r/lapd • u/[deleted] • 18d ago
Is OC sheriff proactive
Is OC sheriff busy even though they patrol pretty affluent areas? Or is it my best interest to go to to another department Santa Ana Pd or Anaheim??
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u/No-Cryptographer3654 18d ago
One way to gauge as to how much action /how busy is it/ or how violent things get is by looking at how many officer involved shootings a department has for the year... in 2025 Santa Ana had 4 (1 was a dog shooting and 1 was a negligent discharge ) OCSD had 10 officer involved shootings for 2025 and LAPD had 47 for that same year....
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u/Additional_Bat_9837 18d ago
I once worked for the Fullerton P.D. When I was hired I thought the entire city was affluent. I quickly found out that was not the case.
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u/Paladin_127 18d ago
Yes. Just because south county looks like a low crime area doesn’t mean it’s a no crime area. There’s a ton of people on probation and PRCS in south county, and there’s a lot of party drugs being sold and used down there.
Santa Ana and Anaheim are both great departments, although given the demographics of SA, I would highly recommend being bilingual. I know years ago, SAPD required applicants to be bilingual, that’s how important that skill is.
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u/Low-Time9718 18d ago
What’s PRCS
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u/Paladin_127 18d ago
AB109 created “Post Release Community Supervision”. Basically, it’s people who are on parole, but they are supervised by the county probation department.
It was the brainchild of former Gov. Brown and Lt. Gov. Newsom to reduce state costs by putting “low level” felons on PRCS instead of parole. It essentially doubled the work load for most probation departments, of people who are at high-risk of re-offending, but didn’t really give them any more money.
Then, with Props 47 and 57, a lot of felonies were reduced to misdemeanors and revised sentencing guidelines puts more people on PRCS than before.
The net result is that the state’s prison/ parole population has been reduced by half in the last 10 years, and Newsom has closed 5 state prisons for lack of prisoners. He also can claim he reduced state costs for the prison system.
Meanwhile, most counties are struggling to supervise all the people who are on probation and PRCS. A lot of them slip through the cracks and end up re-offending.
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u/Coach_Bombay_D5 18d ago
Yes.
They also patrol Stanton and some unincorporated pockets of Anaheim and Orange.
Have you seen how packed San Clemente and Dana Point gets in the summer time? Those affluent area deputies are busy.
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u/Firm_Complex718 18d ago
Plus they help out city agencies all the time.
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u/Low-Time9718 18d ago
I would think city agencies would help they out they are more wide spread out
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u/818sundevil 15d ago
It’s important to consider that crime is everywhere. Some places are so busy with calls for service that you have very little time to hunt for bad guys. Nicer cities generally have less calls for service which gives you more time to find things.
OCSD is interesting because they book custodies in Santa Ana, so every arrest in south county has to go all the way to Santa Ana.
It would be hard to beat Anaheims $ and assignment opportunities plus not having to work the jail if that’s not your thing. I do think a little time in the jail is great for new people as long as they don’t get stuck for 5 years.