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Ottawa Police Department

City agency in La Salle, Illinois. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2021.

ORI
IL0500700
Type
City
County
La Salle
State
Illinois
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2021-08-01
Location
41.3499, -88.8442

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 18,764.

39Sworn officers
19Civilian staff
3.09Employees per 1,000 people
18,764Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2025391918,7643.09
2024391818,7223.04
2023371418,5792.75
2022351518,6962.67
2021351518,0172.78
2020361617,9832.89
2019351518,0472.77
2018341518,0962.71
2016351518,2632.74
2015361618,3502.83
2012341118,7082.41
2011351118,8242.44

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 La Salle

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 IL0500700. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.