Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is undisputedly the largest Sheriff’s Department in the nation, and one of the largest policing agencies in the world. The Department’s three main responsibilities entail providing patrol services for 153 unincorporated communities of Los Angeles County and 42 of 88 cities, providing courthouse security, and the housing and transportation of inmates. In addition, the Department contracts with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Metrolink, provides law enforcement services to ten community colleges, patrols 177 county parks, golf courses, special event venues, two major lakes, 16 hospitals, and over 300 county facilities.