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

What the job looks like at Cal State Long Beach Police

875 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 11pm to 12amLos Angeles County

Cal State Long Beach Police is a campus police department. Most of its 2024 stops were 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 2 a day

875 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, 29%.

Busiest hour for stops
11pm to 12am
31% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
113th of 434 in California
Stops that came from a call
5%
The rest the officer started
340th of 434 in California
Stops on foot
20%
172 of 875
172nd of 434 in California
Median stop length
10 min

Where Cal State Long Beach Police works

This agency works inside Los Angeles County. Its own area is not drawn.
Kind of agency
Campus police
Name in the state file
STATE UNIV PD-LONG BEACH
People stopped, 2024
875
Separate stops, 2024
861

Other departments in Los Angeles County

What Cal State Long Beach Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign29%
Lights, tint or equipment19%
Registration, plates or insurance16%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Speeding3%
Local ordinance violation2%
Weapons2%
Outstanding warrant2%
Phone use while driving2%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Everything else19%

The main reason recorded for each of 875 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

31% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Cal State Long Beach 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. Cal State Long Beach Police is highlighted.

On foot20% 172nd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation77% 269th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service5% 340th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused9% 76th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning64% 60th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation18% 274th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest5% 331st of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 328th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched9% 246th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed7% 273rd of 434 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.