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Harrisonburg Police Department

City agency in Harrisonburg City, Virginia. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 1997.

ORI
VA1120000
Type
City
County
Harrisonburg City
State
Virginia
FBI reporting
Reporting since 1997-03-01
Location
38.4505, -78.8683

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 51,165.

108Sworn officers
23Civilian staff
2.56Employees per 1,000 people
51,165Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20251082351,1652.56
2024972151,2702.30
2023992050,9282.34
2022862451,3632.14
2021992353,5822.28
20201012253,4422.30
20191091854,3872.34
20181012054,8692.21
2017991853,7172.18
2016951852,9722.13
2015922153,2262.12
2014941552,0262.10

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

2 people have died during an encounter with Harrisonburg Police Department between 2015 and 2018, according to Mapping Police Violence.

2Deaths recorded
3.91Per 100,000 people policed
20152018Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot2

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.

$733,000Original acquisition value
1Line items received
20142014Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Mine Resistant Vehicle1$733,0002014-04-14

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.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record VA1120000. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.