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

What the job looks like at Mount Shasta Police

1,663 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9pm to 10pmSiskiyou County

Mount Shasta Police is the police department for the city of Mount Shasta, in Siskiyou 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

1,663 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
9pm to 10pm
18% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
3rd of 4 in Siskiyou County
Stops that came from a call
88%
The rest the officer started
1st of 4 in Siskiyou County
Stops on foot
13%
221 of 1,663
2nd of 4 in Siskiyou County
Median stop length
6 min

Where Mount Shasta Police works

Filled: Mount Shasta city limits.
Name in the state file
MT. SHASTA PD
People stopped, 2024
1,663
Separate stops, 2024
1,650

Other departments in Siskiyou County

What Mount Shasta Police officers stop people for

Speeding24%
Lights, tint or equipment21%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign12%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation10%
Registration, plates or insurance9%
Phone use while driving4%
Trespassing3%
Seat belt or child seat2%
Outstanding warrant2%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct1%
Everything else13%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,663 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

18% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Mount Shasta Police
Siskiyou County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Siskiyou County. Mount Shasta Police is highlighted.

On foot13% 2nd of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation85% 3rd of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service88% 1st of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%60%80%
Person perceived as unhoused6% 2nd of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning47% 4th of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation10% 1st of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%
Arrest8% 2nd of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 3rd of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched7% 3rd of 4 in Siskiyou County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed9% 3rd of 4 in Siskiyou 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.