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Rusk Police Department

City agency in Cherokee, Texas. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 2008.

ORI
TX0370300
Type
City
County
Cherokee
State
Texas
FBI reporting
Reporting since 2008-10-01
Location
31.7931, -95.1504

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 5,592.

10Sworn officers
2Civilian staff
2.15Employees per 1,000 people
5,592Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20251025,5922.15
20241215,3872.41
20231215,5042.36
2022915,5831.79
2021915,6741.76
20201215,6062.32
20191215,5822.33
2017005,5760.00
20161215,6302.31
20151215,5852.33
20141115,5662.16
20131115,6132.14

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.

$649,241Original acquisition value
12Line items received
20232024Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Unmanned Vehicle,Ground3$469,7942023-05-31
Truck,Utility2$155,0442023-03-28
Optical Sighting And Ranging Equipment4$22,4202023-09-21
Camouflage Net System,Radar Scattering5$1,2042023-09-20
Evidence Collection Kit9$4392024-09-04
Sight,Reflex1$3402023-09-21

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 Cherokee

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 TX0370300. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.