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

What the job looks like at Cypress Police

2,484 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amOrange County

Cypress Police is the police department for the city of Cypress, in Orange 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 7 a day

2,484 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 30%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
20% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
13th of 24 in Orange County
Stops that came from a call
5%
The rest the officer started
20th of 24 in Orange County
Stops on foot
9%
231 of 2,484
20th of 24 in Orange County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Cypress Police works

Filled: Cypress city limits.
Name in the state file
CYPRESS PD
People stopped, 2024
2,484
Separate stops, 2024
2,446

Other departments in Orange County

What Cypress Police officers stop people for

Speeding30%
Registration, plates or insurance12%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign12%
Lights, tint or equipment12%
Phone use while driving8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Consensual contact with a search3%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Parking or stopping violation1%
Parole or probation check1%
Everything else13%

The main reason recorded for each of 2,484 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

20% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Cypress Police
Orange County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Orange County. Cypress Police is highlighted.

On foot9% 20th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation88% 6th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service5% 20th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused3% 18th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning24% 15th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
Citation57% 4th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest9% 16th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 19th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched10% 16th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed2% 24th of 24 in Orange 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.