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

What the job looks like at Escondido Police

170 swornStarts at $101,726Not hiring new officers nowApplicant Score 53
Calls for service
About 145 a day

About 53,000 a year. Patrol Division calls per year, FY2026/27 city budget. Officers also stopped 16,345 people in 2024. Most common reason for a stop: other suspected crime, 15%.

First assignment
Not published
Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
21% of stops are overnight
6th of 11
Stops that came from a call
34%
The rest the officer started
1st of 11
Median stop length
10 min

What Escondido Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment13%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign11%
Trespassing10%
Registration, plates or insurance10%
Speeding5%
Phone use while driving4%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation4%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct3%
Theft, burglary or stolen property3%
Weapons3%
Everything else33%

The main reason recorded for each of 16,345 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code. Service calls with no detention are not in this data.

When the work happens

21% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am, 6th of 11.

Escondido Police
Average of 11
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is one of 11 departments. Escondido Police is highlighted.

On foot41% 3rd of 11
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation53% 9th of 11
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service34% 1st of 11
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused14% 3rd of 11
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning50% 3rd of 11
0%20%40%60%
Citation16% 11th of 11
0%20%40%
Arrest18% 2nd of 11
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold1% 8th of 11
0%20%40%

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

When a stop starts with a call

Ends in arrest35% 7th of 11
0%20%40%60%
Ends in a psychiatric hold4% 10th of 11
0%20%40%

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched24% 2nd of 11
0%20%40%
Handcuffed26% 1st of 11
0%20%40%
Agencies differ in how consistently they record handcuffing and searches, so small gaps between departments may not be real.

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.

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