Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 4022 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: FEBRUARY 2017 10. San Francisco Percent share of job listings (rounded): 21.4% (Rank 1st) Average annual salary: $58,000 (Rank 3rd) Median home price: $1.2 million Salary as a percentage of home price: 5% (Rank 10th) Median annual rent: $52,728 Rent as a percent- age of income: 90.8% (Rank 10th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 795 (Rank 7th) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 5,303 (Rank 9th) 9. Washington, D.C. Percent share of job listings (rounded): 13.7% (Rank 3rd) Average annual salary: $47,657 (Rank 6th) Median home price: $550,000 Salary as a percentage of home price: 8.7% (Rank 7th) Medi- an annual rent: $30,768 Rent as a percentage of income: 64.6% (Rank 7th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 peo- ple): 1,185 (Rank 9th) Prop- erty crime rate (per 100,000 people): 5,013 (Rank 8th) 8. Denver, CO Percent share of job list- ings (rounded): 5.3% (Rank 5th) Average annual salary: $41,000 (Rank 10th) Me- dian home price: $445,000 Salary as a percentage of home price: 9.2% (Rank 6th) Median annual rent: $24,000 Rent as a percent- age of income: 58.5% (Rank 6th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 599 (Rank 5th) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 3,359 (Rank 5th) 7. San Diego Percent share of job list- ings (rounded): 5.3% (Rank 9th) Average annual salary: $43,000 (Rank 8th) Medi- an home price: $609,000 Salary as a percentage of home price: 7.1% (Rank 9th) Median annual rent: $29,784 Rent as a percent- age of income: 69.3% (Rank 9th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 381 (Rank 2nd) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 1,959 (Rank 1st) 6. Atlanta, GA Percent share of job list- ings (rounded): 7.2% (Rank 6th) Average annual salary: $54,000 (Rank 4th) Median home price: $272,900 Salary as a percentage of home price: 19.8% (Rank 1st) Me- dian annual rent: $17,808 Rent as a percentage of income: 33% (Rank 1st) Vio- lent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 1,227 (Rank 10th) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 5,747 (Rank 10th) 5. Riverside, CA Percent share of job list- ings (rounded): 6.2% (Rank 7th) Average annual salary: $41,000 (Rank 9th) Medi- an home price: $389,900 Salary as a percentage of home price: 10.5% (Rank 4th) Median annual rent: $21,228 Rent as a percent- age of income: 51.8% (Rank 4th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 433 (Rank 3rd) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 3,087 (Rank 4th) 4. Houston, TX Percent share of job list- ings (rounded): 8.1% (Rank 5th) Average annual salary: $48,000 (Rank 5th) Medi- an home price: $315,000 Salary as a percentage of home price: 15.2% (Rank 2nd) Median annual rent: $17,160 Rent as a percent- age of income: 35.8% (Rank 2nd) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 991 (Rank 8th) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 4,694 (Rank 7th) 3. Dallas, TX (tie) Percent share of job listings (rounded): 14.5% (Rank 2nd) Average annual salary: T he U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there are just over 800,000 police officers and detectives employed in the United States. I’m pleased to share that SpareFoot’s research has found the Top 10 Cities with the most demand for police officers. To find the ten metro areas with the most job listings for police officers, we teamed up with the world’s largest job site, Indeed.com. We combined the rankings (giving double weight to job availability) to determine an overall ranking. We thought American Police Beat readers would find this interesting. – Nick Gonzalez, SpareFoot by Alexander Harris Police officers in America have a tough job. In the face of danger, they must protect and serve the citizens of their communities — while respecting the rights of suspects and using force appropriately. There were just over 800,000 police officers and detectives employed in the United States, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is just about one police officer per 397 people. While employment for police officers is only expected to climb 4 percent over the next 10 years, some cities need more officers now. SpareFoot wanted to see which cities have the most demand for police officers. To find out, we partnered with Indeed, the world’s largest job site by users, to identify the ten metro areas with the most job listings for police officers. Indeed also provided us with the average salary data for police officers in those markets. We then ranked those cities by the following fac- tors: Job availability Average annual salary Salary as a percentage of median home price Median annual rent as a percentage of salary Violent crime rate and property crime rate Finally, we combined the rankings (giving double weight to job availability) to determine an overall rank- ing. Median home prices and annual rent sourced from Zillow. Crime rates were reported by the FBI. $44,000 (Rank 7th) Median home price: $369,900 Salary as a percentage of home price: 11.9% (Rank 3rd) Median an- nual rent: $16,356 Rent as a percentage of income: 37.2% (Rank 3rd) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 665 (Rank 6th) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 3,589 (Rank 6th) 2. San Jose, CA Percent share of job list- ings (rounded): 5.7% (Rank 8th) Average annual salary: $61,000 (Rank 2nd) Me- dian home price: $795,000 Salary as a percentage of home price: 7.7% (Rank 8th) Median annual rent: $40,368 Rent as a percent- age of income: 66.2% (Rank 8th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 321 (Rank 1st) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 2,434 (Rank 3rd) 1. Los Angeles, CA Percent share of job listings (rounded): 12.6% (Rank 4th) Average annual sal- ary: $64,537 (Rank 1st) Me- dian home price: $699,000 Salary as a percentage of home price: 9.2% (Rank 5th) Median annual rent: $33,936 Rent as a percent- age of income: 52.6% (Rank 5th) Violent crime rate (per 100,000 people): 491 (Rank 4th) Property crime rate (per 100,000 people): 2,128 (Rank 2nd) So who’s hiring?