Behind the Badge
Once steps from slaughterhouse, Clyde now rocks it as a member of OCSD mounted unit
It was his “kind eye.” That’s what got the attention of Lt. Doug Williams, a…
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Inside the jail commissary: A look at OCSD’s $9.5 million, self-sustaining business
It’s every adolescent’s snack shack fantasy. Pristinely stacked red and blue boxes are filled to…
OCSD deputies share a cuppa Joe as they chat with Silverado Canyon residents
Just about every morning in Silverado Canyon, a handful of locals start their day with…
Computer hacking case leads OCSD cybercrime investigators to United Kingdom
The search for a hacker who infiltrated a local pension database led the Orange County…
AlertOC wants your number, and it’s all about keeping you informed when disaster strikes
If you live or work in Orange County and got a phone call Thursday just…
OCSD chaplain launches effort to develop plan for regional response to major events
About an hour after the deadly shootings at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino,…
The science of incarceration: How OCSD uses innovative jail programs to lower recidivism rates
In the end, convicts were sent off with whatever they came in with and well…
The sisterhood of the traveling police officers: ‘The Lord is giving me a family I never had’
When Katherine Anderson read a recent Behind the Badge story about how the first female…
OCSD’s ‘Pack-a-Pack’ drive provides backpacks and school supplies to needy kids
A group of Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies are making sure hundreds of disadvantaged kids…
Sheriff Hutchens outlines steps taken to harden the county’s jails in wake of escape
Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens on Friday detailed a series of “jail hardening” measures put…