Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Common name	L.A. County Sheriff's Department
Abbreviation	LASD
Patch of the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Seal of the County of Los Angeles
Badge of the Sheriff of Los Angeles County
Flag of the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
Motto	"A Tradition of Service Since 1850"
Agency overview
Formed	1850
Employees	Budgeted items:20,159 (2015)
Annual budget	US$2,994,887,000 (2015)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction*	County of Los Angeles County in the state of California, United States of America
Size	10,575 square kilometres (4,083 sq mi)
Population	10,116,705
Legal jurisdiction	Los Angeles County, California
General nature	Law enforcement Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	211 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Sworn members	Budgeted items:10,915 (2015)
Civilians	Budgeted items:9,244 (2015)
Agency executive	Jim McDonnell, Sheriff
Operations Divisions	4 Administrative Services Countywide Operations Custody Operations Patrol Operations
Facilities
Stations	23 Altadena Avalon Carson Century Cerritos Compton Crescenta Valley Duarte East Los Angeles Industry Bellflower/Lakewood Lancaster Lomita Malibu/Lost Hills Marina Del Rey Norwalk Palmdale Pico Rivera San Dimas Santa Clarita Valley South Los Angeles Temple Walnut/Diamond Bar West Hollywood
Website
www.lasd.org
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

With 17,694 total employees, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is the nation's largest Sheriff's Department. The Department's three main responsibilities entail providing patrol services for 153 unincorporated communities of Los Angeles County, California and 42 of 88 cities, providing courthouse security for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and the housing and transportation of inmates within the county jail system. In addition, the Department contracts with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metrolink, provides law enforcement services to ten community colleges, patrols over 177 county parks, golf courses, special event venues, two major lakes, 16 hospitals, and over 300 county facilities; and provides services, such as crime laboratories, homicide investigations, and academy training, to smaller law enforcement agencies within the county.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's transit division alone is the second largest transit police force in the world, aside from the New York City Police Department. This is through policing contracts of the Metro trains and buses of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metrolink. Furthermore, with policing contracts with nine campuses of the Los Angeles Community College and Lancaster Community College District, the LASD is the largest community policing agency in the United States.

The Sheriff's Department's headquarters are located in downtown Los Angeles at the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is the largest sheriff's department and the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States. There are approximately 17,926 employees; over 9,972 sworn deputies and 7,954 non sworn members, (professional staff). There are an additional 4,200 civilian volunteers, 791 reserve deputies and 400 explorers. On December 1, 2014, Jim McDonnell took the oath of office and was sworn in as the 32nd Los Angeles County Sheriff.