The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026
What the job looks like at Healdsburg Police
3,271 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 3pm to 4pmSonoma County
Healdsburg Police is the police department for the city of Healdsburg, in Sonoma 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 9 a day
3,271 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: registration, plates or insurance, 27%.
The main reason recorded for each of 3,271 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.
When the work happens
25% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.
Healdsburg Police
Sonoma County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
How the work is done
Each dot is a department in Sonoma County. Healdsburg Police is highlighted.
On foot10% 9th of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation87% 2nd of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service7% 7th of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused0% 10th of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
How stops end
Verbal warning74% 1st of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation7% 8th of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
Arrest10% 6th of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 9th of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.
Searches and handcuffs
Person searched14% 3rd of 10 in Sonoma County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed10% 6th of 10 in Sonoma 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.