Voice of OC (https://voiceofoc.org/category/news/safety-security-justice/)
The killing of a homeless Black man by an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy prompted protests throughout the day Thursday in San Clemente.
Officials in San Clemente at a Thursday emergency meeting declared a 9 p.m. civil unrest curfew in specific areas of the city.
Protests have already appeared in San Clemente. Plans for another this afternoon outside the Sheriff’s San Clemente station are underway.
A probe into false statements by OC sheriff’s deputies escalated this summer, with a grand jury hearing testimony from a wide-ranging list of sheriff’s officials before indicting a deputy with a felony for filing a false police report.
Twelve people have died in Sheriff’s Department-run jails this year — more than in any of the last four years — and the OC Health Care Agency says no inmate has died from Coronavirus.
A flurry of recent felony charges against OC sheriff’s deputies – including falsifying police reports – is prompting questions about honesty and integrity lapses within the department.
Several county supervisors have been called out regarding their handling of the private jet contracts.
California regulators and local stakeholders are raising concerns over whether developers will ensure boating and harbor access to the general public – not just the wealthy.
Orange County police and sheriff’s deputies will have the ability to run fingerprints in the field among people they’re arresting or detaining.
Medical records allegedly show a cooperative prisoner was improperly shackled while giving birth to a stillborn baby in a hospital.