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

What the job looks like at Burbank Police

16,461 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9am to 10amLos Angeles County

Burbank Police is the police department for the city of Burbank, 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 45 a day

16,461 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 28%.

Busiest hour for stops
9am to 10am
22% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
30th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops that came from a call
10%
The rest the officer started
30th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops on foot
11%
1,837 of 16,461
34th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Burbank Police works

Filled: Burbank city limits.
Name in the state file
BURBANK PD
People stopped, 2024
16,461
Separate stops, 2024
15,369

Other departments in Los Angeles County

What Burbank Police officers stop people for

Speeding28%
Registration, plates or insurance20%
Lights, tint or equipment12%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign10%
Phone use while driving7%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Mental health hold1%
Everything else12%

The main reason recorded for each of 16,461 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

22% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Burbank 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. Burbank Police is highlighted.

On foot11% 34th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
For a traffic violation86% 20th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service10% 30th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 43rd of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning40% 21st of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation46% 18th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest12% 15th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 24th 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 searched20% 6th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed14% 15th 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.