Table 78

MASSACHUSETTS
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State by City, 2008

City	Population	Total law enforcement employees	Total officers	Total civilians
Abington	16,590	30	28	2
Acton	20,795	42	33	9
Acushnet	10,474	19	17	2
Adams	8,145	20	16	4
Agawam	28,353	56	48	8
Amesbury	16,421	37	31	6
Amherst	36,106	65	48	17
Andover	33,442	71	52	19
Aquinnah	355	4	4	0
Arlington	40,989	77	61	16
Ashburnham	6,009	15	10	5
Ashby	2,955	6	6	0
Ashfield	1,817	2	2	0
Ashland	15,927	31	27	4
Athol	11,637	24	17	7
Attleboro	43,228	95	82	13
Avon	4,285	20	15	5
Ayer	7,378	22	17	5
Barnstable	47,828	134	114	20
Barre	5,455	12	8	4
Becket	1,803	2	2	0
Bedford	13,215	36	28	8
Belchertown	14,094	29	24	5
Bellingham	15,979	37	30	7
Belmont	23,252	61	47	14
Berkley	6,519	6	6	0
Berlin	2,740	11	7	4
Bernardston	2,234	3	3	0
Beverly	39,435	74	69	5
Billerica	42,428	84	63	21
Blackstone	9,058	19	16	3
Bolton	4,522	15	10	5
Boston	604,465	2,862	2,213	649
Bourne	19,048	39	36	3
Boxford	8,088	13	13	0
Boylston	4,298	13	10	3
Braintree	34,495	81	74	7
Brewster	10,009	23	19	4
Bridgewater	25,546	35	34	1
Brockton	95,650	213	184	29
Brookfield	3,026	4	4	0
Brookline	54,527	155	132	23
Buckland	1,990	2	2	0
Burlington	25,319	71	63	8
Cambridge	101,362	305	275	30
Canton	22,054	42	41	1
Carlisle	4,900	15	10	5
Carver	11,592	21	17	4
Charlton	12,740	23	19	4
Chatham	6,735	24	18	6
Chelmsford	34,187	63	50	13
Chelsea	38,621	97	91	6
Chicopee	53,777	139	135	4
Chilmark	978	4	4	0
Clinton	14,101	32	27	5
Concord	17,543	42	35	7
Dalton	6,546	12	11	1
Danvers	26,958	60	47	13
Dartmouth	34,446	79	65	14
Dedham	24,217	72	60	12
Deerfield	4,729	9	8	1
Dennis	15,406	48	40	8
Dighton	6,819	13	10	3
Douglas	8,033	20	15	5
Dover	5,634	16	16	0
Dracut	29,608	48	43	5
Dudley	11,181	15	11	4
Dunstable	3,349	7	7	0
East Bridgewater	13,988	26	23	3
East Brookfield	2,065	3	3	0
Eastham	5,440	21	15	6
Easthampton	16,072	33	27	6
East Longmeadow	15,363	25	24	1
Easton	23,047	34	33	1
Edgartown	3,935	16	15	1
Egremont	1,351	3	3	0
Erving	1,546	3	3	0
Essex	3,328	12	7	5
Everett	37,172	106	99	7
Fairhaven	16,115	39	32	7
Fall River	90,760	304	240	64
Falmouth	33,302	67	61	6
Fitchburg	40,377	88	80	8
Foxborough	16,301	40	31	9
Framingham	64,519	128	118	10
Franklin	31,608	57	46	11
Freetown	8,990	17	17	0
Gardner	20,587	40	31	9
Georgetown	8,241	14	12	2
Gill	1,381	3	3	0
Gloucester	30,303	66	61	5
Goshen	960	2	2	0
Grafton	17,872	23	18	5
Granby	6,303	12	10	2
Granville	1,695	1	1	0
Great Barrington	7,353	15	14	1
Greenfield	17,651	50	34	16
Groton	10,776	21	16	5
Groveland	7,041	13	9	4
Hadley	4,786	15	11	4
Halifax	7,722	11	10	1
Hamilton	8,170	15	15	0
Hampden	5,321	15	10	5
Hanover	14,064	32	29	3
Hanson	10,010	27	22	5
Hardwick	2,653	3	3	0
Harwich	12,381	40	33	7
Hatfield	3,259	2	2	0
Haverhill	60,001	102	93	9
Hingham	22,724	57	48	9
Hinsdale	1,945	2	2	0
Holbrook	10,647	22	21	1
Holden	16,695	26	24	2
Holliston	13,953	23	22	1
Holyoke	39,722	145	126	19
Hopedale	6,195	16	12	4
Hopkinton	14,419	31	20	11
Hubbardston	4,531	9	5	4
Hudson	19,766	37	31	6
Hull	11,064	37	24	13
Ipswich	13,272	29	25	4
Kingston	12,405	30	23	7
Lakeville	10,678	21	17	4
Lancaster	7,130	12	11	1
Lawrence	69,812	180	151	29
Lee	5,782	12	11	1
Leicester	11,042	23	18	5
Lenox	5,106	10	9	1
Leominster	41,095	93	74	19
Leverett	1,753	2	2	0
Lexington	30,321	61	47	14
Lincoln	7,984	19	13	6
Littleton	8,776	21	16	5
Longmeadow	15,275	32	26	6
Lowell	110,136	319	239	80
Ludlow	22,530	40	34	6
Lunenburg	10,012	13	13	0
Lynn	90,042	197	178	19
Lynnfield	11,360	23	18	5
Malden	55,629	117	107	10
Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,268	18	14	4
Mansfield	23,057	48	36	12
Marblehead	19,994	39	32	7
Marion	5,226	14	14	0
Marlborough	38,253	76	64	12
Marshfield	24,600	48	45	3
