The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026
What the job looks like at Fountain Valley Police
1,665 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 7pm to 8pmOrange County
Fountain Valley Police is the police department for the city of Fountain Valley, in Orange 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
1,665 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: phone use while driving, 18%.
What Fountain Valley Police officers stop people for
Phone use while driving18%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign13%
Registration, plates or insurance9%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Speeding8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Consensual contact with a search6%
Outstanding warrant2%
Trespassing1%
Mental health hold1%
Everything else26%
The main reason recorded for each of 1,665 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.
When the work happens
29% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.
Fountain Valley Police
Orange County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
How the work is done
Each dot is a department in Orange County. Fountain Valley Police is highlighted.
On foot23% 8th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation70% 17th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service16% 8th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused8% 7th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
How stops end
Verbal warning27% 12th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
Citation38% 15th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest13% 13th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 3rd of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.
Searches and handcuffs
Person searched22% 4th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed5% 14th of 24 in Orange 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.