The Police IndexStop data: 2024 · Pay and hiring checked Nov 2026
What the job looks like at Folsom Police
12,596 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmSacramento County
Folsom Police is the police department for the city of Folsom, in Sacramento 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 35 a day
12,596 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 20%.
The main reason recorded for each of 12,596 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.
When the work happens
25% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.
Folsom Police
Sacramento County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.
How the work is done
Each dot is a department in Sacramento County. Folsom Police is highlighted.
On foot8% 8th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation90% 2nd of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service6% 8th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%80%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 8th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%
How stops end
Verbal warning37% 5th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation36% 4th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%60%
Arrest6% 7th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 5th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%
One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.
Searches and handcuffs
Person searched7% 8th of 10 in Sacramento County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed7% 7th of 10 in Sacramento 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.