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

What the job looks like at Brentwood Police

7,902 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmContra Costa County

Brentwood Police is the police department for the city of Brentwood, in Contra Costa 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 22 a day

7,902 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
10pm to 11pm
26% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
4th of 17 in Contra Costa County
Stops that came from a call
7%
The rest the officer started
9th of 17 in Contra Costa County
Stops on foot
7%
578 of 7,902
9th of 17 in Contra Costa County
Median stop length
9 min

Where Brentwood Police works

Filled: Brentwood city limits.
Name in the state file
BRENTWOOD PD
People stopped, 2024
7,902
Separate stops, 2024
7,587

Other departments in Contra Costa County

What Brentwood Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance30%
Lights, tint or equipment17%
Speeding16%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign9%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Phone use while driving4%
Theft, burglary or stolen property3%
Outstanding warrant1%
Weapons1%
Consensual contact with a search1%
Everything else14%

The main reason recorded for each of 7,902 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

26% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Brentwood Police
Contra Costa County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Contra Costa County. Brentwood Police is highlighted.

On foot7% 9th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation89% 8th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service7% 9th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 12th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning28% 15th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation24% 9th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest7% 9th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 11th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched10% 7th of 17 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed7% 7th of 17 in Contra Costa 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.