Police

[UPDATED With City Council Vote:] Fullerton City Council Considering New Police Force

See the update at the bottom of this post detailing the city council's vote not to explore disbanding the Fullerton Police Department. ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 7, 2012: Tonight the Fullerton City Council will consider the possibility of transferring law enforcement duties from the city's embattled p ... More >>

[UPDATED with Checkpoints Tonight in Sous-a Ana, Wet-minster and Beer Garden Grove:] Extra DUI Patrols in Drank Forest, Mixin' Viejo and Rancho Santa Margaritaville

UPDATE, JUNE 8, 11:11 A.M.: In addition to the sheriff's department's DUI patrols in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo and Ranch Santa Margarita, city police agencies hold sobriety checkpoints tonight in Westminster, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.The Westminster and Garden Grove police departments did not ann ... More >>

Warning: St. Patrick's Day Weekend Sobriety Checkpoints in Mission Viejo and Buena Park

​Drink your green beer with the Jameson shot add-ons, but be aware that the coppers are roaming the streets with extra vigor this weekend.Sobriety checkpoints are scheduled tonight in Mission Viejo and Saturday night in Buena Park. Meanwhile, officers from the CHP, sheriff's department and various ... More >>

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

[BREAKING:] Plum Crazy Fool Takes Deputy's Gun from Holster at John Wayne Airport

​This afternoon at John Wayne Airport, a man managed to come up on a uniformed sheriff's deputy from behind and remove his gun from his holster.The deputy and a second sheriff's department employee managed to recover the gun and take the man into custody without any shots being fired. The employee ... More >>

Edward Justin La Porte, Ex-Cop Accused of Pulling Fake Massage-Parlor Check and Getting Free Rubdown While Naked, May Have Hit More Shops

​The Orange County Sheriff's Department is reaching out to local massage parlors.Betcha never thought you'd read that--well, not since international connoisseur of "phenomenal pussy" Mike Carona was run out of the sheriff's office.The alert to spas and massage parlors comes after the alleged illeg ... More >>

Man Accused of "Annoying" Children on Bus Arrested

Flickr user Boeke / Creative CommonsThese kids and this bus: not involved, not annoyed.​Kids are allowed to be annoying to adults. Adults are not allowed to be annoying to kids. Case in point: Jose Antonio Hernandez.

Kevin Noel Schlueter, Former Anaheim Cop Pleads Guilty to 3 DUIs and Gets Treatment, Home Confinement, Probation

​It's not often that the Orange County District Attorney's Office issues a press statement about a conviction that's immediately followed by a correction from a local police agency, but one such squad found it necessary to send one today when it came to Kevin Noel Schlueter, the 37-year-old police ... More >>

Which OC Sheriff's Candidate Has The Best Campaign Website?

​In just 133 days, Orange County residents will have their first opportunity to vote for sheriff after the FBI and IRS arrest and corruption conviction of Sheriff Mike Carona. There are three candidates at this point: Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's official who was ... More >>

Westminster Tabs New Police Chief

Mitch Waller goes from captain to chief at Westminster Police Department.​Westminster Police Captain Mitch Waller will be promoted to police chief with the retirement of Andrew Hall, City Manager Don Lamm and the Westminster City Council announced.

Crime Time: Is Tobias Fünke the "Blue Note Bandit"?

It's the Weekly's weekly crime round-up--now with more blatant Arrested Development imagery.Could Tobias Fünke be the "Blue Note Bandit" (Wednesday) or the man making "blown" offers (Thursday)?​TUESDAY, DEC. 1Nice Racks! After pulling over a silver 2004 Acura TL four-door at Newport Boulevard and ... More >>

Sheriff's Lobstergate Scandal Produces Deputy Conviction

Another dirty deputy nabbed​An on-duty Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy who fabricated a wild story to protect an off-duty deputy allegedly caught illegally poaching undersized lobsters was convicted today of obstructing a fish and game warden, according to prosecutors.Deputy Phillip Glen ... More >>

Authorities Trumpet Largest Orange County Curfew Sweep

​About 300 officers from 20 law enforcement agencies made sweeps through various Orange County communities last night and early today and swooped up 67 kids in violation of city curfew laws, the District Attorney's office announced. Curfews begin at 10 or 11 p.m., depending o ... More >>

Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>

Crime Time: F-Bombers, Tiki Takers, Beatles Fans, Creepy Molesters and Tawny Kitaen on the Loose

FACES OF TAWNY Actress, ex-Anaheim Angel wife, car hood buffer, supposedly reformed druggie and all-around hot mess Tawny Kitaen is shown on a February 2004 Weekly sex issue cover (left); in a booking photo from her April 2002 assault on then husband Chuck Finley in Newport Beach (top right); and wr ... More >>

Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

Great candidate for the Smoking Gun's mugshot roundup...​What is most disturbing about this story: that Chattanooga has a Taco Bell, the stupidity of the crime, or that police officers are so badly paid they have to visit a Taco Bell for their Mexican grub? Anyway, the story:A man accused of tryin ... More >>

An Investigation Into a SF Cop Killing Leads to a Chicago Professor Who Helped Launch Obama's Career

Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $ ... More >>

Crime Time: Methed Mom, Nitrous Oxide, a Full Moon, a Gutted Black Cat and a Skateboarding Giant Ax Carrier

It's our weekly Weekly roundup of Orange County police calls--with suspect mugs!TUESDAY, JULY 7Courtesy of Cypress Police DepartmentAlison Le Anne EbertAt Least She Left the TV On Officers responding to an anonymous, 4:45 a.m. report of child abuse in a home in the 8500 block of La Homa Street in Cy ... More >>

OC Deputies Outraged That DA Attacked Their Honesty; Demand Top Resignation!

Something rare happened on Friday, April 17--and it wasn't just that the Orange County Register was pretending it had broken news about a trial it's reporters hadn't attended. On that date in 6 B.C., so I'm told, the sun, Jupiter, Saturn and our moon were aligned. I won't pretend to know what astrol ... More >>

Santa Ana, Police Feted for Getting Their War On

Parked on Civic Center?If you're scooting past Santa Ana police headquarters Thursday afternoon and notice a large contingency of uniformed members of the Armed Services, worry not. That portion of Downtown Santa Ana has not been declared a war zone. Yet.Nor is it a green zone signifying safety from ... More >>

In Anaheim, Sticks And Stones Can Kill You

Auto Theft Advisory CommitteeFlanagan received an award last year for recovering the most stolen cars in the county. **Update: Julian Alexander's family has released a statement expressing their disappointment over the DA's decision not press charges against Kevin Fagan. "The shooting represents an ... More >>

And Now There Are Two

Five months after indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona resigned to prepare for his corruption trial, the county's board of supervisors (BOS) today narrowed the prospective replacement list from nine candidates to just two: Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters and ex-Los Angeles County Sheriff's ... More >>

The Weekly's Head Count of the 48 New Faces Who Want to Be Your Next Sheriff

How Robert Zilliott's alcohol-monitoring anklet led to a painful run-in with Laguna Beach cops

Cop Cruiser Filmed Plowing Over Man Below OC Weekly World HQ

Perhaps in an effort to decrease inmate overcrowding, a Santa Ana police cruiser accelerated in a restaurant parking lot and ran over a fleeing suspect across the street from OC Weekly's world headquarters late Tuesday night. Police officials tell reporters that they are conducting an investigation ... More >>

Thanks for the Work!

An open letter to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Sheriff Mike Carona, and the police chiefs and mayors of every Orange County city except Laguna Niguel

Inside the Kill Zone

Eyewitnesses contradict official version of Surf City shooting

'We Love Hunting Wetbacks'

Costa Mesa Latino alleges Bizarre beatdown by OC Sheriffs Deputies

Training Day

Police admit they planted a gun at Huntington Beach crime scene

Hey, You!

Titanic Injustice

"This Is Unacceptable Behavior"

Web Exclusive! Veteran cop Ralph Martin calls on sheriff to resign after mob ties documented

Gentlemen, Start Your SUV Engines...

IT TURNS OUT THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS BASED ON A HOAX THAT BEGAN IN NEW JERSEY. SEE THIS. SO SPEED AWAY, SOUTH COUNTY DRIVERS! This just made the rounds in the OC Weekly e-mail-ery, not that all of us have lead foots here. Just most of us. Consider yourselves warned: California Highway Patrol will la ... More >>

REQUIEM FOR A DREAMGIRL

A Tale of Sex, Drugs, Dirty Copsand a Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Year of the Gun

OC cops end 2003 with perfect record

Reefer Badness

DA investigates charges sheriffs deputies covered up pot bust involving an officials son already on trial for videotaped gang-rape

The Thin Boo Line!

Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

Dirty Marky

New lawsuits surround Surf Citys most expensive cop

Have Badge, Will Skate

Anaheim seems content to let controversial cop continue brutalizing citizens

Cop Magnet

Forget doughnut breaks. Cops prefer looking for drunks around Downtown Disneys House of Blues

Anthrax Schmanthrax

Anaheim Spooks

Report shows police spied on activists who complained about cops

Rave Off

Drug paranoia killed B3Cande desert rave

Fit to Be Hog-Tied

Westminster cops still use controversial technique on combative drug users despite a 1998 death while in custody

Welcome to Orange County, Now Go Home

Cops say they want to bail on INS duty

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Garden Grove mayor plays both in re-election bid

Cop Out

Why arent OC agencies following Garden Groves lead?

Whistleblower Blues

Anaheim gang-unit cop still awaits justice

Testilying

Video embarrasses DA, Newport cops

Message in a Baton

OCN tags along for troubling police raid