What is the staffing breakdown of the Fremont Police Department? How does this compare to other cities?
Fremont has a police force of 164 active officers, which the city has cited as being the lowest per capita ratio of police officers to residents for any police department in the nation in a city with a population over 200,000 residents. According to page 193 of the City of Fremont 2004/05 Adopted Operating Budget, there are 299.1 permanent full-time equivalents in the Police Department. The rest of the staffing breakdown is available at the City of Fremont 2004/05 Adopted Operating Budget at http://www.ci.fremont.ca.us/CityHall/FinancialInformation/ under the heading “2004-05 Adopted Operating Budget (5.7 MB)”.