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

What the job looks like at Piedmont Police

1,219 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9pm to 10pmAlameda County

Piedmont Police is the police department for the city of Piedmont, in Alameda 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

1,219 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
40% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
1st of 18 in Alameda County
Stops that came from a call
10%
The rest the officer started
13th of 18 in Alameda County
Stops on foot
10%
116 of 1,219
17th of 18 in Alameda County
Median stop length
5 min

Where Piedmont Police works

Filled: Piedmont city limits.
Name in the state file
PIEDMONT PD
People stopped, 2024
1,219
Separate stops, 2024
1,156

Other departments in Alameda County

What Piedmont Police officers stop people for

Speeding24%
Registration, plates or insurance19%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign19%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Phone use while driving3%
Consensual contact with a search3%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Outstanding warrant1%
Mental health hold1%
Everything else13%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,219 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

40% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Piedmont Police
Alameda County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Alameda County. Piedmont Police is highlighted.

On foot10% 17th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation86% 4th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service10% 13th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused7% 8th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning60% 5th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation10% 16th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest8% 13th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 15th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched13% 10th of 18 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed11% 13th of 18 in Alameda 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.