SHERIFF-CORONER

2020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Successfully responded to several countywide emergencies including a pandemic, civil unrest and multiple wildfires. • Established a pilot program to expand the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s School Mobile Assessment and Resource Team (SMART) to three additional Orange County cities. The Sheriff’s Department entered into an agreement with the cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Irvine for SMART, which is comprised of deputies and officers specially trained to assess threats to the safety and security of students, staff and schools in Orange County. With the expansion, SMART will serve about 265 schools in Orange County, up from 112. • Began the process to implement the use of body-worn cameras by Orange County Sheriff’s deputies. • Began construction of new modern jail housing at the James A. Musick Facility. The complete construction will include a 512-bed facility and 384-bed facility. • Convened multiple community meetings to discuss law enforcement-community relations. The meetings provided an opportunity to enhance relationships among the public and law enforcement.

2021 GOALS

• Maintain low violent crime rates and reduce property crime. • Continue to address homelessness, mental illness and drug addiction within Orange County through the work of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Behavioral Health Bureau and participation in the County of Orange’s Integrated Services Plan. • Complete construction of a majority of the behavioral health housing modules at the Orange County Jail. • Create a real-time crime center to better analyze and prevent threats to community safety. • Relocate the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center to a facility that can accommodate the staff and functions of this critical resource. Additionally the Sheriff will work to resolve iniquity in state and federal funding to Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center.