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

What the job looks like at Glendale Police

25,774 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8pm to 9pmLos Angeles County

Glendale Police is the police department for the city of Glendale, in Los Angeles 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 71 a day

25,774 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 19%.

Busiest hour for stops
8pm to 9pm
20% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
33rd of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops that came from a call
11%
The rest the officer started
27th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops on foot
17%
4,392 of 25,774
23rd of 53 in Los Angeles County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Glendale Police works

Filled: Glendale city limits.
Name in the state file
GLENDALE PD
People stopped, 2024
25,774
Separate stops, 2024
24,217

Other departments in Los Angeles County

What Glendale Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign19%
Lights, tint or equipment14%
Registration, plates or insurance14%
Speeding13%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation10%
Phone use while driving5%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Mental health hold1%
Everything else18%

The main reason recorded for each of 25,774 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

20% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Glendale Police
Los Angeles County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Los Angeles County. Glendale Police is highlighted.

On foot17% 23rd of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
For a traffic violation82% 28th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service11% 27th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 30th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning20% 46th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation44% 20th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest10% 20th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 19th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched16% 9th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed9% 21st of 53 in Los Angeles 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.