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Stockton at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

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Full-time law enforcement staff, Stockton Police Department

  • 382 Officers
  • 192 Civilian staff

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

  • 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
  • 2.2 National average

Federal grant funding for Stockton

Data was last updated March 24, 2026

We identified over $12.1M in federal grant funding, FY 2016-2026

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Stockton
Amount Start and end dates Recipient and description Awarding agency CFDA program Type
$500,000.00 10/1/2025
9/30/2027		 CITY OF STOCKTON THE STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT (SPD) AND SAN JOAQUIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (SJBH) WILL INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF THEIR INTEGRATING COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT AND TACTICS (ICAT) COURSE, A COURSE DEVELOPED WITH A FOCUS ON DE-ESCALATION AND UTILIZING TACTICAL DECISION MAKING TO SLOW INCIDENTS DOWN. THE COURS… Department of Justice Offices, Boards and Divisions 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants Prime
$700,000.00 10/1/2022
9/30/2026		 CITY OF STOCKTON THE STOCKTON CRIME GUN INTELLIGENCE CENTER (SCGIC) WILL BRING TOGETHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL AND STATE PROSECUTORS, AND FEDERAL BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES (ATF) PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE PRECIPITOUS INCREASE IN FIREARM NON-FATAL INCIDENTS AND HOMICIDES OCCURRING OVER T… Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$390,265.00 10/1/2021
9/30/2025		 CITY OF STOCKTON THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) PROGRAM ALLOWS UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING TRIBES, TO SUPPORT A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL CRIME BASED ON THEIR OWN STATE AND LOCAL NEEDS AND CONDITIONS. GRANT FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES, … Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime
$383,839.88 10/1/2020
9/30/2024		 CITY OF STOCKTON BJA FY2021 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Prime

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Military equipment transfers

We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.

Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated December 8, 2025

Settlements

We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $6,000,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year Description Outcome
2024

In April 2024, the City Council of Stockton, California, approved a $6 million settlement with the family of Shayne Sutherland, a twenty-nine-year-old man who died in 2020 after Stockton Police officers held him facedown for nearly eight minutes.

On October 8, 2020, Sutherland called 911 while experiencing a mental health crisis. Responding officers Ronald Zalunardo and John Afanasiev handcuffed Sutherland and restrained him in the prone position outside a convenience store, with Afanasiev applying pressure to his back, before Sutherland died. While the official cause of death cited methamphetamine intoxication and cardiac arrest, a second autopsy commissioned by the family concluded that Sutherland died due to positional asphyxia and ruled his death a homicide. The family’s federal civil rights lawsuit alleged wrongful death, negligence, and excessive use of force. Although California passed a law in 2021 banning police from using maneuvers that put people at significant risk of positional asphyxia, Stockton Police Department policies as of March 2024 stated that experts continued to debate positional and restraint asphyxia.

Source

Emily Zentner and Lisa Pickoff-White, "City of Stockton settles lawsuit from family of man who died following police restraint", CapRadio and The California Reporting Project, April 11, 2024

Compensation
$6,000,000.00