Portland at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations

Full-time law enforcement staff, Portland Police Department

  • 126 Officers
  • 47 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

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

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

Federal grant funding for Portland

Data was last updated December 18, 2022


We identified over $1.8M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Portland
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$78,650.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025
CITY OF PORTLAND 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
$132,004.00 9/1/2021
2/28/2025
CITY OF PORTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT PORTLAND, ME POLICE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING PROJECT Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$75,000.00 9/1/2021
8/31/2023
CITY OF PORTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT PORTLAND, MAINE ACCREDITATION PROJECT Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$356,655.57 9/1/2021
8/31/2024
CITY OF PORTLAND (FY) 2021 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM (HSGP) Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency 97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program Sub

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Military equipment transfers

Data last updated July 9, 2024


$115.8K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Portland Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is TRUCK,ARMORED with 1 item valued at $65,070.00 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
10/2/2014 RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER
1005-01-128-9936
25 25 @ $749.00 $18,725.00 D 1
5/14/2014 TRUCK,ARMORED
2320-01-074-7642
1 1 @ $65,070.00 $65,070.00 C 1
2/28/2014 SIGHT,REFLEX
1240-01-540-3690
24 24 @ $365.00 $8,760.00 Q 3
1/22/2014 SIGHT,REFLEX
1240-01-411-1265
6 6 @ $365.00 $2,190.00 D 1

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