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

What the job looks like at West Covina Police

6,384 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amLos Angeles County

West Covina Police is the police department for the city of West Covina, 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 17 a day

6,384 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, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
24% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
27th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops that came from a call
4%
The rest the officer started
47th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Stops on foot
10%
608 of 6,384
38th of 53 in Los Angeles County
Median stop length
5 min

Where West Covina Police works

Filled: West Covina city limits.
Name in the state file
WEST COVINA PD
People stopped, 2024
6,384
Separate stops, 2024
6,148

Other departments in Los Angeles County

What West Covina Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance24%
Lights, tint or equipment20%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Speeding15%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Phone use while driving3%
Consensual contact with a search3%
Parole or probation check1%
Theft, burglary or stolen property1%
Trespassing1%
Everything else8%

The main reason recorded for each of 6,384 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

24% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

West Covina 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. West Covina Police is highlighted.

On foot10% 38th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
For a traffic violation90% 15th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service4% 47th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 20th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning50% 12th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation37% 27th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest6% 32nd of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 40th of 53 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 searched8% 26th of 53 in Los Angeles County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed3% 43rd of 53 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.