The Public Affairs and Community Engagement division is responsible for providing honest and transparent communication, and contemporary community and drug education to the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Director Carrie Braun CBraun@ocsd.org | C: 714-904-7042 Orange County Sheriff implements proactive measures to limit exposure to COVID-19 SANTA ANA, Ca. (…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Director Carrie Braun CBraun@ocsd.org | C: 714-904-7042 Orange County Jail COVID-19 numbers increase, mitigation efforts continue SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 10,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Director Carrie Braun CBraun@ocsd.org | C: 714-904-7042 Be Safe, Be Sober This Holiday Season // National Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign Begins Dec…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 11, 2020): Please see the statement below from Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes. “We have received an order from the court in a case regarding COVID-19 in the Orange County…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (January 19, 2022): The Orange County Crime Laboratory, a division of the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department, was nationally recognized as a “Registry Implementer” for its high-…

LAKE FOREST, Ca. (Jan. 20, 2022): A deputy-involved shooting occurred the evening of Jan. 19, 2022, inside the Walmart on Towne Centre Drive in Foothill Ranch, wounding one man who was armed…

YORBA LINDA, Ca. (February 8, 2022): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, February 11, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (Jan. 26, 2022): Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Don Barnes announced today that he has commissioned the County’s first Homeless Death Review Committee to review deaths of people…

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County law enforcement agencies are warning residents about an elaborate scheme thieves are using to steal vehicles from members of the Latino community under the guise of…