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

What the job looks like at Orange Cove Police

1,074 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8pm to 9pmFresno County

Orange Cove Police is the police department for the city of Orange Cove, in Fresno 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 3 a day

1,074 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: lights, tint or equipment, 35%.

Busiest hour for stops
8pm to 9pm
22% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
12th of 17 in Fresno County
Stops that came from a call
11%
The rest the officer started
4th of 17 in Fresno County
Stops on foot
21%
221 of 1,074
5th of 17 in Fresno County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Orange Cove Police works

Filled: Orange Cove city limits.
Name in the state file
ORANGE COVE PD
People stopped, 2024
1,074
Separate stops, 2024
1,057

Other departments in Fresno County

What Orange Cove Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment35%
Registration, plates or insurance16%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign14%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Outstanding warrant3%
Mental health hold2%
Speeding2%
Domestic violence2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Weapons1%
Everything else19%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,074 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

22% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Orange Cove Police
Fresno County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Fresno County. Orange Cove Police is highlighted.

On foot21% 5th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation80% 13th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service11% 4th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 8th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning43% 9th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%
Citation3% 15th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest13% 5th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold2% 3rd of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched12% 4th of 17 in Fresno County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed16% 4th of 17 in Fresno 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.