Los Rios Police Department

What Los Rios Police Department does

Los Rios Police Department (LRPD) is a POST-certified police department and constituent agency of the Los Rios Community College District (LRCCD), a public community college district in California. The department provides law enforcement and public safety services to more than 70,000 students, faculty, and staff across four colleges — American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and Sacramento City College — and their associated education centers throughout the Sacramento region. Services are delivered through five campus police centers, a 24/7 dispatch center, the SAFE Los Rios mobile and desktop safety communications platform, blue emergency phones across all campuses, elevator emergency phones, and online self-service portals for parking, crime reporting, and safety alerts.

LRPD's core technology stack is built around standard public-safety infrastructure. The SAFE Los Rios platform combines a free iOS/Android mobile app (panic button, safety escort requests, real-time location sharing, non-emergency crime tips, and procedure access) with a desktop alert system installed on district-issued computers that provides mass notification and a panic button. Citizen RIMS crime mapping software publishes live and historical incident data, crime logs, arrest logs, missing persons, and stolen vehicle logs across 12 campus locations. Blue emergency phone towers and elevator emergency phones route directly to the LRPD dispatcher. The dispatch center (24/7) coordinates with local law enforcement, monitors alarms and surveillance, and manages after-hours facilities access.

As a government entity, LRPD is funded through LRCCD public budget allocations and does not have a commercial revenue model. Direct user fees are limited to parking permits ($2 daily, $41 per semester for automobiles, $26 per semester for motorcycles, free for employees up to two permits), parking citations ($33–$283 depending on violation type, processed through Citation Processing Center), and Live Scan fingerprinting ($15 rolling fee for new hires and volunteers). The department operates a "direct-to-consumer" public service go-to-market with no commercial sales motion, serving students, employees, and visitors of the LRCCD directly through its physical and digital channels.

Name

Los Rios Police Department

Legal name

Los Rios Police Department

Website

https://police.losrios.edu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Los Rios Police Department is a POST-certified police department serving the Los Rios Community College District, providing law enforcement and public safety services to over 70,000 students across four colleges and six education centers in California's Sacramento region through campus police centers, a 24/7 dispatch center, and the SAFE Los Rios mobile safety platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Campus Law Enforcement

NAICS

Police Protection (92212), Police Protection (922120), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire Prevention, Inspection & Code Enforcement (Life Safety) (BPAIAGAL)

Keywords

• Campus law enforcement
• Public safety services
• Parking enforcement
• Emergency response
• Fingerprinting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Parking Permit Fees: The department generates revenue through parking permits including daily permits ($2), semester permits for automobiles ($41 standard, $36 for carpools with 3+ passengers), and motorcycle permits ($26 for spring/fall, $16 for summer). Employee permits are provided free (up to 2 per employee) with additional permits at $5 each.
2. Parking Citations and Fines: Revenue generated from parking violations with penalty fees ranging from $33 for standard violations to $283 for unauthorized use of disabled parking zones. Citation processing is handled by Citation Processing Center.
3. Fingerprinting Fees: Live Scan fingerprinting services for new hires and volunteers generate $15 rolling fees collected at Campus Business Offices.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Los Rios Police Department (LRPD) protects life and property at all Los Rios Community College District colleges, centers, and offices. The department provides sworn law enforcement officers with POST certification, a 24/7 dispatch center, safety escorts, vehicle jumpstart/unlock assistance, Live Scan fingerprinting, property registration and lost-and-found, parking permit issuance and citation processing, emergency phone networks, and the SAFE Los Rios mobile safety application for students and employees.

Product overview

Los Rios Police Department offers a unified suite of campus safety services across the Los Rios Community College District. The core offerings include the SAFE Los Rios safety communications tool (mobile app and desktop alert system), a 24/7 Dispatch Center for emergency and non-emergency response, campus police services at five locations (Headquarters, American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and Sacramento City College), and various support services including safety escorts, vehicle jumpstart/unlock, Live Scan fingerprinting, and property registration/lost and found. The department also provides parking management services through permit systems and citation processing, crime reporting and investigation services, emergency preparedness programs, and community engagement through the Public Safety Advisory Committee.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAFE Los Rios: Safety communications tool for students and employees featuring a mobile app and desktop alert with panic button functionality, safety escorts, location sharing, and non-emergency crime tips.

Products and services

• SAFE Los Rios Safety Communications Tool

Quantifiable outcome

• Planned 2022-2023 staffing: 1 Police Chief, 4 Police Captains, 4 Police Sergeants, 10 Patrol (sworn), 20 Campus Safety Officers (non-sworn), 60 Campus Patrols (non-sworn)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• UCLA Police Department: Large POST-certified California university police department providing patrol, dispatch, investigations, and community engagement across a multi-campus university setting; operationally analogous to LRPD at greater scale.
• San Jose State University Police Department: POST-certified CSU campus police department providing sworn law enforcement, 24/7 dispatch, emergency alerts, and parking enforcement; directly comparable to LRPD's service mix in a similar California urban university context.
• UC Berkeley Police Department: POST-certified University of California police department with full peace officer authority, comparable organizational structure, and similar public safety service mix (patrol, dispatch, crime prevention, emergency notification) to LRPD.
• Foothill-De Anza College Police: Police department serving the Foothill-De Anza Community College District in California; directly comparable as a community college police agency with sworn peace officer authority, parking enforcement, and Clery reporting obligations.
• UC Davis Police Department: POST-certified university police department serving the Davis/Sacramento region. Directly comparable as a California public-sector campus law enforcement agency with sworn peace officer authority, 24/7 dispatch, and Clery Act reporting obligations.
• Sacramento State University Police Department: Campus police department at California State University, Sacramento, sharing the same Sacramento operating geography and serving a comparable public university student population with sworn POST-certified officers.
• California State University Police Department (CSU system): Statewide system of POST-certified police departments serving the 23 CSU campuses; comparable model of government-provided sworn campus law enforcement with statutory peace officer authority in California.

Others

• Rave Alert / Motorola Solutions (emergency notification): Provider of the Los Rios RAVE Alert mass notification system used by LRPD for text/email/voice emergency alerts; a peer technology vendor whose platform is broadly used by US campus police departments for emergency communications.
• AppArmor (Rave/Motorola Solutions safety app platform): Vendor behind the SAFE Los Rios mobile safety app (per package ID com.cutcom.apparmor.losrios); provides panic button, location sharing, and tip-submission platforms widely deployed by campus police agencies, making it a key technology peer to LRPD's digital safety infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Allied Universal (University security services): Large private security services provider that staffs many universities with non-sworn security officers; a broad incumbent alternative model to LRPD's in-house sworn police approach for campus safety delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LosRiosPolice
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCvJ_mEl4D3qRH0FUiAnjjcw
• Facebookfacebook.com/LosRiosPoliceDepartment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/los-rios-police-department
• Instagraminstagram.com/losrioscolleges

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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