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Portsmouth Police Department

City agency in Scioto, Ohio. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2006.

ORI
OH0730200
Type
City
County
Scioto
State
Ohio
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2006-11-01
Location
38.7315, -82.9982

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2024, covering a population of 17,343.

43Sworn officers
10Civilian staff
3.06Employees per 1,000 people
17,343Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
2024431017,3433.06
2023431117,2853.12
2022421117,8962.96
202137319,7022.03
2020411120,1512.58
201540320,3462.11
201438320,4762.00
201338320,3222.02
201235320,1701.88
201139420,2412.12
201042420,2262.27
200941420,2352.22

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.

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.

$293,114Original acquisition value
45Line items received
20002024Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Image Intensifier,Night Vision5$141,0032023-01-27
Packbot 510 With Fastac Remotely Controlled Vehicle1$77,0002023-02-09
Sight,Thermal4$52,0002024-02-07
Rifle,5.56 Millimeter25$13,5882014-09-24
Illuminator,Integrated,Small Arms56$4,7782024-08-19
Sight,Infinity1$2,5312019-07-09
Illuminator,Infrared2$1,8002024-08-14
Rifle,7.62 Millimeter3$4142008-05-29

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 Scioto

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 OH0730200. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.