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Forest Lake Police Department

City agency in Washington, Minnesota. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2020.

ORI
MN0820200
Type
City
County
Washington
State
Minnesota
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2020-10-01
Location
45.2766, -92.9847

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 20,700.

20Sworn officers
10Civilian staff
1.45Employees per 1,000 people
20,700Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025201020,7001.45
202425320,6801.35
202327320,9361.43
202226320,5121.41
202125321,5921.30
202025321,2301.32
201925320,4571.37
201824220,0971.29
201725219,8041.36
201625219,8671.36
201526319,6541.48
201426319,3161.50

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.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$255,213Original acquisition value
15Line items received
20192022Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Image Intensifier,Night Vision3$206,5502020-02-04
Unmanned Vehicle,Ground2$39,6002022-03-16
Telescope,Articulated2$3,4342019-11-06
Sight,Reflex13$1,6082021-03-25
Illuminator,Infrared3$1,5382019-08-01
Illuminator,Integrated,Small Arms2$1,0732019-12-04
Optical Sighting And Ranging Equipment1$1,0002019-11-06
Modification Kit,Gun,Weapon5$4102019-09-25

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Also policing Washington

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

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record MN0820200. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.