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

Police departments in San Mateo County

Departments covered in San Mateo County
17

Together they stopped 87,993 people in 2024. Busiest: San Mateo Police, 13,670.

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.