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

What the job looks like at Escalon Police

3,098 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 11pm to 12amSan Joaquin County

Escalon Police is the police department for the city of Escalon, in San Joaquin 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 8 a day

3,098 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, 36%.

Busiest hour for stops
11pm to 12am
33% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
2nd of 10 in San Joaquin County
Stops that came from a call
7%
The rest the officer started
8th of 10 in San Joaquin County
Stops on foot
6%
189 of 3,098
8th of 10 in San Joaquin County
Median stop length
8 min

Where Escalon Police works

Filled: Escalon city limits.
Name in the state file
ESCALON PD
People stopped, 2024
3,098
Separate stops, 2024
3,035

Other departments in San Joaquin County

What Escalon Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance36%
Lights, tint or equipment23%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign14%
Speeding8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Phone use while driving2%
Weapons1%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct1%
Theft, burglary or stolen property1%
Trespassing1%
Everything else8%

The main reason recorded for each of 3,098 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

33% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Escalon Police
San Joaquin 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 Joaquin County. Escalon Police is highlighted.

On foot6% 8th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation92% 3rd of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service7% 8th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 8th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning54% 4th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation25% 7th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest5% 6th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 7th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched5% 7th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed5% 6th of 10 in San Joaquin 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.