Alexandria Police Department

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 155,810 people within 15.4 square miles (40 km2) of jurisdiction within Alexandria, Virginia. The APD has been internationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) since 1986. The APD has 323 sworn officers and 152 civilian employees. New officers are trained at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy.