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Suffolk County Police Department

County agency in Suffolk, New York. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2026.

ORI
NY0510100
Type
County
County
Suffolk
State
New York
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2026-01-01
Location
40.9436, -72.6922

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 1,366,793.

2,681Sworn officers
506Civilian staff
2.33Employees per 1,000 people
1,366,793Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20252,6815061,366,7932.33
20242,5314991,375,2712.20
20232,5645271,350,3042.29
20222,5584891,355,3242.25
20212,3314811,348,3542.09
20202,4105271,303,1122.25
20192,5185341,309,1432.33
20182,5195081,301,5902.33
20172,5365321,333,2282.30
20162,5215191,330,0162.29
20152,4405261,340,1202.21
20142,3575411,341,4532.16

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.

Deaths during encounters with this agency

15 people have died during an encounter with Suffolk County Police Department between 2013 and 2025, according to Mapping Police Violence.

15Deaths recorded
1.10Per 100,000 people policed
20132025Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot12
Gunshot, Taser1
Physical Restraint1
Taser1

What this figure is and is not. It counts deaths recorded as occurring during an encounter with this agency. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a death being recorded here says nothing about whether it was lawful. Many involve armed confrontations; some involve none. Police Census publishes counts only and does not name the people who died.

These records are compiled from news reports and public records by Mapping Police Violence, an independent research organisation — they are not official statistics, and no federal database records this comprehensively. Used with permission.

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.

$1.5mOriginal acquisition value
20Line items received
20122021Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Truck,Utility11$649,2112015-06-10
Truck,Ambulance6$470,9942018-07-18
Mk3mod01$240,1912013-09-13
Unmanned Vehicle,Ground1$77,0602021-01-14
Only Complete Combat/Assault/Tactical Wheeled Vehicles1$44,9942020-04-03

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 Suffolk

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 NY0510100. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.