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

What the job looks like at Indio Police

1,825 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 7am to 8amRiverside County

Indio Police is the police department for the city of Indio, 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 5 a day

1,825 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: speeding, 19%.

Busiest hour for stops
7am to 8am
23% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
4th of 14 in Riverside County
Stops that came from a call
2%
The rest the officer started
12th of 14 in Riverside County
Stops on foot
7%
125 of 1,825
11th of 14 in Riverside County
Median stop length
5 min

Where Indio Police works

Filled: Indio city limits.
Name in the state file
INDIO PD
People stopped, 2024
1,825
Separate stops, 2024
1,780

Other departments in Riverside County

What Indio Police officers stop people for

Speeding19%
Registration, plates or insurance18%
Lights, tint or equipment17%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign14%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation8%
Phone use while driving7%
Seat belt or child seat2%
Consensual contact with a search1%
Outstanding warrant1%
License problem1%
Everything else13%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,825 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

23% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Indio 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. Indio Police is highlighted.

On foot7% 11th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation92% 4th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service2% 12th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused6% 3rd of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning25% 7th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%
Citation48% 7th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest9% 9th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 14th 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 searched4% 11th of 14 in Riverside County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed8% 8th 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.

Sources: California Department of Justice stop data, 2024 · Map outlines: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files, 2023, 1:500,000.