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

What the job looks like at Marina Police

1,344 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9pm to 10pmMonterey County

Marina Police is the police department for the city of Marina, in Monterey 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

1,344 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, 19%.

Busiest hour for stops
9pm to 10pm
29% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
7th of 13 in Monterey County
Stops that came from a call
14%
The rest the officer started
5th of 13 in Monterey County
Stops on foot
18%
240 of 1,344
5th of 13 in Monterey County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Marina Police works

Filled: Marina city limits.
Name in the state file
MARINA PD
People stopped, 2024
1,344
Separate stops, 2024
1,272

Other departments in Monterey County

What Marina Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment19%
Registration, plates or insurance19%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign14%
Speeding12%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation8%
Outstanding warrant2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Mental health hold1%
Phone use while driving1%
Everything else21%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,344 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

29% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Marina Police
Monterey County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Monterey County. Marina Police is highlighted.

On foot18% 5th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation78% 9th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service14% 5th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 7th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning40% 8th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%60%
Citation34% 4th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Arrest14% 4th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 2nd of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched6% 10th of 13 in Monterey County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed10% 4th of 13 in Monterey 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.