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…

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…

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…

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. “…

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…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (June 28, 2019) – Beginning July 1, 2019, Southern California Edison (SCE) will begin deactivating and removing a siren system from communities surrounding the San Onofre Nuclear…

Stanton, Calif. (April 4, 2018) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the county on Saturday, April 7, with focused…

MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (July 27, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, July 31, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location…

LAGUNA HILLS, Ca. (March 18, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the county on Friday, March 22, with focused…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (July 14, 2020): The Orange County Board of Supervisors today approved a pilot program that would expand the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s School Mobile Assessment and Resource…