In March of 2012, a deputy was involved in an officer involved shooting in the City of Rancho Santa Margarita. The case was investigated by the Orange County District Attorney's Office and no criminal charges were filed.
In October 2010, a deputy was involved in an officer involved shooting in the City of Laguna Niguel. The case was investigated by the Orange County District Attorney's Office and no criminal charges were filed.
In June 2006, deputies were involved in an officer involved shooting in the City of Dana Point. The case was investigated by the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
A large amount of narcotics recently being smuggled into Southern California was intercepted and confiscated by the OC Sheriff’s Highway Interdiction Team (HIT).
Over two days, the team initiated traffic stops that resulted in pulling 81.4 pounds of methamphetamine and 115,400 fentanyl pills off the street.
HIT deputies first stopped a vehicle heading northbound on the 5 freeway on Sept. 28. Narcotics detection K-9, Remington, alerted on the vehicle and deputies found 81.4 pounds of methamphetamine and 105,000 fentanyl pills hidden in the floorboards.
The following day, on Sept. 29, deputies stopped another vehicle traveling northbound on the 5 freeway and narcotics detection K-9, JC, alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle. Deputies found and confiscated 10,400 fentanyl pills on that stop.
The Highway Interdiction Team is responsible for patrolling the freeway thoroughfare and proactively identifying and interrupting drug trafficking activity.