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

What the job looks like at Fontana Police

12,340 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9am to 10amSan Bernardino County

Fontana Police is the police department for the city of Fontana, in San Bernardino 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

12,340 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, 29%.

Busiest hour for stops
9am to 10am
21% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
11th of 15 in San Bernardino County
Stops that came from a call
16%
The rest the officer started
4th of 15 in San Bernardino County
Stops on foot
17%
2,135 of 12,340
7th of 15 in San Bernardino County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Fontana Police works

Filled: Fontana city limits.
Name in the state file
FONTANA PD
People stopped, 2024
12,340
Separate stops, 2024
11,464

Other departments in San Bernardino County

What Fontana Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance29%
Lights, tint or equipment17%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign14%
Speeding8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Phone use while driving3%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Trespassing1%
Consensual contact with a search1%
Assault, battery, robbery or threats1%
Everything else20%

The main reason recorded for each of 12,340 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

21% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Fontana Police
San Bernardino 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 Bernardino County. Fontana Police is highlighted.

On foot17% 7th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation79% 9th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service16% 4th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 12th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning51% 2nd of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
Citation28% 9th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest16% 4th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold1% 6th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched20% 3rd of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed13% 6th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
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.