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

What the job looks like at Redding Police

14,283 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8am to 9amShasta County

Redding Police is the police department for the city of Redding, in Shasta 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 39 a day

14,283 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, 25%.

Busiest hour for stops
8am to 9am
26% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
203rd of 434 in California
Stops that came from a call
11%
The rest the officer started
216th of 434 in California
Stops on foot
34%
4,883 of 14,283
63rd of 434 in California
Median stop length
10 min

Where Redding Police works

Filled: Redding city limits.
Name in the state file
REDDING PD
People stopped, 2024
14,283
Separate stops, 2024
12,528

Other departments in Shasta County

What Redding Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance25%
Lights, tint or equipment15%
Speeding8%
Phone use while driving5%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign4%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation3%
Outstanding warrant2%
Trespassing2%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Theft, burglary or stolen property1%
Everything else33%

The main reason recorded for each of 14,283 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

26% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Redding 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. Redding Police is highlighted.

On foot34% 63rd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation64% 353rd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service11% 216th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused6% 117th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning18% 392nd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation40% 93rd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest11% 186th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 292nd of 434 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched10% 219th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed8% 246th of 434 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.