National Blood Donor Month January is National Blood Donor Month and we encourage you to help out those in need by donating blood. Did you know that every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood? According to Red Cross, around 36,000 units of blood are needed each day. To...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Ca. (Aug. 26, 2020) – The Sheriff’s Department will take part in a bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement operation aimed at educating bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians on traffic laws, rules and responsibilities.On Saturday, Aug. 29, deputies will be looking for violations made by bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians...

SANTA ANA,Ca. (January 11, 2019) – Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators arrested a man yesterday suspected of committing multiple rapes in the 1990s, including the kidnapping and rape of a9-year-old girl in Lake Forest. The man was identified utilizing techniques similar to the methods used to identify the Golden State...

SAN CLEMENTE, Ca. (Sept. 2, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, Sept. 4, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location in the city of San Clemente. DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (November 9, 2018) - In June 2018, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) became aware of an issue with attorney-client privileged phone calls between inmates and their attorneys. In July 2018, the contractor who provides phone service to inmates in the OCSD jails, Global Tel Link Corporation...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (April 12, 2018)- The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation Saturday, April 14, in an effort to lower deaths and injuries. View PDF

SANTA ANA, Ca. (May 27, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Civil Bureau, which serves civil evictions for all cities and unincorporated areas in the County of Orange, will resume court-ordered civil evictions that were in-process prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday, Civil Bureau deputies began...

LAGUNA HILLS, Ca. (July 21, 2020) – Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Major Accident Reconstruction Team (MART) on Saturday, July 18, arrested a driver suspected of hitting and killing a pedestrian in a hotel parking lot and fleeing the scene. View PDF

A 22-year-old man was arrested after attempting to defraud a rental car company Sunday night. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies at about 6 p.m. on March 11 responded to the Avis car rental desk stationed at John Wayne Airport after a manager reported a male suspect attempted to rent a Range...

LAKE FOREST, Ca. (July 17, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will have extra deputies out on patrol Monday, July 20, in the city of Lake Forest looking for violations made by drivers and motorcyclists that increase the risk of crashes. View PDF