[3] The OPD has 906 sworn officers covering an area of 118.9 square miles (308 km2) and a population of 478,192 people (2019 census estimate) within city limits.

[citation needed] The guilt of the two has been questioned, and Amnesty International has released reports criticizing the prosecution's actions in the Rice/Poindexter Case.

Officer Jason Pratt died on September 19, 2003, a week after being admitted to the intensive care unit with a gunshot wound to the head.

[4] On March 21, 2013, while responding to a parking complaint, an Omaha policeman punched a man named Octavius Johnson and threw him to the ground by his neck.

[6] Officer Kerrie Orozco, a 7-year veteran of the Omaha Police Department, and a member of the Gang Unit, was shot and killed on May 20, 2015.

[9] In June 2017, a schizophrenic man named Zachary Bear Heels died while being restrained by Omaha police, who used a stun gun on him 12 times, including while he was handcuffed.

Thomas Warren, named by Mayor Mike Fahey in 2003 was the first African American to serve as Chief in the Omaha Police Department.

[citation needed] Like most urban police departments, OPD has specialized squads and units to deal with the differing law enforcement issues of the city.