Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
（重定向自MPDC）
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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), officially the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia is the law enforcement agency for the city of Washington, D.C. With approximately 3,900 officers and 400 civilian staff, it is the sixth-largest municipal police department in the United States.The department serves an area of 68 square miles (177 km2) and a population of 672,228 people.