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By EMILY RASMUSSEN ALICIA ROBINSON and NATHANIEL PERCY Long Beach Press-Telegram PUBLISHED: August 16, 2021 at 5:46 p.m. | UPDATED: August 16, 2021 at 6:06 p.m. The unions representing Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Fire Authority personnel are opposed to a coronavirus vaccine mandate for their workers, their leaders announced last week amid a statewide order for health care workers and those […]

Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs parts of coalition that pushed for its passage. Today Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 230, which requires law enforcement officers to be trained in techniques to reduce the need for deadly force. The bill was authored by State Senator Anna Caballero (D-Salinas).

Today at their regularly scheduled board meeting, the Orange County Board of Supervisors, by a unanimous vote, adopted a resolution allowing Orange County employed peace officers who were injured at the October 2017 mass shooting event in Las Vegas, NV, access to workers compensation benefits.

TO: AOCDS Members FROM: Tom Dominguez, President DATE: May 17, 2017 RE: Investigator Edward Nichols (Ret.) We are deeply sorry to inform you that one of our retired members has passed away unexpectedly. Investigator Edward Nichols died peacefully in his…

Trump immigration crackdown in Orange County: Sheriff demands added 120 ‘beds for feds’ for detainees Posted by Debbie L. Sklar on May 9, 2017 in OC | 1,276 Views | Leave a response The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to…

Santana: Who Questions Sheriff Sandra Hutchens? Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders, left, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, and Sheriff Sandra Hutchens during a public forum on the jailhouse informants scandal. By Norberto Santana Jr. May 9, 2017 Some of the…

Trump immigration crackdown in Orange County: Sheriff demands added 120 ‘beds for feds’ for detainees Posted by Debbie L. Sklar on May 9, 2017 in OC | 1,276 Views | Leave a response The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to…

O.C. deputies complained of lax policies before 2016 jail escape, but they were ignored, grand jury finds. Nayeri Hossein Nayeri, the alleged mastermind of a 2016 jailbreak in Orange County, is returned to custody. The Orange County grand jury released a report this week…

Sheriff Management Failures Aided Jail Escape, Grand Jury Finds By Nick Gerda April 24, 2017 Serious management failures at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department helped three inmates charged with violent crimes escape from jail last year, according to…

A just society cannot exist without those sworn to carry out law and order. A just society cannot exist if society’s protectors harbor hate and resentment for the very people they are sworn to safeguard. There is no room in the…