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

What the job looks like at Winters Police

922 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 9pm to 10pmYolo County

Winters Police is the police department for the city of Winters, in Yolo 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 3 a day

922 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, 24%.

Busiest hour for stops
9pm to 10pm
32% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
3rd of 6 in Yolo County
Stops that came from a call
2%
The rest the officer started
6th of 6 in Yolo County
Stops on foot
10%
89 of 922
4th of 6 in Yolo County
Median stop length
9 min

Where Winters Police works

Filled: Winters city limits.
Name in the state file
WINTERS PD
People stopped, 2024
922
Separate stops, 2024
917

Other departments in Yolo County

What Winters Police officers stop people for

Registration, plates or insurance24%
Lights, tint or equipment19%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign17%
Phone use while driving11%
Speeding6%
Outstanding warrant6%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation6%
Seat belt or child seat1%
Weapons0%
Drugs0%
Everything else9%

The main reason recorded for each of 922 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

32% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Winters Police
Yolo County average
12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm

Darker means a larger share of stops in that hour.

How the work is done

Each dot is a department in Yolo County. Winters Police is highlighted.

On foot10% 4th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%
For a traffic violation88% 3rd of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service2% 6th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%
Person perceived as unhoused2% 5th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning42% 3rd of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation32% 4th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%
Arrest8% 4th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%
Psychiatric hold0% 5th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched8% 5th of 6 in Yolo County
0%20%40%
Handcuffed11% 4th of 6 in Yolo 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.