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

What the job looks like at Elk Grove Police

12,566 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmSacramento County

Elk Grove Police is the police department for the city of Elk Grove, in Sacramento 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 34 a day

12,566 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, 25%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
25% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
7th of 10 in Sacramento County
Stops that came from a call
2%
The rest the officer started
10th of 10 in Sacramento County
Stops on foot
3%
321 of 12,566
10th of 10 in Sacramento County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Elk Grove Police works

Filled: Elk Grove city limits.
Name in the state file
ELK GROVE PD
People stopped, 2024
12,566
Separate stops, 2024
12,444

Other departments in Sacramento County

What Elk Grove Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance25%
Speeding21%
Lights, tint or equipment17%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign10%
Phone use while driving8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Seat belt or child seat3%
License problem1%
Theft, burglary or stolen property1%
Parole or probation check0%
Everything else11%

The main reason recorded for each of 12,566 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

25% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Elk Grove Police
Sacramento County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Sacramento County. Elk Grove Police is highlighted.

On foot3% 10th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation96% 1st of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service2% 10th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%80%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 10th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning29% 7th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation44% 2nd of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest2% 9th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 7th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched4% 9th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed5% 9th of 10 in Sacramento 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.