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Morro Bay Police Department

City agency in San Luis Obispo, California. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2023.

ORI: CA0400300
Type: City
County: San Luis Obispo
State: California
FBI reporting: Reporting since 2023-01-01
Location: 35.3659, -120.8427

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 10,549.

18Sworn officers

2Civilian staff

1.90Employees per 1,000 people

10,549Population served

Year	Officers	Civilians	Population served	Per 1,000
2025	18	2	10,549	1.90
2024	17	5	10,532	2.09
2023	16	3	10,669	1.78
2022	16	2	10,807	1.67
2021	16	2	10,591	1.70
2020	17	2	10,577	1.80
2019	15	2	10,624	1.60
2018	16	2	10,692	1.68
2017	17	4	10,716	1.96
2016	17	2	10,719	1.77
2015	17	2	10,620	1.79
2014	17	2	10,516	1.81

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Also policing San Luis Obispo

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Arroyo Grande Police DepartmentCity · reporting Atascadero Police DepartmentCity · reporting Atascadero State HospitalOther State Agency · reporting California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: San Luis ObispoOther State Agency · reporting California State Parks: Oceano DunesOther State Agency · reporting California State Parks: San Luis ObispoOther State Agency · reporting California State Polytechnic University: San Luis ObispoUniversity or College · reporting Cuesta CollegeUniversity or College · reporting Grover Beach Police DepartmentCity · reporting Highway Patrol: Coastal DivisionState Police · reporting Highway Patrol: San Luis Obispo Area OfficeState Police · reporting Highway Patrol: Templeton Area OfficeState Police · reporting

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record CA0400300. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.