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

California police departments, by county

What officers do at 433 police, sheriff, campus, school, transit, port and park agencies in 56 California counties, from the 2,947,585 stops they reported to the state for 2024. San Diego County departments also have pay and hiring details.

Departments with a page

433

In 56 counties. Pick a county, or see how departments rank statewide.

Statewide rankings

Counties

Alameda County18 departments. 105,587 people stopped.Amador County3 departments. 6,949 people stopped.Butte County6 departments. 23,001 people stopped.Calaveras County2 departments. 4,555 people stopped.Colusa County3 departments. 4,672 people stopped.Contra Costa County19 departments. 74,158 people stopped.Del Norte County1 department. 592 people stopped.El Dorado County3 departments. 15,072 people stopped.Fresno County17 departments. 81,683 people stopped.Glenn County2 departments. 1,102 people stopped.Humboldt County6 departments. 19,002 people stopped.Imperial County5 departments. 18,385 people stopped.Inyo County2 departments. 2,161 people stopped.Kern County12 departments. 80,468 people stopped.Kings County5 departments. 21,484 people stopped.Lake County3 departments. 9,127 people stopped.Lassen County2 departments. 3,088 people stopped.Los Angeles County53 departments. 806,903 people stopped.Madera County3 departments. 14,167 people stopped.Marin County9 departments. 25,263 people stopped.Mariposa County1 department. 604 people stopped.Mendocino County4 departments. 7,328 people stopped.Merced County8 departments. 24,728 people stopped.Modoc County1 department. 371 people stopped.Mono County2 departments. 1,965 people stopped.Monterey County14 departments. 21,168 people stopped.Napa County4 departments. 11,892 people stopped.Nevada County4 departments. 6,286 people stopped.Orange County24 departments. 213,355 people stopped.Placer County5 departments. 40,437 people stopped.Plumas County1 department. 1,088 people stopped.Riverside County14 departments. 112,779 people stopped.Sacramento County10 departments. 124,889 people stopped.San Benito County2 departments. 7,839 people stopped.San Bernardino County15 departments. 175,387 people stopped.San Diego County16 departments. 212,303 people stopped.San Francisco County4 departments. 29,763 people stopped.San Joaquin County10 departments. 42,200 people stopped.San Luis Obispo County9 departments. 26,347 people stopped.San Mateo County17 departments. 87,993 people stopped.Santa Barbara County6 departments. 22,877 people stopped.Santa Clara County14 departments. 76,351 people stopped.Santa Cruz County6 departments. 28,200 people stopped.Shasta County3 departments. 19,029 people stopped.Sierra County1 department. 333 people stopped.Siskiyou County5 departments. 6,762 people stopped.Solano County8 departments. 43,151 people stopped.Sonoma County12 departments. 67,707 people stopped.Stanislaus County7 departments. 45,255 people stopped.Sutter County2 departments. 8,881 people stopped.Tehama County3 departments. 7,163 people stopped.Tulare County9 departments. 34,327 people stopped.Tuolumne County2 departments. 5,152 people stopped.Ventura County7 departments. 82,347 people stopped.Yolo County6 departments. 22,902 people stopped.Yuba County3 departments. 11,007 people stopped.

Other kinds of agency

Campus police34 agencies.School district police9 agencies.District and joint police5 agencies.Port and airport police4 agencies.Park police and rangers4 agencies.Transit police1 agency.

The 20 departments that stopped the most people in 2024

1. Los Angeles Police348,617

2. Los Angeles County Sheriff232,126

3. San Diego Police103,463

4. San Bernardino County Sheriff66,086

5. Orange County Sheriff62,170

6. Riverside County Sheriff42,115

7. Sacramento Police41,966

8. Sacramento County Sheriff34,233

9. Bakersfield Police34,083

10. Fresno Police32,028

11. Ventura County Sheriff31,407

12. San Francisco Police27,268

13. San Jose Police26,610

14. Santa Rosa Police25,925

15. Glendale Police25,774

16. BART Police25,213

17. Sheriff25,064

18. San Bernardino Police25,008

19. Anaheim Police24,784

20. Rialto Police22,242

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.