The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026

What the job looks like at Alhambra Police

2,019 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 11pm to 12amLos Angeles County

Alhambra Police is the police department for the city of Alhambra, in Los Angeles County. This page shows what its officers spend their time on, from the stops the department reported to the state for 2024.

People stopped
About 6 a day

2,019 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: registration, plates or insurance, 30%.

Busiest hour for stops
11pm to 12am
28% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
21st of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops that came from a call
3%
The rest the officer started
49th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops on foot
5%
99 of 2,019
46th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Alhambra Police works

Filled: Alhambra city limits.
Name in the state file
ALHAMBRA PD
People stopped, 2024
2,019
Separate stops, 2024
1,697

Other departments in Los Angeles County

What Alhambra Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance30%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign30%
Lights, tint or equipment14%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation8%
Speeding5%
Phone use while driving2%
Outstanding warrant1%
Consensual contact with a search1%
Mental health hold1%
Theft, burglary or stolen property0%
Everything else8%

The main reason recorded for each of 2,019 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

28% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Alhambra Police
Los Angeles County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Los Angeles County. Alhambra Police is highlighted.

On foot5% 46th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
For a traffic violation93% 11th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service3% 49th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 49th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning52% 9th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation26% 42nd of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest7% 28th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 31st of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched9% 22nd of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed5% 35th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
This page covers the work only. Pay, hiring steps and test rules for this department are not on the site yet. Agencies differ in how consistently they record handcuffing and searches, so small gaps may not be real.

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.