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NEWS RELEASE: OCSD holds motorcycle safety enforcement in San Clemente

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (May 2, 2019)- The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation Saturday, May 4, in an effort to...

NEWS RELEASE: OCSD holds San Clemente bike and pedestrian safety enforcement

SAN CLEMENTE, Ca. (May 2, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the city of San Clemente on...

NEWS RELEASE: Sheriff to conduct bike and pedestrian safety operation in Stanton

STANTON, Ca. (May 2, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the city of Stanton on Monday, May 6...

Police K-9 Noa

OCSD bids farewell to Police Service Dog, Noa

The Orange County Sheriff Department’s K9 Unit is saddened to announce the passing of retired Police Service Dog, Noa. The 15-year-old Belgian Malinois passed away Monday, April 22...

Officers Leslie and Katie pose for a picture

The tough stuff, the highlights and everything in between: How OCSD dispatchers help our community

There are the calls that test them. Every dispatcher is guaranteed to receive that first call that challenges their resolve for navigating someone else’s worst imaginable day...

Orange County officer Austin and narcotic K-9 Luna

OCSD remembers retired narcotics K-9 Luna

The Orange County Sheriff Department is saddened to announce the passing of retired Police Service Dog, “Luna.” Luna, a 14-year-old Belgian Malinois, passed away Sunday, March 31...

NEWS RELEASE: OC Sheriff transfers 717 inmates to ICE during first year of SB 54

SANTA ANA, Ca. (April 3, 2019) – In the first full year of implementation of California Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), a state law that limits which offenders local law enforcement can...

TIP honors OCSD personnel at Heroes with a Heart gala

Three Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel were among 19 honorees at the March 28 Trauma Intervention Program annual Heroes with Heart gala, which recognizes first...

High School students pose with Orange County officers for a photograph

Learning from the lab: High School students glean drug prevention tips from OCSD

Slides from the murder scene flipped onto the screen – one grotesque shot after another. The students briefed on the infamous 2005 “Fortune Teller Murders” weren’t fazed by the...