Very different population sizes and land mass. The US is way more spread out than in the UK (730 per sq mile in the UK vs. 93 per sq mile in the US.)
In the US the Top 100 cities (each will have at least one police department) have just 20% of the population.
You have a police department for almost every state, county, city, and town in America. And, the US has about 3000 counties and 19,000 towns (with about 14,000 being 5,000 or fewer people.)
In the US the Top 100 cities (each will have at least one police department) have just 20% of the population.
You have a police department for almost every state, county, city, and town in America. And, the US has about 3000 counties and 19,000 towns (with about 14,000 being 5,000 or fewer people.)