Palmdale, CA 2025

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

This assessment analyzes policing data, along with demographic and crime data, to identify which policing practices show patterns of racial disparities, and what factors may be contributing to those disparities.

The vast majority of law enforcement agencies in the United States do not choose to share their policing data publicly or receive independent analyses of these data. Justice Navigator Assessments examine data from law enforcement agencies that voluntarily partnered with CPE to receive standardized analyses that put policing data to work and serve as a starting point for addressing the kinds of racial disparities that persist in policing across the country. Communities can’t improve  their public safety systems without identifying opportunities to do so; CPE commends Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Palmdale Station for partnering with us to take this first step in addressing racial disparities in their policing.

LASD Palmdale Station joined CPE’s National Justice Database project in July 2023. LASD shared data with CPE in order to receive analyses intended to support community and law enforcement collaboration on data-informed efforts to advance equitable outcomes in policing and public safety. 

This assessment analyzes use of force data from January 1, 2018 – September 30, 2022, vehicle and pedestrian stop data from 2019 – 2022, and calls for service and officer-initiated activity data from 2018 – 2022. This assessment only includes resident demographic data from areas of Los Angeles County that are patrolled by LASD Palmdale Station deputies.

Some key findings from the assessment are displayed below. These findings are described and explained in detail in the tabbed sections found at the top of this page. 

USE OF FORCE

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Force Types by Racial Group

Improve Use of Force Reporting Requirements

Improve Use of Force Policies

Visit the Use of Force section for full analysis

VEHICLE STOPS

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Search Outcomes at Vehicle Stops

Investigate Stop Reasons

Explore More Effective Responses to Traffic Safety

Visit the Vehicle Stops section for full analysis

PEDESTRIAN STOPS

Which pedestrians did deputies stop and search?

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Palmdale Station data:

26% of all pedestrians stopped between 2019 and 2022 were Black.

The population of Palmdale Station’s patrol area is 11% Black.

Which pedestrians did deputies search at stops?

 

At pedestrian stops,  deputies recorded searching Black pedestrians at about the same rate as White pedestrians, even though Black pedestrians were less likely to possess contraband. 

 

Officers searched 493 Black pedestrians who did not have any contraband, compared to 462 White pedestrians.

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Stop Outcomes By Race

Investigate Stop Reasons

Explore More Effective Responses to Traffic Safety

Visit the Pedestrian Stops section for full analysis

CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OFFICER ACTIVITY

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Calls for Service by Call Reason

Investigate Non-Police Response Models

Redesigning Public Safety

Visit the Calls for Service and Officer Activity section for full analysis

NEXT STEPS TO REDUCE DISPARITIES

Our resources can help communities and law enforcement agencies assess solutions and take action to reduce racial disparities in policing and design more equitable public safety systems.

Improve use of force policies

Partner with community groups to consider more effective responses to traffic safety

Reinforce policy through changes to organizational culture

Investigate how other non-police services can respond to Calls for Service

Visit the companion site for full guidance on how to take action

OUR METHODOLOGY

Visit the Justice Navigator homepage to learn more about the methodologies we use.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Funding for this platform was provided by Google.org, Players Coalition, Joyce Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Lyda Hill Philanthropies. Funding for development of the National Justice Database infrastructure and the original analytic plan upon which these analyses are based was provided by the National Science Foundation, under awards led by Principal Investigators Phillip Atiba Goff, Jack Glaser, Amanda Geller, Steven Raphael, and Amelia Haviland.

Suggested citation: Center for Policing Equity (2025). Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Palmdale Station, CA. Justice Navigator, justicenavigator.org.

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