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

What the job looks like at Montclair Police

5,114 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmSan Bernardino County

Montclair Police is the police department for the city of Montclair, in San Bernardino 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 14 a day

5,114 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
29% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
1st of 15 in San Bernardino County
Stops that came from a call
11%
The rest the officer started
8th of 15 in San Bernardino County
Stops on foot
16%
827 of 5,114
10th of 15 in San Bernardino County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Montclair Police works

Filled: Montclair city limits.
Name in the state file
MONTCLAIR PD
People stopped, 2024
5,114
Separate stops, 2024
5,114

Other departments in San Bernardino County

What Montclair Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign24%
Lights, tint or equipment20%
Registration, plates or insurance20%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation10%
Speeding3%
Trespassing3%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Drugs1%
Phone use while driving1%
Everything else14%

The main reason recorded for each of 5,114 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

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

Montclair Police
San Bernardino County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in San Bernardino County. Montclair Police is highlighted.

On foot16% 10th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation81% 8th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service11% 8th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused9% 2nd of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning30% 9th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
Citation44% 4th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest14% 6th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold1% 4th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched11% 6th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed13% 5th of 15 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
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.