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

What the job looks like at UC Riverside Police

750 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmRiverside County

UC Riverside Police is a campus police department. Most of its 2024 stops were 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 2 a day

750 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: red light, stop sign or traffic sign, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
41% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
24th of 434 in California
Stops that came from a call
14%
The rest the officer started
166th of 434 in California
Stops on foot
28%
210 of 750
98th of 434 in California
Median stop length
11 min

Pay at UC Riverside Police in 2025

Median total pay
$166,197
What a full-year officer was actually paid, with overtime. Half earned more.
Median overtime
$25,228
20% on top of median regular pay. One in ten earned $56,308 or more.

Median total pay by rank

Officer or deputy$166,197
Sergeant$231,084

30 sworn staff were paid for the full year, 21 of them at officer or deputy level. Sheriff counts include jail and court deputies. Source: California State Controller, Government Compensation in California, raw export, 2025.

Where UC Riverside Police works

This agency works inside Riverside County. Its own area is not drawn.
Kind of agency
Campus police
Name in the state file
UNIV OF CAL-RIVERSIDE PD
People stopped, 2024
750
Separate stops, 2024
678

Other departments in Riverside County

Riverside County SheriffRiverside PoliceCorona PoliceMurrieta PoliceCathedral City PolicePalm Springs PoliceDesert Hot Springs PoliceMenifee Police

What UC Riverside Police officers stop people for

Red light, stop sign or traffic sign24%
Registration, plates or insurance14%
Lights, tint or equipment13%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Theft, burglary or stolen property4%
Trespassing4%
Weapons4%
Consensual contact with a search4%
Speeding2%
Parking or stopping violation1%
Everything else23%

The main reason recorded for each of 750 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

41% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

UC Riverside 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. UC Riverside Police is highlighted.

On foot28% 98th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation70% 320th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service14% 166th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused5% 159th of 434 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning58% 105th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation10% 368th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest16% 99th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold0% 380th 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 searched24% 41st of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed16% 100th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
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.