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The '''Orlando Police Department''' ('''OPD''') is the municipal law enforcement responsible within the city limits of [[Orlando, Florida]], [[United States]]. The OPD employs over 800 sworn officers and over 150 civilian employees serving the citizens of Orlando through [[crime prevention]], [[criminal investigation]]s, and [[arrest|apprehension]], neighbourhood policing, involvement through the schools with young people and overall delivery of police services.
The current Chief of Police is Eric Smith.<ref>{{Cite web|title=
==History==
In the 1960s, the OPD ran a firearm training program for women, in response to increased rates of [[rape]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kleck |first=Gary |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/999642641 |title=Point Blank : Guns and Violence in America. |date=2005 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |isbn=978-1-351-49936-1 |location=Somerset |oclc=999642641 |page=134 |access-date=2022-05-23 |archive-date=2022-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523005144/https://www.worldcat.org/title/point-blank-guns-and-violence-in-america/oclc/999642641 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Jerry Demings]] became the OPD's first African-American chief in 1998, and served until 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Married cops to head next-door agencies |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28841683 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=NBC News |date=25 January 2009 |language=en |archive-date=2022-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513095645/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28841683 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The police department has managed, along with local radio program [[The Monsters in the Morning]] on [[WTKS-FM]],{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} a "no questions asked" gun exchange for gift cards or sports shoes. In August, 2007, a man turned in an item first identified as a rocket launcher resulting in international publicity.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293666,00.html | work=Fox News | title=Florida Cops Get Missile Launcher in 'Kicks for Guns' Exchange | date=August 17, 2007 | access-date=August 18, 2007 | archive-date=March 9, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309002531/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293666,00.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1280391,00.html |title=Amnesty: Rocket Launcher Swapped For Trainers |work=Sky News |access-date=2007-08-18 |archive-date=2007-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821160058/http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1280391,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Police get missile launcher during gun-shoe exchange | date=2007-08-20 | url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2007/08/20/119161/Police-get.htm | work=China Post | access-date=2007-08-21 | archive-date=2007-09-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030615/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/2007/08/20/119161/Police-get.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> The item was later determined to be an ''empty'' carrying case for a [[BGM-71 TOW|TOW missile]] and its launcher.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-08-24 |title='Missile launcher' is weapon case |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6953374.stm |work=BBC|access-date=2022-05-23}}</ref>
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* [[Driving under the influence|DUI Enforcement]] Team
* [[Illegal taxicab operation|Taxi Cab Code Enforcement]] Team
==Demographics==
Over the years, the demographics of full-time sworn personnel were:
{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto 0 auto;"
! rowspan=2 |Year
! colspan=8 |Percentage of full-time sworn personnel
|-
! Female
! Male
! African American or Black
! American Indian
! Asian/Pacific Islander
! Hispanic, any race
! White, non-Hispanic
! Other race
|-
! 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas93.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040601185259/http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas93.pdf |title=Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 1993: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers |last1=Reaves |first1=Brian A. |last2=Smith |first2=Pheny Z. |publisher=[[Bureau of Justice Statistics]] |date=September 1995 |archive-date=June 1, 2004 |page=55 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 14.6
| 85.4
| 17.3
| 0.4
| 1.1
| 6.9
| 74.4
| {{n/a}}
|-
! 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas97.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040601202809/http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas97.pdf |title=Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 1997: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers |last1=Reaves |first1=Brian A. |last2=Goldberg |first2=Andrew L. |publisher=[[Bureau of Justice Statistics]] |date=April 1999 |archive-date=June 1, 2004 |page=44 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 18
| 82
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 67
| {{n/a}}
|-
! 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/lemas00.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916212959/https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/lemas00.pdf |title=Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers |last1=Reaves |first1=Brian A. |last2=Hickman |first2=Matthew J. |publisher=[[Bureau of Justice Statistics]] |date=March 2004 |archive-date=September 16, 2012 |page=47 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 20
| 80
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 63
| 0
|}
==See also==
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