintained his innocence. His conviction relied heavily on a flawed bite-mark analysis and a jailhouse informant whose testimony was later revealed to be fabricated. After DuBoise was denied post-conviction DNA testing for years, The Innocence Project took on his case and uncovered DNA evidence that ultimately proved his innocence. He was released in 2020 and fully exonerated. DuBoise then filed a lawsuit against the City of Tampa, several police officers, and a forensic odontologist, leading to the $14 million settlement approved in February 2024. While DuBoise expressed gratitude, he emphasized that no amount of compensation could restore the decades lost to wrongful incarceration. |
Compensation
$14,000,000.00 |
| 2022 |
In July 2022, the City of Tampa, Florida, and the Tampa Police Department reached a settlement with the family of Arthur Green Jr. over his death in 2014. Green, a Black man, was driving in Tampa when he experienced a diabetic emergency and struggled to control his steering wheel. After a nearby motorist called 911, police reached Green but did not get him the immediate medical attention he needed. Instead, they handcuffed him and put him in a prone position (meaning face-down on the ground) where he struggled to breathe and later died. In addition to an undisclosed financial settlement, the Tampa Police Department agreed to make changes to its procedures on how officers handle cases where people are held in a prone position. Green’s family requested an official apology from Tampa Mayor Jane Castor because she was Tampa’s Police Chief at the time of Green’s death, but Castor refused. Sources |
Compensation
Undisclosed |