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

What the job looks like at Woodlake Police

800 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 6pm to 7pmTulare County

Woodlake Police is the police department for the city of Woodlake, in Tulare 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 2 a day

800 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, 25%.

Busiest hour for stops
6pm to 7pm
22% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
5th of 8 in Tulare County
Stops that came from a call
5%
The rest the officer started
7th of 8 in Tulare County
Stops on foot
16%
126 of 800
6th of 8 in Tulare County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Woodlake Police works

Filled: Woodlake city limits.
Name in the state file
WOODLAKE PD
People stopped, 2024
800
Separate stops, 2024
757

Other departments in Tulare County

What Woodlake Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance25%
Lights, tint or equipment21%
Speeding10%
Outstanding warrant9%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign9%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
School or truancy matter1%
Phone use while driving1%
Parole or probation check1%
Everything else19%

The main reason recorded for each of 800 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

22% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Woodlake Police
Tulare County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Tulare County. Woodlake Police is highlighted.

On foot16% 6th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation79% 4th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service5% 7th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 7th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning47% 3rd of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%60%
Citation15% 7th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%
Arrest11% 6th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 7th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched4% 7th of 8 in Tulare County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed4% 8th of 8 in Tulare 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.