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

What the job looks like at Sierra Madre Police

1,044 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 4pm to 5pmLos Angeles County

Sierra Madre Police is the police department for the city of Sierra Madre, in Los Angeles 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

1,044 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, 41%.

Busiest hour for stops
4pm to 5pm
18% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
37th of 44 in Los Angeles County
Stops that came from a call
5%
The rest the officer started
34th of 44 in Los Angeles County
Stops on foot
5%
53 of 1,044
35th of 44 in Los Angeles County
Median stop length
9 min

Where Sierra Madre Police works

Filled: Sierra Madre city limits.
Name in the state file
SIERRA MADRE PD
People stopped, 2024
1,044
Separate stops, 2024
1,035

Other departments in Los Angeles County

What Sierra Madre Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign41%
Speeding22%
Lights, tint or equipment10%
Registration, plates or insurance8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Phone use while driving4%
Trespassing2%
Public intoxication or open alcohol0%
Consensual contact with a search0%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct0%
Everything else5%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,044 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

18% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Sierra Madre Police
Los Angeles County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Los Angeles County. Sierra Madre Police is highlighted.

On foot5% 35th of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation94% 7th of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service5% 34th of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 34th of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning31% 28th of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation63% 3rd of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest1% 43rd of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 44th of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched5% 33rd of 44 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed4% 31st of 44 in Los Angeles 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.