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

What the job looks like at Paradise Police

3,639 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8pm to 9pmButte County

Paradise Police is the police department for the city of Paradise, in Butte 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 10 a day

3,639 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: registration, plates or insurance, 31%.

Busiest hour for stops
8pm to 9pm
20% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
4th of 5 in Butte County
Stops that came from a call
11%
The rest the officer started
5th of 5 in Butte County
Stops on foot
11%
410 of 3,639
5th of 5 in Butte County
Median stop length
10 min

Where Paradise Police works

Filled: Paradise city limits.
Name in the state file
PARADISE PD
People stopped, 2024
3,639
Separate stops, 2024
3,266

Other departments in Butte County

What Paradise Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance31%
Speeding23%
Lights, tint or equipment16%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign4%
Outstanding warrant3%
License problem3%
Phone use while driving2%
Weapons2%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation2%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct1%
Everything else13%

The main reason recorded for each of 3,639 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

20% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Paradise Police
Butte County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Butte County. Paradise Police is highlighted.

On foot11% 5th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%60%
For a traffic violation85% 1st of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%60%80%
After a call for service11% 5th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused0% 5th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning36% 5th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%60%
Citation35% 2nd of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%
Arrest11% 4th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 5th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%

One person can have more than one outcome, so these do not add to 100%.

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched12% 4th of 5 in Butte County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed11% 4th of 5 in Butte 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.