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

What the job looks like at Fullerton Police

7,640 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amOrange County

Fullerton Police is the police department for the city of Fullerton, 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 21 a day

7,640 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 38%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
14% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
20th of 24 in Orange County
Stops that came from a call
10%
The rest the officer started
12th of 24 in Orange County
Stops on foot
16%
1,192 of 7,640
13th of 24 in Orange County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Fullerton Police works

Filled: Fullerton city limits.
Name in the state file
FULLERTON PD
People stopped, 2024
7,640
Separate stops, 2024
7,505

Other departments in Orange County

What Fullerton Police officers stop people for

Speeding38%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign15%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Registration, plates or insurance8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Phone use while driving2%
Outstanding warrant2%
Trespassing2%
Public intoxication or open alcohol2%
Drugs2%
Everything else16%

The main reason recorded for each of 7,640 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

14% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Fullerton 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. Fullerton Police is highlighted.

On foot16% 13th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation83% 11th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service10% 12th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused9% 6th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning16% 21st of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
Citation60% 3rd of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest17% 8th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 4th 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 searched20% 6th of 24 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed16% 5th 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.

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.