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

Police departments in Nevada County

Departments covered in Nevada County
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Together they stopped 6,286 people in 2024. Busiest: Grass Valley Police, 2,205.

Who polices where

Dark areas are cities whose police department has a page here. Pick one on the map or in the list below.

The rest of the county is patrolled by the sheriff or by a department too small to describe from its stop records.

People stopped in 2024, by department

Departments with fewer than 300 people stopped in the year are left out.

Share of stops on foot

Share of stops between 10pm and 5am

Share of stops that came from a call

Share of stops ending in arrest

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.