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

What the job looks like at Livermore Police

8,530 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmAlameda County

Livermore Police is the police department for the city of Livermore, in Alameda 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 23 a day

8,530 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 21%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
33% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
5th of 18 in Alameda County
Stops that came from a call
10%
The rest the officer started
14th of 18 in Alameda County
Stops on foot
12%
1,001 of 8,530
13th of 18 in Alameda County
Median stop length
9 min

Where Livermore Police works

Filled: Livermore city limits.
Name in the state file
LIVERMORE PD
People stopped, 2024
8,530
Separate stops, 2024
8,287

Other departments in Alameda County

What Livermore Police officers stop people for

Speeding21%
Lights, tint or equipment17%
Registration, plates or insurance11%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign9%
Phone use while driving7%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Seat belt or child seat2%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Outstanding warrant2%
Everything else21%

The main reason recorded for each of 8,530 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

33% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Livermore Police
Alameda County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Alameda County. Livermore Police is highlighted.

On foot12% 13th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation85% 6th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service10% 14th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 18th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning40% 9th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation41% 4th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest11% 11th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold2% 10th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched14% 8th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed10% 14th of 18 in Alameda 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.