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Civilian Complaint Center
The Office of Independent Review and Civilian Complaint Center helps ensure transparency, accountability, and compliance with applicable law and best practices across Orange County Sheriffs Department;
Civilian Complaints
The Office of Independent Review (OIR) issued a report detailing the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s force policies, training and practice. While the report found that OCSD “has in place many critical components that effectively govern the use of force by its deputies,” the department is “out of step with best practices that would better enable its deputies to carry out their work in the most safe and effective manner.”
The report hits the department for not providing “enough information on de-escalation and other critical areas, including the use of lethal force.” These policies allow “avoid high-risk force practices,” including “avoidable high-risk force practices, like warning shots and what OCSD calls ‘alternative’ force.
The report hits the department for not providing “enough information on de-escalation and other critical areas, including the use of lethal force.” These policies allow “avoid high-risk force practices,” including “avoidable high-risk force practices, like warning shots and what OCSD calls ‘alternative’ force.
