Editing Boise, Idaho (section)

==Policing and crime==
In 1864, John Ward became the first [[law enforcement]] [[Marshal]] in the newly formed city of Boise.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hart|first1=Arthur|title=To Protect and to Serve|date=2000|isbn=0-9702761-0-9|page=2}}<!--|access-date=22 October 2015--></ref> The Boise Police Department was inaugurated in 1903; at the time it consisted of a [[chief of police]], a [[police sergeant]], and seven [[police officer]]s.<ref name="police.cityofboise.org">{{cite web |url=http://police.cityofboise.org/ |title=Police |publisher=City of Boise |access-date=September 21, 2022}}</ref> Today the Boise City Police Department (BPD) employs just over 400 people, with 325 allocated positions for [[sworn officer]]s and 82 civilians.<ref name="police.cityofboise.org"/>

For 2020, Boise Police reported 4 murders, 147 rapes, 210 sexual assaults, 56 robberies, 380 aggravated assaults, 1465 cases of assault/battery, 479  burglaries, 3164 thefts, 292 motor vehicle thefts, and 35 robberies. Total crimes have decreased overall between 2016 and 2020. Over the same time, rapes and sexual assaults have trended upwards while assault/battery, burglary, theft, and vandalism have trended downwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crime Report |url=https://www.cityofboise.org/media/12744/crimereport20152020.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.cityofboise.org/media/12744/crimereport20152020.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |publisher=City of Boise |access-date=September 21, 2022}}</ref>

Violent crimes dropped from 775 incidents in 2006 to 586 in 2007, but murders increased from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, there were 3,211 crimes per 100,000 residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/CityNeighborhoodCrimeStatsAndMaps/ViolentCrimesCharts.pdf |title=Violent Crimes Charts 1998–2007 |publisher=City of Boise |date=November 16, 2012 |access-date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311102716/http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/CityNeighborhoodCrimeStatsAndMaps/ViolentCrimesCharts.pdf |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }}</ref> Despite population growth, violent crime has remained much the same as of 2013, with 600 incidents of violent crime in that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_idaho_by_city_2013.xls |title=Table 8 – Idaho: Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City |date=2013 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710134314/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-8/table-8-state-cuts/table_8_offenses_known_to_law_enforcement_idaho_by_city_2013.xls |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |access-date=July 9, 2015}}</ref>

In 2024, Corporal Kyle Wills was a top earner with a base salary of $113,000 with an additional $92,000 gained from overtime to combine for over $200,000 that year.<ref> https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article296817254.html</ref>