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Waveland Police Department
City agency in Hancock, Mississippi. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2020.
- ORI
- MS0230300
- Type
- City
- County
- Hancock
- State
- Mississippi
- FBI reporting
- Reporting since 2020-01-01
- Location
- 30.3057, -89.3791
Workforce
As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 7,005.
| Year | Officers | Civilians | Population served | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 7,005 | 2.71 |
| 2024 | 19 | 1 | 6,923 | 2.89 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1 | 6,820 | 2.64 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1 | 6,920 | 3.18 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 6,303 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1 | 6,287 | 3.18 |
| 2018 | 20 | 0 | 6,343 | 3.15 |
| 2016 | 18 | 0 | 6,382 | 2.82 |
| 2015 | 17 | 0 | 6,415 | 2.65 |
| 2010 | 25 | 1 | 6,435 | 4.04 |
| 2009 | 26 | 1 | 5,091 | 5.30 |
| 2008 | 26 | 2 | 7,212 | 3.88 |
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 Hancock
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 MS0230300. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.