SANTA ANA, Ca. (August 19, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department would like members of the public to remain vigilant as investigators have seen an increase in thefts from distracted shoppers. Recent investigations show an increase in wallets and personal property being taken from purses while unsuspecting victims are...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (March 16, 2020): Based on recommendations from local, state and federal health authorities, and as part of the department’s ongoing COVID-19 prevention efforts, the Sheriff’s Department will temporarily suspend public visitation and inmate programming at all Orange County Jail facilities. View PDF

SANTA ANA, Ca. (January 14, 2020) – In 2019, custody and Correctional Health Services staff at the Orange County jail deployed Naloxone in an effort to save inmates’ lives a record 123 times to 70 inmates. Compared to the 2018 totals of 39 deployments to 32 inmates, the jump in...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (May 1, 2018)- The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation on Thursday, May 3, throughout the county in an effort to lower deaths and injuries. View PDF

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Ca. (Dec. 3, 2019) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Thursday, Dec. 5, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their...

Medal of Merit: Investigators solve nine follow-home robberies, reveal crime ring In March 2019, Deputies were dispatched to a robbery in Aliso Viejo. The victim had been followed home from a casino and robbed at gunpoint in her driveway. This isolated incident evolved into a multi-jurisdictional investigation of a sophisticated...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (May 1, 2020): May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department encourages the community to think about the safety of riders on two wheels and look twice for motorcycles. View PDF

LAKE FOREST, Ca. (Sept. 8, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, Sept. 11, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location in the city of Lake Forest. DUI Checkpoints are placed in locations based on collision statistics and...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (March 16, 2020): Earlier today, Sheriff Don Barnes issued directives and implemented a strategy for decreasing potential COVID-19 exposure to the community and Department personnel. “Our foremost responsibility is to keep the community safe, while implementing precautionary measures to safeguard the health of the public who rely...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Ca. (Aug. 31, 2020) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Thursday, Sept. 3, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their...