The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026
What the job looks like at Desert Hot Springs Police
5,000 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amRiverside County
Desert Hot Springs Police is the police department for the city of Desert Hot Springs, in Riverside County. This page shows what its officers spend their time on, from the stops the department reported to the state for 2024.
People stopped
About 14 a day
5,000 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 18%.
What Desert Hot Springs Police officers stop people for
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign18%
Registration, plates or insurance16%
Speeding12%
Lights, tint or equipment6%
School or truancy matter6%
Trespassing4%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct3%
Outstanding warrant3%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation3%
Mental health hold2%
Everything else27%
The main reason recorded for each of 5,000 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.
When the work happens
17% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.
Desert Hot Springs Police
Riverside County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
How the work is done
Each dot is a department in Riverside County. Desert Hot Springs Police is highlighted.
On foot36% 2nd of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation61% 13th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service23% 2nd of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused1% 14th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
How stops end
Verbal warning38% 4th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%
Citation36% 10th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest17% 2nd of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold2% 1st of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.
Searches and handcuffs
Person searched6% 7th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed18% 2nd of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
This page covers the work only. Pay, hiring steps and test rules for this department are not on the site yet. Agencies differ in how consistently they record handcuffing and searches, so small gaps may not be real.