Municipal police department for the City of Escondido, with about 170 budgeted sworn positions. Its Patrol Division handles roughly 53,000 calls for service a year.
About Escondido Police Filled: Escondido city limits, within western San Diego County. Outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000 . Our mission is to protect our community through exceptional police service.Mission statement, source
Area covered Polices the City of Escondido in north San Diego County. The city budget lists a population of 150,679 and 37 square miles.
Headquarters 1163 Centre City Parkway, Escondido, CA 92026 A typical day at Escondido Police
Calls for service About 145 a day About 53,000 a year. Patrol Division calls per year, FY2026/27 city budget
People stopped About 45 a day 16,345 in 2024. A stop is a detention or search.
Busiest hour for stops 10pm to 11pm 21% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am. Escondido Police
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What officers do on the job
Working here The latest trainee posting says the agility test has five events but lists only four.
The trainee posting was closed on Nov 13, 2026, so its details come from a third-party copy. Only a Reserve Police Officer posting was live.
Sources, checked Nov 13, 2026: Escondido Police home page · Police About Us (mission) · Join Our Team · Professional Standards Bureau (hiring steps) · Training Division (field training) · City job board, police officer search · Classification and Compensation Plan, effective Oct 12, 2026 · Police Officers' Association sworn MOU, 2025 to 2026 · FY2026/27 Operating Budget, final · New Chief of Police news release, Aug 1, 2025 · Police Officer Trainee posting, third-party copy (Vaia) · California DOJ stop data, 2024
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Photo: Downtown Escondido, Grand Avenue. Historic Downtown Escondido Grand Avenue July 2025, Facing Northeast.jpg by CaliforniaUrbanist, CC BY-SA 4.0 , 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.
