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

What the job looks like at Wheatland Police

615 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 11pm to 12amYuba County

Wheatland Police is the police department for the city of Wheatland, in Yuba 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

615 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, 33%.

Busiest hour for stops
11pm to 12am
47% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
6th of 434 in California
Stops that came from a call
10%
The rest the officer started
243rd of 434 in California
Stops on foot
9%
55 of 615
330th of 434 in California
Median stop length
9 min

Where Wheatland Police works

Filled: Wheatland city limits.
Name in the state file
WHEATLAND PD
People stopped, 2024
615
Separate stops, 2024
555

Other departments in Yuba County

What Wheatland Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance33%
Lights, tint or equipment18%
Speeding15%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation7%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign6%
Consensual contact with a search2%
Weapons2%
Parking or stopping violation2%
Theft, burglary or stolen property1%
Parole or probation check1%
Everything else14%

The main reason recorded for each of 615 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

47% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Wheatland 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. Wheatland Police is highlighted.

On foot9% 330th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation86% 145th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service10% 243rd of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused4% 192nd of 434 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning26% 355th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation22% 249th of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest6% 301st of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold1% 192nd 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 searched14% 141st of 434 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed9% 223rd 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.