Pennsylvania at a glance


Population by race and Hispanic origin


States in this database with the most similarly-sized populations

Full-time law enforcement staff in Pennsylvania

  • 23,369 Officers
  • 4,936 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 2.7 Pennsylvania
  • 2.2 National average

Federal grant funding


USA Spending grants to Pennsylvania at the state level have not yet been reviewed, please check back soon. To see grant funding to cities and counties within Pennsylvania, scroll down to the “Cities and counties we’re monitoring” section of this page. 

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, or transfer data for this state has not yet been reviewed by our staff. This state may have also acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs which is not reported here.

Counties and cities we’re monitoring in Pennsylvania

Data was last updated September 6, 2022


Counties

Counties monitored in: Pennsylvania
Funding Misconduct and Settlements
County Population Grant funding found Military equipment value Consent decree Public misconduct database Settlements
Allegheny County 1224825 $11,176,066.39 $77,060.00 No 1 settlement with compensation totaling $2,000,000.00
Chester County 549784 $5,749,617.25 $0.00 No None found
Lancaster County 558589 $396,586.00 $0.00 No None found

Cities

Cities monitored in: Pennsylvania
Funding Misconduct and Settlements
City Population Officers per 1000 people Grant funding found Military equipment value Consent decree Public misconduct database Settlements
Allentown 124871 N/A $4,110,958.24 $0.00 No None found
Chester 33048 N/A $591,868.47 $0.00 No None found
Lancaster 57970 N/A $801,549.00 $0.00 No None found
Philadelphia 1550542 N/A $20,560,976.31 $0.00 No 2 settlements with policy changes and compensation totaling $56,800,000.00
Pittsburgh 303254 N/A $2,685,357.09 $0.00 No 1 settlement with compensation totaling $392,000.00