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

What the job looks like at Laguna Beach Police

6,326 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amOrange County

Laguna Beach Police is the police department for the city of Laguna Beach, in Orange 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 17 a day

6,326 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 23%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
20% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
9th of 22 in Orange County
Stops that came from a call
2%
The rest the officer started
22nd of 22 in Orange County
Stops on foot
11%
694 of 6,326
17th of 22 in Orange County
Median stop length
5 min

Where Laguna Beach Police works

Filled: Laguna Beach city limits.
Name in the state file
LAGUNA BEACH PD
People stopped, 2024
6,326
Separate stops, 2024
6,299

Other departments in Orange County

What Laguna Beach Police officers stop people for

Speeding23%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation12%
Lights, tint or equipment12%
Registration, plates or insurance12%
Phone use while driving9%
Weapons0%
Trespassing0%
Seat belt or child seat0%
Consensual contact with a search0%
Everything else13%

The main reason recorded for each of 6,326 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

20% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Laguna Beach Police
Orange County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Orange County. Laguna Beach Police is highlighted.

On foot11% 17th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation88% 4th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service2% 22nd of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused3% 16th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning27% 7th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%
Citation47% 11th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest3% 22nd of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 15th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched5% 19th of 22 in Orange County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed2% 18th of 22 in Orange 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.