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

What the job looks like at Pleasanton Police

4,851 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmAlameda County

Pleasanton Police is the police department for the city of Pleasanton, 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 13 a day

4,851 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, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
23% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
10th of 14 in Alameda County
Stops that came from a call
8%
The rest the officer started
12th of 14 in Alameda County
Stops on foot
9%
457 of 4,851
14th of 14 in Alameda County
Median stop length
5 min

Where Pleasanton Police works

Filled: Pleasanton city limits.
Name in the state file
PLEASANTON PD
People stopped, 2024
4,851
Separate stops, 2024
4,851

Other departments in Alameda County

What Pleasanton Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment24%
Registration, plates or insurance21%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Speeding12%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation7%
Phone use while driving5%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Parking or stopping violation1%
Consensual contact with a search1%
Outstanding warrant1%
Everything else10%

The main reason recorded for each of 4,851 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

23% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Pleasanton 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. Pleasanton Police is highlighted.

On foot9% 14th of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation89% 1st of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service8% 12th of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 11th of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning70% 1st of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation11% 12th of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest7% 12th of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 13th of 14 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 searched6% 13th of 14 in Alameda County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed5% 14th of 14 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.