Media Update

Union chief ‘disappointed’ OC sheriff won’t meet, but morale improves for deputies POSTED BY DEBBIE L. SKLAR ON APRIL 18, 2017 IN OC/Photo by John Schreiber The head of the union that represents Orange County sheriff’s deputies and…

Calls of someone threatening suicide come in often — two or three a week, at least — but none in the deputies’ experience have ended up like the one April 27. Three Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies at about 6:30 p.m. were dispatched…

AOCDS has received numerous inquiries from our members and the media regarding the current status of the command of the Central Men’s Jail. The AOCDS Board of Directors met today and as a result issued this statement through AOCDS President Tom Dominguez: STATEMENT

AOCDS President Tom Dominguez issued the following member advisement on January 26, 2016 The Orange County Register published a front page article today with comments from a trial attorney with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office accusing the Sheriff’s Department of…

If deputies have a gripe about the boss, they can go ‘Yelp’ on them Union critiques of superiors at Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office will be anonymous and public. Not everyone is thrilled. BY SALVADOR HERNANDEZ / STAFF WRITER Hundreds…

Office of Independent Review – Update AOCDS attended an ad hoc committee meeting on the Office of Independent Review last Monday and the Board of Supervisors meeting the following day to reiterate our position that any changes made to the current OIR model,…

The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs & Santa Ana Police Officers Association issued the following press release today: Prop. 47 Endangers Our Neighborhoods, Spurs Another Violent Crime Spree.

Edds: Nelson and Moorlach are OC’s Biggest Hypocrites When it Comes to Public Pensions Voice of OC By Kimberly Edds / November 5, 2015 at 10:40 AM Fourth District Supervisor Shawn Nelson and former Second District Supervisor John…

NBC LA’s Hero of the Night was OCSD Sgt. and AOCDS Sergeant-at-Arms Scott Baker. Sgt. Baker was at a birthday party last October for one of the players on his sons’ baseball team. The 10-year-old boy had just gotten out of…

AOCDS issued the following statement to the Orange County Register in response to a reporter’s questions regarding several Mexican Mafia cases: “The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs stands behind the integrity of the deputies who are the subject of the…