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

What the job looks like at Oakley Police

2,172 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amContra Costa County

Oakley Police is the police department for the city of Oakley, 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 6 a day

2,172 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 48%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
11% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
17th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Stops that came from a call
1%
The rest the officer started
19th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Stops on foot
1%
12 of 2,172
18th of 19 in Contra Costa County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Oakley Police works

Filled: Oakley city limits.
Name in the state file
OAKLEY PD
People stopped, 2024
2,172
Separate stops, 2024
2,150

Other departments in Contra Costa County

What Oakley Police officers stop people for

Speeding48%
Registration, plates or insurance24%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign10%
Lights, tint or equipment8%
Phone use while driving3%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation3%
License problem0%
Theft, burglary or stolen property0%
Suspected DUI0%
Mental health hold0%
Everything else4%

The main reason recorded for each of 2,172 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

11% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Oakley 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. Oakley Police is highlighted.

On foot1% 18th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation99% 1st of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service1% 19th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused0% 15th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning17% 18th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation80% 1st of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest1% 17th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 18th 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 searched0% 19th of 19 in Contra Costa County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed0% 19th 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.