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

What the job looks like at Red Bluff Police

3,429 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 11pm to 12amTehama County

Red Bluff Police is the police department for the city of Red Bluff, in Tehama 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 9 a day

3,429 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: lights, tint or equipment, 17%.

Busiest hour for stops
11pm to 12am
29% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
142nd of 433 in California
Stops that came from a call
26%
The rest the officer started
58th of 433 in California
Stops on foot
33%
1,117 of 3,429
75th of 433 in California
Median stop length
13 min

Where Red Bluff Police works

Filled: Red Bluff city limits.
Name in the state file
RED BLUFF PD
People stopped, 2024
3,429
Separate stops, 2024
3,197

Other departments in Tehama County

What Red Bluff Police officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment17%
Registration, plates or insurance13%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign9%
Outstanding warrant8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Speeding6%
Theft, burglary or stolen property5%
Phone use while driving4%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct3%
Public intoxication or open alcohol2%
Everything else27%

The main reason recorded for each of 3,429 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

29% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Red Bluff Police
California average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in California. Red Bluff Police is highlighted.

On foot33% 75th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation62% 362nd of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service26% 58th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 238th of 433 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning44% 198th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation10% 362nd of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest33% 13th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold1% 188th of 433 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched30% 15th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed34% 14th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
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.