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The Riverside County Sheriff's Department ( RSD ), also known as the Riverside Sheriff's Office ( RSO ), is a law enforcement agency in Riverside County, in the U.S. state of California. Overseen by an elected sheriff -coroner, the department serves unincorporated areas of Riverside County as well as some of the incorporated cities in the ...
Orange County Sheriff Theo Lacy on horseback, 1890s. 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 ...
Law Enforcement Exploring, commonly referred to as Police Explorers or Police Scouts, is an American vocational education program that allows youth to explore a career in law enforcement by working with local law enforcement agencies. Founded on July 12, 1973, it is one of the Exploring programs from Learning for Life, a non-Scouting affiliate ...
San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.
Early history. Following the organization of the State of California into counties, the Sheriff's Department of Los Angeles County was formed in April, 1850. [ 1] Elections for the office of sheriff were held annually until 1882, when the term was increased to two years; in 1894 the term was increased to four years.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was founded in 1850, was the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The all-volunteer, Los Angeles-specific Los Angeles Rangers were formed in 1853 to assist the LASD. They were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office ( SSO ), is a local law enforcement agency that serves Sacramento County, California. It provides general-service law enforcement to unincorporated areas of Sacramento County, as well as incorporated cities within the county that have contracted with the agency for law-enforcement services.
A vehicle that struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff's recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday, critically injuring at least five of them, was traveling on the wrong side of the road just ...