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

What the job looks like at Rio Vista Police

1,594 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 8pm to 9pmSolano County

Rio Vista Police is the police department for the city of Rio Vista, in Solano 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 4 a day

1,594 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, 28%.

Busiest hour for stops
8pm to 9pm
29% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
3rd of 8 in Solano County
Stops that came from a call
7%
The rest the officer started
6th of 8 in Solano County
Stops on foot
6%
101 of 1,594
7th of 8 in Solano County
Median stop length
9 min

Where Rio Vista Police works

Filled: Rio Vista city limits.
Name in the state file
RIO VISTA PD
People stopped, 2024
1,594
Separate stops, 2024
1,571

Other departments in Solano County

What Rio Vista Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance28%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign21%
Lights, tint or equipment14%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation14%
Speeding7%
Phone use while driving3%
Weapons1%
Trespassing1%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct1%
Domestic violence1%
Everything else11%

The main reason recorded for each of 1,594 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

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

Rio Vista Police
Solano County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Solano County. Rio Vista Police is highlighted.

On foot6% 7th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation90% 2nd of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service7% 6th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused0% 8th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning57% 3rd of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%60%
Citation26% 4th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%
Arrest6% 7th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 6th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched8% 7th of 8 in Solano County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed8% 7th of 8 in Solano 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.