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OCSD hosts active-shooter scenario for SWAT forces, tactical bomb technicians
Teams of gunmen roamed the top three floors of the office building as several terrified…
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OCSD medics train to treat K9s injured in the line of duty
Standing near the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Duke 6 helicopter, the medics stood around 5-year-old…
OCSD deputies help deliver care packages to patients receiving chemotherapy treatment
Husbands and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends. Directly or indirectly, virtually everyone…
OCSD Crime Analysis Detail works to predict, and stop, crime
It started with two robberies. Once the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Crime Analysis Detail determined…
OCSD deputies witness heartbreaking devastation during deployments to Montecito
He believes the phone call will come a second time — and soon, if sizable…
OCSD unit that investigates major traffic collisions is one of the agency’s busiest
On Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 4, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies who make up…
OCSD deputy makes sure jail system is compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act
Compliance Deputy Ron Miller says he often asks his sheriff’s academy students to imagine if…
12 years on, the killing of a Jane Doe still eats at seasoned OCSD homicide investigator
She was found dead on her back in the brush, about 12 feet down an…
Reserve deputy is OCSD’s newest bloodhound handler
Josh Assayag is first officer on a United Airlines 787, on active duty with the…
Meet OCSD’s first female pilot, a Coast Guard lieutenant who manages to stay grounded
The young teenager was living in the mountains of the Himalayas. From her home located…