The Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department is a large, multi-faceted law enforcement agency composed of approximately 4,000 staff members and over 800 reserve personnel. The Department consists of five organizational functions divided into 20 divisions. The core services provided by the Department are: Public Protection, including patrol of land, harbors and coastline, homeland security, court and airport security, and emergency communications; Jail Operations; Technical Services including investigations, coroner services, forensics, emergency management and centralized Countywide communications systems; and Administrative and Support Services. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens delegates authority to her executive team made up of one Undersheriff, four Assistant Sheriffs and an Executive Director. They, in turn, administer the daily activities of the captains and professional staff at the division head level. Click here for our Executive Staff |
