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

What the job looks like at Harbor Police

About 140 swornStarts at $104,915Not hiring new officers nowApplicant Score 35
Calls for service
About 170 a day

62,027 a year. calls for service in 2025, department report. Officers also stopped 5,312 people in 2024. Most common reason for a stop: local ordinance violation, 30%.

First assignment
Rotation of airport, patrol car and boat
Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
29% of stops are overnight
1st of 11
Stops that came from a call
23%
The rest the officer started
3rd of 11
Median stop length
11 min

47% of calls are airport-related

29,268 of 61,806 calls for service, July 2025 to June 2026.

Airport-related 47%Bay and waterfront 53%

Source: Harbor Police update to the Port board, Aug 11, 2026.

What Harbor Police officers stop people for

Local ordinance violation30%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign13%
Lights, tint or equipment9%
Registration, plates or insurance8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Trespassing4%
Public intoxication or open alcohol3%
Mental health hold3%
Weapons2%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct2%
Everything else20%

The main reason recorded for each of 5,312 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code. Service calls with no detention are not in this data.

When the work happens

29% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am, 1st of 11.

Harbor 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. Harbor Police is highlighted.

On foot47% 1st of 11
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation46% 11th of 11
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service23% 3rd of 11
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused17% 2nd of 11
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning59% 1st of 11
0%20%40%60%
Citation19% 10th of 11
0%20%40%
Arrest8% 8th of 11
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold3% 5th 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 arrest17% 10th of 11
0%20%40%60%
Ends in a psychiatric hold8% 7th of 11
0%20%40%

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched10% 8th of 11
0%20%40%
Handcuffed4% 9th 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: Port recruiting page · Trainee posting · 2025 use of force report · Union job page (bonus) · Port board update, Aug 11, 2026 · California DOJ stop data, 2024

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Photo: North San Diego Bay, looking toward Coronado. Aerial - looking across North San Diego Bay to Coronado 03.jpg by Joe Mabel, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and tinted.

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