Annual Report FY 2022-2023

Thank you for taking the time to read our Orange County Sheriff’s Department 2022-2023 annual report. The theme of our report this year is “Safety, Community, Service.” Whether providing patrol services in our contract cities and unincorporated county areas, or ensuring the safety and security of those entrusted to our care within our jails, these three tenants are woven into every aspect of the ways we serve you. This annual report highlights programs and best practices tied to these primary responsibilities. I know you will be impressed by the innovative efforts our personnel are undertaking to keep you and your property safe. Simple actions like locking our car doors will have a dramatic impact as more than 60 percent of vehicle burglaries occur from unlocked cars. I encourage you to watch the video accessible from the QR code on page 14. Finally, I want to introduce to you our new department vision statement. We underwent an internal process to identify a concise vision statement that is inspirational and illustrative of the future we want to collaborate with you to create. After many iterations, we chose, “A community where every person feels safe and valued.” We are a part of many communities in our everyday lives, and have opportunities to make an impact on how safe and valued someone feels within those communities. We should all strive for our every action, big and small, at work or in our personal lives, to contribute to building “a community where every person feels safe and valued.”

MESSAGE FROM SHERIFF BARNES

It is our privilege to serve you,

Sheriff Don Barnes

orange county sheriff’s department

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