Body The Orange County Sheriff's Department is seeking the public's assistance in location 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, who was last seen Jan. 2 in Lake Forest.

Body The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is sending a 39-member Sheriff’s Response Team to Santa Barbara County to aid the community devastated by recent mudslides. Thirty-three deputies, five sergeants and a lieutenant will provid eemergency mutual-aid to law enforcement in central California. They will learn their specific assignment when they arrive...

Body In honor of National Forensic Science Week, the Orange County Crime Lab wants to educate the public on the many ways our work impacts the county and makes a difference in the life of the citizens we serve. With impaired driving becoming an increasing problem on Orange County’s roadways, the...

Body Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators are looking for the owner of a 20-year-old white horse abandoned in unincorporated north Orange County. At about 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, deputies along with OC Animal Care responded to a report of a neglected horse in the ravine near the 57 freeway...

Body A married couple who had been living out of a car for months was placed into housing thanks to help from a dedicated OCSD team tasked with helping the homeless. Lake Forest Homeless Liaison Officer Deputy Castro, along with OCSD’s South Homeless Outreach Team, came to know Jacob and his...

Body It’s the last day of January: How are those New Year’s resolutions holding up for everyone? The start of the year brings commitments to live healthier lives, so we decided to keep with the theme and commit to creating healthier communities. We are partnering with the Orange County Human Relations...

Body The Orange County Sheriff's Department is partnering with Vanguard University for a unique college course experience behind the walls of the Intake Release Center.

Body 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. Dispatcher Katie Howard received one such call in her first week off training. A mother had inadvertently fell asleep on her seven-week-old baby...

Body The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Mounted Enforcement Unit (MEU) is saddened to announce the tragic passing of Police Service Horse Cloud after he suffered a medical emergency during monthly training on Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Riverside County. Cloud’s passing is the first on-duty MEU death in the nearly 50-year history...

Body A man suspected of committing a robbery at a Yorba Linda commercial business Tuesday night is in custody after several residents spotted the suspect and notified the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. At about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Sheriff’s Department received reports of a male subject, who had...