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

What the job looks like at Greenfield Police

3,028 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8pm to 9pmMonterey County

Greenfield Police is the police department for the city of Greenfield, in Monterey 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 8 a day

3,028 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, 38%.

Busiest hour for stops
8pm to 9pm
19% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
11th of 14 in Monterey County
Stops that came from a call
7%
The rest the officer started
9th of 14 in Monterey County
Stops on foot
10%
299 of 3,028
8th of 14 in Monterey County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Greenfield Police works

Filled: Greenfield city limits.
Name in the state file
GREENFIELD PD
People stopped, 2024
3,028
Separate stops, 2024
2,893

Other departments in Monterey County

What Greenfield Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment38%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign23%
Registration, plates or insurance11%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation8%
Speeding4%
Phone use while driving1%
Mental health hold1%
Parole or probation check1%
Weapons1%
School or truancy matter1%
Everything else11%

The main reason recorded for each of 3,028 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

19% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Greenfield Police
Monterey County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Monterey County. Greenfield Police is highlighted.

On foot10% 8th of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation87% 6th of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service7% 9th of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 11th of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning68% 1st of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%60%
Citation24% 11th of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Arrest8% 7th of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 1st of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched14% 2nd of 14 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed7% 6th of 14 in Monterey 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.