El Paso, Texas | Police Funding Database | LDF

El Paso at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	77,141
	Black or African American	24,074
	American Indian and Alaska native	1,513
	Asian	10,470
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	994
	Two or More Races	8,507
	Hispanic or Latino	552,378

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Full-time law enforcement staff, El Paso Police Department

1,138 Officers
257 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

1.66 El Paso
2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
2.2 National average

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

Federal grant funding for El Paso

Data was last updated October 15, 2023

We identified over $36M in federal grant funding, FY 2014-2024

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Homeland Security	$10,691,525
	Department of Justice	$1,423,423
	Executive Office of the President	$23,894,822

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: El Paso
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$2,470,487.00	1/1/2023 12/31/2024	CITY OF EL PASO THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$2,434,117.00	1/1/2022 12/31/2023	CITY OF EL PASO THE HIDTA PROGRAM REDUCES ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY BY AIDING FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY DISMANTLING/DISRUPTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVES.	Executive Office of the President Office of the National Drug Control Policy	95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program	Prime
$0.00	10/1/2021 9/30/2025	CITY OF EL PASO THE EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SEEKING TO REPLACE TWO OBSOLETE LEKTRIEVER STORAGE UNITS FOR MUGSHOT PHOTO NEGATIVES. THE DEPT. IS ALSO SEEKING TO REPLACE FOUR SCANNER UNITS THAT PRODUCE ELECTRONIC IMAGE FILES FROM PAPER DOCUMENTS. REPLACING OLD EQUIPMENT WILL ELIMINATE RISK OF IMMINENT CATASTR…	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program	Sub
$1,371,163.35	9/1/2021 8/31/2024	CITY OF EL PASO THE CITY OF EL PASO'S OPERATION STONEGARDEN (OPSG) PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISH A HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE THAT WILL DETECT, DETER AND/OR INTERDICT CRIMINAL AND/OR TERRORIST ACTIVITY THROUGH UTILIZATION OF OVERTIME AS A FORCE MUL	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 April 3, 2024

$183K value of military equipment has been transferred to the El Paso Police Department

The highest-value stock number reported is HELICOPTER,OBSERVATION with 1 item valued at $159,398.00 each

Recent equipment transfers

Military equipment transfers
Ship date	Item and National Stock Number (NSN)	Acquisition value	Quantity	Acquisition value, each	Acquisition value, total	DEMIL code / IC	DEMIL code	DEMIL IC
3/19/2015	SIGHT,REFLEX 1240-01-411-1265	Acquisition value	28	28 @ $365.00	$10,220.00	DEMIL code / IC	D	1
4/24/2014	UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUND 1385-01-574-4707	Acquisition value	1	1 @ $10,000.00	$10,000.00	DEMIL code / IC	Q	3
9/3/2008	HELICOPTER,OBSERVATION 1520-00-918-1523	Acquisition value	1	1 @ $159,398.00	$159,398.00	DEMIL code / IC	C	1
5/29/2001	RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER 1005-00-589-1271	Acquisition value	18	18 @ $138.00	$2,484.00	DEMIL code / IC	D	1

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Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated June 1, 2023

Settlements

We identified 2 publicly reported settlements that resulted in $4,080,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2022	In March 2022, the City of El Paso agreed to pay a $1.2 million settlement to the family of Erik Emmanuel Salas-Sanchez, who was shot and killed by an El Paso police officer at his home in 2015. Salas-Sanchez, 22-years-old at the time of his death, was shot and killed by officer Mando Kenneth Gomez, who was acquitted of manslaughter charges in 2019. The responding officers claimed that Salas-Sanchez was holding a box cutter when he lunged at officers, but Salas-Sanchez was holding a brake pad. Lawyers for the Salas-Sanchez family disputed the officers’ versions of events, pointing out that the medical examiner’s report showed that Salas-Sanchez was shot three times in the back, indicating that he was running away from the officers. Source Anthony Jackson, "“City of El Paso OKs $1.2 million settlement for family of man killed by police in 2015,” ", El Paso Times, March 31, 2022	Compensation $1,200,000.00
2013 - 2015	Between 2013 and 2015, El Paso paid an average of $960K annually in settlement payouts, including for police misconduct. According to an analysis of data provided by the El Paso City Attorney, between 2013 and 2015, El Paso paid an average of $960K annually in lawsuit settlements, including for police misconduct. Source Michael Maciag, "City Lawsuit Costs Report", Governing, November 04, 2019	Compensation $2,880,000.00