Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Research 
2010 Expenditures for County Police Departments 
 
County 
1 Athens-Clarke 2 Clayton 3 Cobb 4 Columbus/Muscogee 5 DeKalb 6 Dougherty 7 Fulton 8 Glynn 9 Gwinnett 10 Henry 11 Polk 
 
2010 Population 
116,714 259,424 688,078 189,885 691,893 
94,565 920,581 
79,626 805,321 203,922 
41,475 
 
Total 
 
Total Expenditures 
 
Current 
 
Capital 
 
Operations Expenditures 
 
19,891,772 28,181,570 63,174,704 39,812,572 89,895,898 
3,312,005 19,424,981 14,022,271 96,306,251 20,087,153 
2,613,115 
 
19,244,337 27,192,376 61,058,666 34,223,588 87,569,205 
3,021,228 18,519,541 11,505,553 93,537,260 18,807,699 
2,444,395 
 
647,435 989,194 2,116,038 5,588,984 2,326,693 290,777 905,440 2,516,718 2,768,991 1,279,454 168,720 
 
Per Capita Expenditures 
 
Total 
 
Current 
 
Capital 
 
Operations Expenditures 
 
170.43 108.63 91.81 209.67 129.93 35.02 21.10 176.10 119.59 98.50 63.00 
 
164.88 104.82 88.74 180.23 126.56 31.95 20.12 144.49 116.15 92.23 58.94 
 
5.55 3.81 3.08 29.43 3.36 3.07 0.98 31.61 3.44 6.27 4.07 
 
Source: DCA, Annual Report of Local Government Finances 
 
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