City police department for El Cajon with about 126 sworn positions. Divisions listed in its job posting include Patrol, Traffic, Investigations, K9 and a crime laboratory.
About El Cajon Police Filled: El Cajon city limits, within western San Diego County. Outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000 . Committed to a safe and secure community through service, mutual cooperation, and respect.Mission statement, source
Area covered Polices the City of El Cajon in San Diego County. The city lists a population of 102,337 and an area of 14.4 square miles.
Headquarters 100 Civic Center Way, El Cajon, CA 92020 A typical day at El Cajon Police
Calls for service About 452 a day 165,000 a year. Undated yearly average handled by the Communications Center, per the department
People stopped About 16 a day 5,693 in 2024. A stop is a detention or search.
Busiest hour for stops 10am to 11am 14% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am. El Cajon Police
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Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
What officers do on the job
Working here The last Police Recruit posting (26-42) closed Nov 8, 2026, with testing set for Nov 21, 2026. The lateral and academy graduate posting is open continuously.
A $25,000 lateral signing bonus was on the department's recruiting site in January 2024. It is not on the current recruiting page, so confirm it with the department.
Sources, checked Nov 13, 2026: El Cajon Police Department home page (mission, chief, address) · Join the ECPD Team recruiting page · Police Department employment page (hiring steps) · Police Recruit class specification (annual pay, age, requirements) · Police Officer class specification (hourly pay) · Police Recruit job posting 26-23 (process, PELLETB rules, shifts) · Police Recruit posting 26-42, third-party copy (dates only) · Police Officer (Lateral/Academy Graduate) job posting 25-17 · City of El Cajon demographics (population, area, sworn count) · Communications Division page (calls for service) · Old recruiting site, archived Jan 11, 2024 (lateral bonus) · PORAC job board listing, not official (bonus amounts) · California DOJ stop data, 2024
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Photo: El Cajon valley. North American Monsoon from El Cajon, Ca - panoramio.jpg by Robert DuHamel, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and tinted.
How to read this. Stop figures count people stopped in 2024, from the California Department of Justice stop data for San Diego County. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. "On foot" means any stop that is not a vehicle or bicycle. Pay is base pay a year, without overtime. Hiring and pay details come from each agency's own pages on the date shown and can change. "Not published" means the agency does not publish it.
The Police Index covers 11 agencies in San Diego County. It is independent and not affiliated with any agency. Figures come from public records and can be out of date, so confirm with the agency before you rely on one.
