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

What the job looks like at Anaheim Police

24,784 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amOrange County

Anaheim Police is the police department for the city of Anaheim, in Orange 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 68 a day

24,784 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 17%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
16% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
17th of 24 in Orange County
Stops that came from a call
22%
The rest the officer started
2nd of 24 in Orange County
Stops on foot
31%
7,602 of 24,784
4th of 24 in Orange County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Anaheim Police works

Filled: Anaheim city limits.
Name in the state file
ANAHEIM PD
People stopped, 2024
24,784
Separate stops, 2024
21,884

Other departments in Orange County

What Anaheim Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Speeding13%
Registration, plates or insurance12%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Phone use while driving4%
Trespassing3%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct2%
Outstanding warrant2%
Drugs2%
Everything else29%

The main reason recorded for each of 24,784 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

16% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Anaheim Police
Orange County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Orange County. Anaheim Police is highlighted.

On foot31% 4th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation66% 21st of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service22% 2nd of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused7% 10th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning27% 11th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
Citation44% 12th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest18% 7th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 5th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched24% 3rd of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed14% 7th of 24 in Orange 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.