San Clemente, Ca. (February 10, 2022): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will have extra deputies out on patrol Saturday, Feb. 12, in the city of San Clemente looking for violations made by drivers and motorcyclists that increase the risk of crashes. With nearly 900,000 registered motorcycles in the state, many...

San Juan Capistrano, Ca. (February 3, 2022): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will have extra deputies out on patrol Saturday, Feb. 5, in the city of San Juan Capistrano looking for violations made by drivers and motorcyclists that increase the risk of crashes. With nearly 900,000 registered motorcycles in the...

Dana Point, Ca. (February 22, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Thursday, February 24, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone that...

Laguna Niguel, Ca. (February 19, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Tuesday, February 22, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone that...

Laguna Hills, Ca. (February 15, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Thursday, February 17, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone that...

San Clemente, Ca. (February 8, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Thursday, February 10, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone that...

Laguna Niguel, Ca. (February 8, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Thursday, February 10, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone that...

In February of 1985, the Sheriff’s Department recognized the need to initiate the K9 program. This program has significantly reduced the man-hours used in searching for suspects, evidence, and narcotics. The safety of our deputies have significantly increased with the ability to locate dangerous suspects with the use of the...

MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (March 9, 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. View PDF

SAN CLEMENTE, Ca. (May 21, 2020) – This morning at approximately 9 a.m. a protest occurred in the city of San Clemente related to the Governor’s stay-at-home orders. The vast majority of demonstrators peacefully exercised their First Amendment rights, with an estimated 200 people attending the protest.Unfortunately, despite numerous warnings...