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

What the job looks like at Grover Beach Police

1,325 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9pm to 10pmSan Luis Obispo County

Grover Beach Police is the police department for the city of Grover Beach, in San Luis Obispo 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 4 a day

1,325 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, 33%.

Busiest hour for stops
9pm to 10pm
22% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
6th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
Stops that came from a call
10%
The rest the officer started
6th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
Stops on foot
16%
216 of 1,325
4th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Grover Beach Police works

Filled: Grover Beach city limits.
Name in the state file
GROVER BEACH PD
People stopped, 2024
1,325
Separate stops, 2024
1,287

Other departments in San Luis Obispo County

What Grover Beach Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment33%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign21%
Registration, plates or insurance11%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Outstanding warrant4%
Phone use while driving4%
Speeding3%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct1%
Weapons1%
Everything else15%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,325 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

22% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Grover Beach Police
San Luis Obispo County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in San Luis Obispo County. Grover Beach Police is highlighted.

On foot16% 4th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation82% 3rd of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service10% 6th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 6th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning40% 6th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation33% 4th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest9% 4th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 4th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched8% 5th of 8 in San Luis Obispo County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed7% 5th of 8 in San Luis Obispo 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.