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

What the job looks like at Ontario Police

10,950 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amSan Bernardino County

Ontario Police is the police department for the city of Ontario, 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 30 a day

10,950 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, 19%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
27% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
4th of 11 in San Bernardino County
Stops that came from a call
14%
The rest the officer started
5th of 11 in San Bernardino County
Stops on foot
21%
2,339 of 10,950
3rd of 11 in San Bernardino County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Ontario Police works

Filled: Ontario city limits.
Name in the state file
ONTARIO PD
People stopped, 2024
10,950
Separate stops, 2024
9,732

Other departments in San Bernardino County

What Ontario Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign19%
Registration, plates or insurance19%
Lights, tint or equipment17%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Speeding5%
Consensual contact with a search3%
Phone use while driving2%
Trespassing1%
License problem1%
Mental health hold0%
Everything else26%

The main reason recorded for each of 10,950 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

27% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Ontario 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. Ontario Police is highlighted.

On foot21% 3rd of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation75% 9th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service14% 5th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 8th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning33% 4th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
Citation28% 6th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest11% 8th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 7th of 11 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 searched8% 8th of 11 in San Bernardino County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed5% 10th of 11 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.