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...
MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (May 19, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will have extra deputies out on patrol Thursday, May 21, looking for violations made by drivers and motorcyclists that increase the risk of crashes. View PDF
The Professional Standards Division functions include all pre-employment processing and the maintenance of personnel records on all Sheriff-Coroner Department employees. The Command coordinates employee records with County Personnel; ensures the department's compliance with State and Federal employment laws and statutes; receives and processes applications for and issues various county licenses...
On April 21, 1958, Deputy Sheriff Robert Shultz, 35, was shot and killed while on duty in the Dana Point area. Patrol Deputies Ed Johnson and Robert Shultz stopped an old converted school bus from Arizona on information it contained a mentally disturbed father threatening his wife, daughter and two...
CORONER CASE NUMBER: 87-05618-MA SEX: Male RACE: Caucasian DATE of DEATH: 11/28/87 AGE Est. : 30-45 EYES: Brown HAIR: Brown HGT. Inches: 72 WEIGHT LBS: 247 CITY FOUND: Fullerton LOCATION FOUND: S/B 57 FWY. S. of Imperial Hwy. in Fullerton DEATH CLASSIFICATION: Suicide PHYSIQUE: Heavy FEATURES: Uncircumcised, large oval burn...
SANTA ANA, Ca. (June 09, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is committed to transparency about law enforcement budgets, policies and practices. The Department guards against bias, diligently governs how we use force, and holds accountable deputies who betray the public trust. Data demonstrates that the Orange County Sheriff’s...
$0LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. (Nov. 20, 2019) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. $0$0On Thursday, Nov. 21, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone...
The Orange County Sheriff's Department Hazardous Devices Section is made up of 18 members, with one sergeant and four investigators assigned full time to the squad. There are twelve additional bomb technicians: three at the John Wayne Airport, three assigned to investigation units, one to Transportation, one to OCTA, one...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. (Aug. 21, 2020) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone...
Families picking up property, please call 714 647-7400 to make an appointment. For any other requests, including obtaining reports, please email coroner_requests@ocsheriff.gov . The Coroner Division is an investigative unit responsible for carrying out the statutory duties of the Coroner. Those duties include investigation into the circumstances surrounding all deaths...