DANA POINT, Ca. (May 15, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the city of Dana Point on Saturday, May 18, and with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. View PDF

SANTA ANA, Ca. (Sept. 12, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is working with law enforcement agencies across the state to promote safe behaviors that allow drivers and those on foot to get where they need to go safely. View PDF

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Ca. (May 15, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the city of San Juan Capistrano on Saturday, May 18, and Monday, May 20, with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. View PDF

SANTA ANA, Ca. (Sept. 12, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is joining law enforcement agencies, public health departments and other community organizations to raise awareness about the importance of keeping children in the correct car seat for their age and size. View PDF

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...