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

What the job looks like at Firebaugh Police

1,817 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmFresno County

Firebaugh Police is the police department for the city of Firebaugh, in Fresno 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 5 a day

1,817 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: lights, tint or equipment, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
24% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
9th of 17 in Fresno County
Stops that came from a call
8%
The rest the officer started
6th of 17 in Fresno County
Stops on foot
17%
317 of 1,817
7th of 17 in Fresno County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Firebaugh Police works

Filled: Firebaugh city limits.
Name in the state file
FIREBAUGH PD
People stopped, 2024
1,817
Separate stops, 2024
1,747

Other departments in Fresno County

What Firebaugh Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment24%
Speeding21%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign15%
Registration, plates or insurance6%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Consensual contact with a search4%
Outstanding warrant2%
Trespassing2%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct2%
Parking or stopping violation2%
Everything else17%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,817 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

24% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Firebaugh Police
Fresno County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Fresno County. Firebaugh Police is highlighted.

On foot17% 7th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation81% 12th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service8% 6th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 17th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning42% 10th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%
Citation1% 17th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest11% 7th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 9th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched11% 8th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed10% 8th of 17 in Fresno 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.