Rank City # Officers Population # Officers per 1000 Residents 15 Columbus, OH 1819 728,432 2.5 18 Baltimore, MD 3094 628,670 4.92 17 Boston, MA 1930 581,616 3.32 8 Dallas, TX 2833 1,208,318 2.35 4 Houston, TX 5,028 2,009,690 2.5 14 Jacksonville, FL 1592 773,781 2.06 2 Los Angeles 9176 3,819,951 2.4 18 Memphis, TN 2013 645,978 3.12 19 Milwaukee, WI 1907 586,941 3.25 1 New York, NY 39,890 8,085,742 4.93 5 Philadelphia, PA 6,664 1,479,339 4.51 6 Phoenix, AZ 2936 1,388,416 2.12 13 San Francisco, CA