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

What the job looks like at Tracy Police

7,231 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 4pm to 5pmSan Joaquin County

Tracy Police is the police department for the city of Tracy, in San Joaquin 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 20 a day

7,231 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: registration, plates or insurance, 19%.

Busiest hour for stops
4pm to 5pm
25% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
5th of 10 in San Joaquin County
Stops that came from a call
17%
The rest the officer started
4th of 10 in San Joaquin County
Stops on foot
17%
1,236 of 7,231
5th of 10 in San Joaquin County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Tracy Police works

Filled: Tracy city limits.
Name in the state file
TRACY PD
People stopped, 2024
7,231
Separate stops, 2024
6,510

Other departments in San Joaquin County

What Tracy Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance19%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign18%
Speeding16%
Lights, tint or equipment13%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Outstanding warrant1%
Phone use while driving1%
Trespassing1%
Parole or probation check1%
Theft, burglary or stolen property1%
Everything else24%

The main reason recorded for each of 7,231 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

25% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Tracy Police
San Joaquin County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in San Joaquin County. Tracy Police is highlighted.

On foot17% 5th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation78% 6th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service17% 4th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 5th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning32% 7th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation32% 4th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest10% 4th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 4th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched4% 9th of 10 in San Joaquin County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed7% 5th of 10 in San Joaquin 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.