The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is sending a 39-member Sheriff’s Response Team to Santa Barbara County to aid the community devastated by recent mudslides.
Thirty-three deputies, five sergeants and a lieutenant will provid eemergency mutual-aid to law enforcement in central California. They will learn their specific assignment when they arrive on scene.
The Sheriff’s Department’s deployment, which will later be reimbursed by federal emergency relief funds, will include providing security to areas damaged by heavy mud flow and providing deputies for traffic control and enforcement.
