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

What the job looks like at Brisbane Police

1,827 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amSan Mateo County

Brisbane Police is the police department for the city of Brisbane, in San Mateo 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 5 a day

1,827 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, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
16% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
14th of 17 in San Mateo County
Stops that came from a call
1%
The rest the officer started
16th of 17 in San Mateo County
Stops on foot
2%
46 of 1,827
16th of 17 in San Mateo County
Median stop length
7 min

Where Brisbane Police works

Filled: Brisbane city limits.
Name in the state file
BRISBANE PD
People stopped, 2024
1,827
Separate stops, 2024
1,760

Other departments in San Mateo County

What Brisbane Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign24%
Speeding23%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Registration, plates or insurance8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation7%
Phone use while driving6%
Local ordinance violation2%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Trespassing0%
Outstanding warrant0%
Everything else20%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,827 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

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

Brisbane Police
San Mateo County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in San Mateo County. Brisbane Police is highlighted.

On foot2% 16th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation96% 2nd of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service1% 16th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused0% 15th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning48% 6th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation32% 5th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest1% 15th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 16th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched4% 14th of 17 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed1% 16th of 17 in San Mateo 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.