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

What the job looks like at Moraga Police

1,836 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amContra Costa County

Moraga Police is the police department for the city of Moraga, in Contra Costa 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 5 a day

1,836 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 50%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
9% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
18th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Stops that came from a call
2%
The rest the officer started
16th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Stops on foot
2%
30 of 1,836
16th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Moraga Police works

Filled: Moraga city limits.
Name in the state file
MORAGA PD
People stopped, 2024
1,836
Separate stops, 2024
1,744

Other departments in Contra Costa County

What Moraga Police officers stop people for

Speeding50%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Registration, plates or insurance10%
Phone use while driving6%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Lights, tint or equipment4%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Theft, burglary or stolen property0%
Mental health hold0%
Drugs0%
Everything else6%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,836 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

9% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Moraga Police
Contra Costa County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Contra Costa County. Moraga Police is highlighted.

On foot2% 16th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation97% 4th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service2% 16th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused0% 19th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning46% 11th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation66% 2nd of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest2% 15th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 15th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched1% 16th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed1% 16th of 19 in Contra Costa 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.