RIPA police stop data - reason for stop

Police Updated May 11, 2026 Quarterly

About this dataset

The primary reason a person was stopped by the San Diego Police Department.

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File name	Download actions	File Format	File size
Reason for stop	Download Copy URL	CSV
Reason for stop - Historic	Download Copy URL	CSV

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Data Sample

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Field	Sample Value
id	190
pid	1
reasonforstop	Traffic Violation
reasonforstopcode	54122.0
reasonforstopcodetext	21457(A) VC - FAIL STOP:FLASH RED LIGHT (I) 54122
reasonforstopdetail	Moving Violation
reasonforstopexplanation	FAILED TO STOP A RED LEFT TURN ARROW
insertdatetime	2024-11-01 10:23:40.377000

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Data Dictionary

Data dictionary - field definitions for this dataset
field	field_type	description	possible_values
uid	str	universally unique identifier
id	int64	unique identifer for stop
pid	int64	unique identifer for person on a stop
reasonforstop	str	primary reason the officer stopped the person	https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/ripa-final-text-of-proposed-regulations.pdf
reasonforstopcode	str	specific violation if reason for stop is traffic violation or reasonable suspicion of criminal activity (code)	see reasonForStopCodeText attribute for descriptions of codes
reasonforstopcodetext	str	specific violation if reason for stop is traffic violation or reasonable suspicion of criminal activity (description)
reasonforstopdetail	str	detailed primary reason the officer stopped the person	https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/ripa-final-text-of-proposed-regulations.pdf
reasonforstopexplanation	str	brief narrative explaining the reason for the stop
insertdatetime	datetime

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