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

What the job looks like at West Valley-Mission Community College District Police

306 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10am to 11amSanta Clara County

West Valley-Mission Community College District Police is a campus police department. Most of its 2024 stops were in Santa Clara County. This page shows what its officers spend their time on, from the stops the department reported to the state for 2024.

People stopped
306 in 2024

306 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, 30%.

Busiest hour for stops
10am to 11am
8% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
417th of 434 in California
Stops that came from a call
4%
The rest the officer started
359th of 434 in California
Stops on foot
7%
22 of 306
352nd of 434 in California
Median stop length
10 min

Where West Valley-Mission Community College District Police works

This agency works inside Santa Clara County. Its own area is not drawn.
Kind of agency
Campus police
Name in the state file
W VALLEY MISSION COM COL PD
People stopped, 2024
306
Separate stops, 2024
303

Other departments in Santa Clara County

What West Valley-Mission Community College District Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance30%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign28%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation8%
Phone use while driving5%
Speeding3%
Seat belt or child seat3%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Weapons2%
Theft, burglary or stolen property2%
Everything else8%

The main reason recorded for each of 306 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

8% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

West Valley-Mission Community College District Police
California average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in California. West Valley-Mission Community College District Police is highlighted.

On foot7% 352nd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation90% 87th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service4% 359th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 188th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning31% 313th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation30% 166th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest4% 370th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 308th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched6% 303rd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed6% 309th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
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.