The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026
What the job looks like at Daly City Police
7,528 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmSan Mateo County
Daly City Police is the police department for the city of Daly City, in San Mateo 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 21 a day
7,528 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: registration, plates or insurance, 39%.
The main reason recorded for each of 7,528 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.
When the work happens
42% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.
Daly City Police
San Mateo County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
How the work is done
Each dot is a department in San Mateo County. Daly City Police is highlighted.
On foot16% 8th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation80% 10th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service9% 10th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused6% 3rd of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
How stops end
Verbal warning48% 5th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation30% 6th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest10% 6th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 7th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.
Searches and handcuffs
Person searched14% 4th of 16 in San Mateo County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed10% 5th of 16 in San Mateo 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.