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

California departments ranked by the kind of work

Top 20 of 333 departments that stopped at least 1,000 people in 2024. Shares of each department's own stops.

Most stops on foot

1. Santa Cruz Police66%
2. Santa Barbara Police58%
3. Oroville Police55%
4. Santa Ana Police53%
5. Ventura Police47%
6. Harbor Police47%
7. Grass Valley Police46%
8. Kern County Sheriff46%
9. Eureka Police45%
10. Oakland Police43%
11. El Cajon Police43%
12. Arcata Police42%
13. Barstow Police41%
14. Escondido Police41%
15. Watsonville Police41%
16. Bakersfield Police41%
17. Santa Cruz County Sheriff41%
18. Lompoc Police40%
19. Tulare Police40%
20. South San Francisco Police40%

Most stops between 10pm and 5am

1. Cotati Police61%
2. La Palma Police51%
3. Sonoma Police49%
4. Sutter Creek Police47%
5. Sonoma County Sheriff46%
6. Rohnert Park Police45%
7. Yolo County Sheriff45%
8. Amador County Sheriff45%
9. Mendocino County Sheriff45%
10. Weed Police44%
11. Santa Cruz County Sheriff42%
12. Campbell Police42%
13. Daly City Police42%
14. Palos Verdes Estates Police42%
15. Tuolumne County Sheriff41%
16. Piedmont Police40%
17. Butte County Sheriff40%
18. Fowler Police40%
19. Gustine Police40%
20. Hermosa Beach Police40%

Most stops that start with a call

1. Cathedral City Police100%
2. Lompoc Police100%
3. Madera Police100%
4. Marysville Police100%
5. Signal Hill Police100%
6. Mount Shasta Police88%
7. Claremont Police52%
8. Oroville Police48%
9. Santa Cruz Police43%
10. Barstow Police40%
11. Oakland Police39%
12. Eureka Police36%
13. El Monte Police35%
14. Grass Valley Police35%
15. Sacramento Police34%
16. Escondido Police34%
17. South San Francisco Police34%
18. Santa Barbara Police33%
19. Arcadia Police32%
20. Kern County Sheriff32%

Most stops ending in arrest

1. Barstow Police66%
2. Huntington Beach Police42%
3. Taft Police41%
4. Santa Ana Police39%
5. Eureka Police37%
6. Lake County Sheriff37%
7. Kern County Sheriff34%
8. Red Bluff Police33%
9. Oroville Police33%
10. Brea Police32%
11. Garden Grove Police32%
12. Bakersfield Police30%
13. Lompoc Police30%
14. Arcadia Police30%
15. Ukiah Police29%
16. Vallejo Police29%
17. Porterville Police28%
18. Yreka Police28%
19. Tuolumne County Sheriff27%
20. El Monte Police26%

Most stops ending in a citation

1. Oakley Police80%
2. Whittier Police78%
3. Downey Police75%
4. Beaumont Police74%
5. Menifee Police72%
6. Chino Police70%
7. Napa Police69%
8. Murrieta Police67%
9. Fresno Police67%
10. Moraga Police66%
11. Corona Police66%
12. San Joaquin County Sheriff65%
13. Irvine Police64%
14. San Luis Obispo Police64%
15. Sierra Madre Police63%
16. Pasadena Police62%
17. El Cerrito Police62%
18. Fullerton Police60%
19. Yuba City Police60%
20. Pittsburg Police59%

Most stops ending in a warning

1. Amador County Sheriff82%
2. Sutter Creek Police81%
3. Weed Police78%
4. Williams Police77%
5. Palos Verdes Estates Police77%
6. Yolo County Sheriff77%
7. San Ramon Police76%
8. Stanislaus County Sheriff76%
9. Kings County Sheriff76%
10. Fairfax Police76%
11. Foster City Police75%
12. Gustine Police75%
13. Auburn Police74%
14. Healdsburg Police74%
15. Angels Camp Police74%
16. Marin County Sheriff73%
17. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff72%
18. San Benito County Sheriff71%
19. Ripon Police71%
20. Plumas County Sheriff70%
These are shares of stops, not counts of calls. A department with a high share of foot stops may still do most of its work in cars.

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.