Body Captain Ryan Anderson serves as Chief of Police Services for the city of Laguna Woods. Since July 1, 1999, the Sheriff’s Department has provided contracted law enforcement services for the city of Laguna Woods which has one of the lowest crime rates of any city in Orange County. The Laguna...

Body The Southwest Operations Division provides professional and caring law enforcement services to more than 305,000 residents within our division. The seven contract cities of Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, San Clemente, and San Juan Capistrano are all within the Southwest Operations area of responsibility. The... Links in this section relate to Body

Body The Theo Lacy Facility is a maximum security jail complex situated on the banks of the Santa Ana River bed in the City of Orange. The facility covers approximately 11 acres of land between the Orangewood Children’s Home. With a maximum capacity of 3,442 inmates, the Theo Lacy Facility maintains...

Body Captain Jonathan Larson serves as the Chief of Police Services for the city of Mission Viejo. The Orange County Sheriff's Department has been the contract law enforcement partner for Mission Viejo since 1988. Mission Viejo Police Services has five Sergeants who provide supervision of the patrol, traffic and administrative staff...

Body Captain Terrance Burton serves as the Chief of Police Services for the city of San Juan Capistrano. San Juan Capistrano has been contracting primary law enforcement services from the Orange County Sheriff's Department since April 19, 1961. San Juan Capistrano Police Services provides responsive, professional law enforcement services to all...

Body The applicant shall not be required to pay for any training courses prior to the initial determination of whether the applicant is a disqualified person pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 26202. New applicants must complete a course no less than 16 hours to include at least...

Body Six Points For Kids (SPFK) is an employee-driven program of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD). SPFK was conceived and started by front-line deputies to give back to children and teens in our local community. The goal of SPFK is to equip kids for success. It achieves its mission by...

Body Amendments to Penal Code section 832.7 require the release of law enforcement records relating to officer-involved shootings, uses of force resulting in death or great bodily injury and sustained findings against peace officers of dishonesty or sexual assault, as defined by the law. Such records had previously been exempt from...

Body Captain Frank Gonzalez serves as the Chief of Police Services for the city of Dana Point. Dana Point continues to be a leader in South Orange County by providing responsive and professional level of law enforcement services. Programs implemented by Dana Point Police Services have been recognized statewide and duplicated...