Mashpee	14,417	45	37	8
Mattapoisett	6,468	18	18	0
Medfield	12,261	20	15	5
Medford	55,555	115	111	4
Medway	12,782	23	19	4
Mendon	5,823	17	13	4
Merrimac	6,459	11	7	4
Methuen	43,987	102	88	14
Middleboro	21,402	44	40	4
Middleton	9,545	14	13	1
Milford	27,322	56	45	11
Millbury	13,551	25	20	5
Millis	7,928	19	15	4
Millville	2,857	7	4	3
Milton	26,298	65	52	13
Monson	8,841	17	11	6
Montague	8,318	19	15	4
Monterey	963	1	1	0
Nahant	3,505	13	12	1
Nantucket	11,327	38	34	4
Natick	31,943	64	54	10
Needham	28,231	54	46	8
New Bedford	91,473	339	288	51
New Braintree	1,136	1	1	0
Newbury	6,950	13	12	1
Newburyport	17,133	25	24	1
Newton	83,191	181	139	42
Norfolk	10,666	19	17	2
North Adams	13,781	30	25	5
Northampton	28,341	70	58	12
North Andover	27,775	51	39	12
North Attleboro	27,994	60	47	13
Northborough	14,683	26	20	6
Northbridge	14,526	23	18	5
North Brookfield	4,834	6	6	0
Northfield	2,990	2	2	0
North Reading	14,040	30	29	1
Norton	19,366	27	26	1
Norwell	10,329	30	23	7
Norwood	28,119	70	59	11
Oak Bluffs	3,731	18	15	3
Oakham	1,936	3	3	0
Orange	7,831	14	13	1
Orleans	6,309	28	22	6
Oxford	13,671	24	20	4
Palmer	12,891	26	20	6
Paxton	4,546	13	9	4
Peabody	51,846	113	97	16
Pelham	1,404	2	2	0
Pembroke	18,806	28	26	2
Pepperell	11,438	19	18	1
Petersham	1,296	2	2	0
Phillipston	1,808	2	2	0
Pittsfield	42,597	111	88	23
Plainville	8,388	19	15	4
Plymouth	55,608	119	101	18
Plympton	2,788	7	7	0
Princeton	3,510	8	5	3
Provincetown	3,383	21	17	4
Quincy	95,061	228	198	30
Raynham	13,893	35	26	9
Reading	23,055	49	37	12
Rehoboth	11,649	28	23	5
Revere	56,445	100	92	8
Rochester	5,301	10	10	0
Rockland	17,789	40	32	8
Rockport	7,615	17	16	1
Rowley	5,881	16	13	3
Royalston	1,396	1	1	0
Rutland	8,049	9	8	1
Salem	41,531	85	79	6
Salisbury	8,609	21	20	1
Sandwich	20,258	35	34	1
Saugus	27,327	70	54	16
Scituate	17,879	35	30	5
Seekonk	13,610	35	33	2
Sharon	16,984	34	30	4
Sheffield	3,334	6	6	0
Shelburne	2,034	2	2	0
Shirley	7,738	15	10	5
Shrewsbury	33,706	58	45	13
Somerset	18,265	38	32	6
Somerville	74,012	153	128	25
Southampton	6,036	8	8	0
Southborough	9,569	21	16	5
Southbridge	16,886	39	36	3
South Hadley	16,921	33	28	5
Southwick	9,507	21	16	5
Spencer	12,041	21	17	4
Springfield	151,249	568	467	101
Sterling	7,950	17	13	4
Stockbridge	2,227	6	6	0
Stoneham	21,419	41	32	9
Stoughton	26,924	59	52	7
Stow	6,378	15	10	5
Sturbridge	9,266	22	18	4
Sudbury	17,190	35	29	6
Sunderland	3,714	5	5	0
Sutton	9,107	20	15	5
Swampscott	13,940	34	33	1
Swansea	16,274	37	31	6
Taunton	55,745	118	113	5
Templeton	7,911	15	10	5
Tewksbury	29,692	67	54	13
Tisbury	3,809	13	13	0
Topsfield	6,056	12	10	2
Townsend	9,394	17	15	2
Truro	2,139	15	10	5
Tyngsboro	11,955	28	22	6
Upton	6,629	13	12	1
Uxbridge	12,820	23	18	5
Wakefield	24,690	42	41	1
Walpole	23,113	43	38	5
Waltham	60,459	176	146	30
Ware	9,961	18	18	0
Wareham	21,250	58	50	8
Watertown	32,462	83	70	13
Wayland	13,002	29	22	7
Webster	16,736	32	28	4
Wellesley	26,975	52	39	13
Wellfleet	2,746	18	13	5
Wenham	4,608	11	10	1
Westborough	18,509	36	29	7
West Boylston	8,302	18	13	5
West Bridgewater	6,682	21	20	1
West Brookfield	3,827	7	6	1
Westfield	40,857	89	79	10
Westford	21,913	51	40	11
Westminster	7,446	18	13	5
West Newbury	4,283	11	7	4
Weston	11,723	33	27	6
Westport	15,253	33	29	4
West Springfield	27,565	93	82	11
West Tisbury	2,646	10	9	1
Westwood	13,995	37	28	9
Weymouth	53,180	108	93	15
Whately	1,554	2	2	0
Whitman	14,440	27	26	1
Wilbraham	14,098	29	28	1
Williamsburg	2,442	1	1	0
Williamstown	8,071	16	12	4
Wilmington	21,712	50	48	2
Winchendon	10,192	17	12	5
Winchester	21,171	46	38	8
Winthrop	20,404	35	33	2
Worcester	177,151	502	449	53
Wrentham	11,181	17	15	2
Yarmouth	23,903	64	54	10

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