Traffic Enforcement
Daytime traffic enforcement team
The Daytime Traffic Enforcement Team is comprised of six full-time officers and one sergeant.
The primary focus of the Day Motors is enforcement of traffic laws throughout the city with a focus on the areas of the city with the highest collision rates.
Nighttime traffic enforcement team
The Nighttime Traffic Enforcement Team is comprised of five full-time officers and one sergeant.
The primary focus of the Night Motors, like Day Motors, is enforcement of traffic laws throughout the city with a focus on areas within city limits that have high collision rates. Additionally, the Night Motorsspearheadsideshows as well as DUI enforcement.
Traffic enforcement requests and neighborhood complaints
Please call us at 916-808-3777 if you would like to submit a general complaint or request regarding traffic enforcement specific to your neighborhood.
Please be prepared to provide a brief summary of your traffic concerns as well as some detailed information, including:
- What the concern is. Examples include: speeding, running stop signs, reckless driving, etc
- Where in the City the concern occurs
- What time(s) of day the concern generally occurs
- Your name and phone number
You may or may not receive a phone call back in order to obtain additional information regarding your complaint or other questions. All concerns will be documented, and forwarded to the Traffic Supervisor.
Road signs and markings
For concerns related to the implemention or repair of stop signs, pedestrian hybrid beacons, speedbumps, road markings, etc., please direct your complaints or questions to the Department ofTransportation
Parking Enforcement and Abandoned Vechicles
For concerns related to parking, please refer to Parking Services.
For abandoned vehicles complaints, contact Code Enforcement.
Both divisions can be contacted via phone at 3-1-1 or via the Sac311 smartphone app.
Additional City resources
- The City of Sacramento's Engineering Services Division focuses on managing the City’s investment in new transportation infrastructure.
- The City of Sacramento's Transportation Division works to address transportation safety throughout all its work. Two focus areas include setting speed limits and traffic calming.
- The City of Sacramento's Transportation Division maintains various traffic control devices. The Signal and Lighting Maintenance and the Signs and Markings Maintenance are the sections in the division responsible for maintaining the field infrastructure used on our 3,000 miles of roadway to insure safe operation for roadway users.
Vehicle citation and moving violations
Parking Citations
For information on how to pay or contest your parking citations, please refer to Citation Services.
Moving violations
The Carol Miller Justice Center manages all citations for moving violations in the city and county of Sacramento. For more information on paying or contesting in court, please refer to:
Carol Miller Justice Center, 916-669-5712, or 916-875-7800
301 Bicentennial Circle, Room 100
Sacramento, CA 95826
Citation Corrections
If you received a citation for a correctable mechanical violation (also known as a "fix-it-ticket"), after you have resolved the issue, you can get your ticket signed off by coming to the front counter at the Sacramento Police Department Headquarters located at: 5770 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95822. The public counter is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on City-observed holidays
Towing Vehicles and Tow Hearings FAQs
- You need to be the registered owner (R/O) to retrieve the vehicle.
- If you are not the R/O, you need to provide documentation such as the bill of sale and/or release of liability to have a tow hearing or to release the vehicle.
- If you received a "Notice of Stored Vehicle," but no longer own the vehicle, you must file a Release of Liability form and submit it to the DMV.
- Was your vehicle towed by Code Enforcement, then you need to call 916-808-5473
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