Orange County Sheriff's Department
| Orange County Sheriff's Department | |
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Patch of the Orange County Sheriff's Department | |
Flag of Orange County, California | |
| Common name | Orange County Sheriff |
| Abbreviation | OCSD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | August 1, 1889 |
| Employees | 4,000 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Orange County, California, U.S. |
| Jurisdiction of Orange County Sheriff's Department | |
| Size | 948 square miles (2,460 km2) |
| Population | 3,190,400 |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, California |
| Sworn/Professionals | 4,000 |
| Agency executive | |
| Facilities | |
| Jails | 4 |
| Helicopters | 5 |
| Website | |
| OCSD | |
The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) is the law enforcement agency serving Orange County, California. It currently serves the unincorporated areas of Orange County and thirteen contract cities in the county: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda.
The agency also provides law enforcement services to the Orange County Transportation 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 (68 km) of coastline and in the county's three harbors (Dana Point, Newport and Huntington).
The OC Sheriff is Don Barnes.