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

What the job looks like at Glenn County Sheriff

720 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 6pm to 7pmGlenn County

Glenn County Sheriff is the sheriff's office for Glenn 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 2 a day

720 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, 14%.

Busiest hour for stops
6pm to 7pm
21% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
273rd of 374 in California
Stops that came from a call
37%
The rest the officer started
13th of 374 in California
Stops on foot
38%
277 of 720
26th of 374 in California
Median stop length
10 min

Where Glenn County Sheriff works

Filled: Glenn County. Cities with their own police are gray.
Name in the state file
GLENN CO SO
People stopped, 2024
720
Separate stops, 2024
658

Other departments in Glenn County

What Glenn County Sheriff officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment14%
Registration, plates or insurance12%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign9%
Speeding8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation7%
Outstanding warrant5%
Phone use while driving4%
Domestic violence4%
Weapons2%
Assault, battery, robbery or threats2%
Everything else34%

The main reason recorded for each of 720 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

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

Glenn County Sheriff
California average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in California. Glenn County Sheriff is highlighted.

On foot38% 26th of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
For a traffic violation56% 351st of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service37% 13th of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 300th of 374 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning41% 187th of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation12% 301st of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest36% 9th of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold1% 74th of 374 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched8% 233rd of 374 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed16% 93rd of 374 in California
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.