From June 17th through July 11th, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office had extra Deputies on the roadways targeting impaired drivers. The additional Deputies were funded by a grant awarded to the Sheriff’s Office by the Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety. In addition to DUI saturation enforcement, the Sheriff’s Office assisted with two […]
On Tuesday evening, 07/12/11, deputies of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a child-custody civil standby incident in the Johnson Lane area of Minden, NV. As deputies were responding to the residence, they received updated information that the father of the child, 25 year-old Matthew Aymami, did not want to give custody of his […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office wants to make the public aware of new criteria for the dispatch and response of deputies in light of recent reductions required to meet the budgetary needs of Washoe County. As Sheriff Michael Haley announced during budget presentations to the Washoe County Board of County Commissioners and discussed during a […]
El Dorado County…MESSAGE FROM THE SHERIFF On behalf of the men and women of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, I take great pride in presenting to you our Annual Report for 2010. This report highlights the organization’s operations over the past year. It provides information on the work that is provided 24 hours a […]
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services CERT Program began in 2007, with overwhelming success. To date, over 150 individuals have received training. The CERT concept is based on increasing disaster preparedness awareness within El Dorado County by having a group of trained individuals capable of assisting themselves, their families and their neighbors […]
Placer County Sheriff’s deputies caught three armed robbers as they fled down Interstate 80 Thursday afternoon, shortly after the suspects entered an Auburn home and stole the residents’ medical marijuana, cash and other valuables. The victims, a man and wife, called sheriff’s dispatch at 3:07 p.m. to report that three men – one known to […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce that on Wednesday, July 6, 2011, the RAVEN program received a Letter of Authorization to fly fire suppression missions on Department of Interior lands. This letter allows the RAVEN 3 Huey helicopter to drop water on wild land fires on BLM land. The authorization was sought […]
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Division is currently investigating a homicide of a two year old female, which occurred in the 6600 block of Dorchester Drive in Spanish Springs on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Washoe County Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Dorchester Drive on a report of an unresponsive child. Upon […]
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue personnel and the RAVEN helicopter responded to the area near the Sutcliffe Marina at Pyramid Lake for a water rescue of three juvenile that had been pushed towards the center of the lake. While battling high winds and 4-foot swells, RAVEN Operators located the three juveniles inside a […]
ElDorado County, CA….The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the poisoning death on Saturday evening, June 25, of “Bella”, an Irish Wolfhound dog that lived on the 1900 block of Celio Lane in the […]
