Orange County Sheriff's Department is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County, California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and twelve contract cities (Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton and Villa Park). The Establishment is a generalized, mostly negative term used in Western societies to refer to the controlling (elite) structures of those societies. ... In law, jurisdiction (from the Latin ius, iuris meaning law and dicere meaning to speak) is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area... A police officer is a warranted employee of a police service. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors consisting of two or more rotor blades. ... Look up Sheriff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ... A contract city is a city in which a city has a contract with a county or parish to provide police services. ...

The agency also provides law enforcement services to the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA) system, and John Wayne Airport. OCSD also runs Orange County's Harbor Patrol, which provides law enforcement, marine fire fighting, search and rescue, and underwater search and recovery services along the county's 42 miles of coastline and in the county's three harbors (Dana Point, Newport and Sunset). FAA diagram of John Wayne Airport (SNA) John Wayne Airport (IATA: SNA, ICAO: KSNA, FAA LID: SNA) is located in Orange County, California, between the cities of Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Irvine. ...

The department's helicopter uses the radio call sign "Duke" (after John Wayne) and, appropriately, uses the John Wayne Airport as its operational base.

The Orange County Marshal's Department was absorbed by OCSD on July 1, 2000. OCSD, under its Court Operations Division, now provides all security and law enforcement services (such as Bailiff services and prisoner custody) to the county court system.

Since 1999, OCSD has been led by Mike Carona Michael S. Carona (born 1955) is the Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California (Orange County Sheriffs Department), whose popularity began during the hunt for the killer of Samantha Runnion. ...

History

OCSD was founded in 1889

Currently, OCSD has 1,460 sworn members and 1,446 civilian personnel.

Orange County Sheriff's Academy

The Orange County Sheriff's Academy is located in Garden Grove, California. Some training is also conducted at a Sheriff's facility in Orange, California. Country United States State California County Orange Mayor William Dalton Area    - City 46. ... Nickname: Motto: A Slice of Old Town Charm Location of Orange within Orange County, California. ...

There are 83 instructors on the academy and 46 percent are from OCSD, 39 percent from other agencies, and 15 percent are from non-law enforcement.

Some law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles County utilize the OCSD Academy for training, including the Torrance Police Department and the Pasadena Police Department. Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ...

Orange County Sheriff's Academy

Corruption

In 2004, the son of then-Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, Gregory Haidl, got in trouble with the law for his role in the Orange County Gang Rape Case. This case led to the resignation of Don Haidl.

Also, Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo was arrested for bribery and other offenses. Sheriff Mike Carona removed Jaramillo as assistant sheriff after Jaramillo was indicted. During Jaramillo's term, he and Carona were good friends. Michael S. Carona (born 1955) is the Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County, California (Orange County Sheriffs Department), whose popularity began during the hunt for the killer of Samantha Runnion. ...

External links

• Orange County Sheriff's Department