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

What the job looks like at Yuba County Sheriff

5,706 people stopped in 2024Busiest hour 10pm to 11pmYuba County

Yuba County Sheriff is the sheriff's office for 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 16 a day

5,706 people in 2024. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. Most common reason: lights, tint or equipment, 14%.

Busiest hour for stops
10pm to 11pm
30% of stops are between 10pm and 5am
122nd of 433 in California
Stops that came from a call
18%
The rest the officer started
121st of 433 in California
Stops on foot
34%
1,910 of 5,706
67th of 433 in California
Median stop length
13 min

Where Yuba County Sheriff works

Filled: Yuba County. Cities with their own police are gray.
Name in the state file
YUBA CO SO
People stopped, 2024
5,706
Separate stops, 2024
4,988

Other departments in Yuba County

What Yuba County Sheriff officers stop people for

Lights, tint or equipment14%
Registration, plates or insurance11%
Red light, stop sign or traffic sign8%
Lane, turn or right-of-way violation5%
Trespassing5%
Outstanding warrant5%
Speeding4%
Disturbance or disorderly conduct4%
Drugs3%
Consensual contact with a search3%
Everything else38%

The main reason recorded for each of 5,706 people stopped in 2024, grouped from the offense code.

When the work happens

30% of stops happen between 10pm and 5am.

Yuba County Sheriff
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. Yuba County Sheriff is highlighted.

On foot34% 67th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
For a traffic violation59% 383rd of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
After a call for service18% 121st of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Person perceived as unhoused5% 152nd of 433 in California
0%20%40%

How stops end

Verbal warning43% 201st of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Citation6% 390th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%80%
Arrest22% 34th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
Psychiatric hold1% 96th of 433 in California
0%20%40%

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

Searches and handcuffs

Person searched22% 47th of 433 in California
0%20%40%60%
Handcuffed21% 60th of 433 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.