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

What the job looks like at Bishop Police

895 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8pm to 9pmInyo County

Bishop Police is the police department for the city of Bishop, in Inyo 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 2 a day

895 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 21%.

Busiest hour for stops
8pm to 9pm
35% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
63rd of 433 in California
Stops that came from a call
21%
The rest the officer started
92nd of 433 in California
Stops on foot
34%
306 of 895
62nd of 433 in California
Median stop length
10 min

Where Bishop Police works

Filled: Bishop city limits.
Name in the state file
BISHOP PD
People stopped, 2024
895
Separate stops, 2024
832

Other departments in Inyo County

What Bishop Police officers stop people for

Speeding21%
Lights, tint or equipment19%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct11%
Registration, plates or insurance8%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign6%
Outstanding warrant4%
Public intoxication or open alcohol3%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation3%
Phone use while driving2%
Domestic violence2%
Everything else21%

The main reason recorded for each of 895 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

35% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Bishop Police
California average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in California. Bishop Police is highlighted.

On foot34% 62nd of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation62% 365th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service21% 92nd of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused8% 90th of 433 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning55% 117th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation17% 281st of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest17% 82nd of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 248th of 433 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched8% 271st of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed9% 215th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
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.