The Planning Department and Building & Safety have joined together to make services easier to access and use. You’ll now find both under the new Planning and Development Services Department.
For fiscal year 2024, the Lincoln Police Department has a budget of $70,429,463. The primary expenditures of this budget are:
With an authorized strength of 371 sworn officers and 152 civilian employees, LPD has one of the lowest staffing levels of any police agency in the country for a city of our size. LPD has roughly 1.2 police officers for every 1,000 residents of our community. This is approximately half the national average. As a comparison, the Omaha Police Department has 1.8 officers for every 1,000 residents in the city of Omaha.