Washington 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 Washington

  • 237 Agencies
  • 10,431 Officers
  • 4,775 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 1.35 Washington
  • 2.2 National average

Federal grant funding


USA Spending grants to Washington at the state level have not yet been reviewed, please check back soon. To see grant funding to cities and counties within Washington, 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 Washington

Data was last updated September 6, 2022


Counties

Counties monitored in: Washington
Funding Misconduct and Settlements
County Population Grant funding found Military equipment value Consent decree Public misconduct database Settlements
King County 2252305 $20,802,667.00 $0.00 No 1 settlement with compensation totaling $2,500,000.00
Spokane County 546040 $7,808,368.69 $3,194,222.34 No None found

Cities

Cities monitored in: Washington
Funding Misconduct and Settlements
City Population Officers per 1000 people Grant funding found Military equipment value Consent decree Public misconduct database Settlements
Kent 134837 1.47 $694,229.39 $0.00 No None found
Olympia 54579 2.04 $48,583.95 $0.00 No None found
Redmond 72166 1.56 $170,000.00 $0.00 No 1 settlement with compensation totaling $7,500,000.00
Seattle 733904 2.03 $24,835,286.53 $216,466.00 No 3 settlements with compensation totaling $7,000,000.00
Spokane 229065 1.94 $1,355,898.26 $177,525.00 No None found
Tacoma 219203 1.62 $7,570,485.61 $0.00 No 2 settlements with compensation totaling $12,000,000.00
Wapato 4652 1.81 $0.00 $93,173.00 No 1 settlement with compensation totaling $125,000.00