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Below are division assignments based on a roster LAPD published in January 2023. We can't vouch beyond that. Police can move between divisions or hold multiple assignments, so some of this information might be out of date, incomplete, or otherwise incomplete. The 2022 Payroll figure was calculated by combining the January 2023 roster with 2022 payroll data.

Division # of Cops 2022 Payroll
77th Division 335 $34,597,418.12
Administrative Services Bureau 5 $671,150.49
Air Support Division 76 $11,097,609.12
Applications Development and Support Division 4 $496,062.90
Audit Division 14 $1,980,695.94
Behavioral Science Services 2 $280,165.28
COMPSTAT Division 22 $2,648,409.28
Central Bureau 62 $7,720,376.92
Central Division 356 $37,014,085.11
Central Traffic Division 113 $13,553,121.15
Chief of Staff 11 $1,503,979.72
Commercial Crimes Division 65 $9,061,556.88
Communications Division 41 $4,979,694.42
Community Relations Section 17 $2,518,811.93
Community Safety Partnership Bureau 108 $12,864,537.83
Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau 7 $1,112,648.41
Criminal Investigation Division 20 $2,358,449.36
Critical Incident Review Division 28 $3,505,465.88
Custody Services Division 41 $4,297,632.90
Detective Bureau 4 $591,966.35
Detective Services Group 10 $1,429,287.83
Detective Support and Vice Division 125 $15,373,106.42
Devonshire Division 234 $24,854,694.85
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group 2 $339,525.11
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division 7 $901,832.45
Emergency Command Control Communications System 6 $702,651.27
Emergency Services Division 87 $12,216,522.76
Employee Relations Group 11 $1,598,033.04
Evidence and Property Management Division 11 $1,337,912.17
Facilities Management Division 7 $786,768.59
Foothill Division 234 $24,299,952.16
Force Investigation Division 62 $8,178,641.58
Forensic Science Division 5 $601,012.96
Gang and Narcotics Division 145 $19,385,772.75
Harbor Division 258 $28,487,500.32
Hollenbeck Division 260 $28,048,290.71
Hollywood Division 302 $30,903,696.91
IG 1 $148,097.80
Information Technology Bureau 8 $1,364,135.17
Innovation Management Division 8 $708,548.65
Internal Affairs Division 63 $7,159,435.16
Juvenile Division 52 $6,047,111.37
LAX Field Services Division 40 $4,888,987.45
Major Crimes Division 78 $10,484,689.02
Media Relations Division 27 $2,951,203.16
Metro Division 277 $37,395,286.91
Mission Division 266 $28,047,763.52
Newton Division 314 $31,929,000.29
North Hollywood Division 222 $24,153,024.82
Northeast Division 268 $29,365,121.81
Office of Constitutional Policing and Policy 15 $2,075,653.81
Office of Operations 85 $10,176,531.46
Office of Special Operations 8 $911,710.45
Office of Support Services 6 $642,653.54
Olympic Division 240 $25,415,902.64
PC 1 $132,972.67
PER 18 $2,376,544.40
PER-M 11 $488,702.30
PER-RW 340 $31,137,842.35
Pacific Division 253 $26,124,506.44
Police Training and Education 12 $1,543,906.46
Professional Standards Bureau 32 $3,887,294.60
Public Communications Group 2 $292,083.29
Rampart Division 267 $28,493,431.13
Recruit (Training Division) 155 $3,304,809.75
Recruitment and Employment Division 53 $6,157,384.17
Risk Management and Legal Affairs Division 50 $6,087,006.26
Robbery-Homicide Division 54 $8,039,359.79
Security Services Division 110 $13,602,761.16
South Bureau 44 $5,373,426.31
South Bureau Homicide Division 63 $6,839,395.73
South Traffic Division 115 $13,859,468.32
Southeast Division 314 $33,017,614.20
Southwest Division 321 $31,744,218.66
Special Operations Division 11 $1,443,418.96
Support Services Group 2 $276,138.24
Topanga Division 231 $24,666,663.34
Traffic Group 29 $3,934,703.47
Training Bureau 24 $2,718,170.41
Training Division 168 $20,590,726.21
Transit Services Bureau 1 $38,656.00
Transit Services Division 58 $7,425,047.67
Transit Services Group 10 $1,398,883.81
Valley Bureau 78 $9,767,312.15
Valley Traffic Division 161 $19,922,825.26
Van Nuys Division 217 $22,387,023.41
West Bureau 55 $7,040,783.78
West Los Angeles Division 243 $23,356,202.91
West Traffic Division 125 $14,675,396.53
West Valley Division 227 $24,273,720.92
Wilshire Division 235 $24,369,086.95