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The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department wants everyone to have a safe Independence Day free of serious injuries or jail time. That means never driving if you’ve been drinking alcohol or taking drugs (including medications that impair your driving), never setting off illegal fireworks and not allowing juveniles to drink alcohol at your house party.
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San Diego County Law Enforcement Officers who have given their lives in the line of duty were saluted Wednesday at the 33rd Annual Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial Ceremony. Members of agencies from across the region gathered at the County Administration Center to pay their respects. During the ceremony, family members of San Diego Police Officer […]
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Don’t press your luck by drinking and driving on St. Patrick’s Day. San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies will be keeping extra watch for drunk and drugged drivers starting at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17 through 3 a.m. Saturday. A sobriety checkpoint is also being set up Friday evening in Encinitas. “Don’t drink and drive on […]
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Anonymous community members, or Secret Santas, donated $15,000 for San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies to hand out to needy families.
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Local law enforcement officers converged on Rady Children’s Hospital Tuesday morning to take part in a special operation: the delivery of thousands of donated stuffed bears to patients.
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Since 2014, 37 people owe their lives to a San Diego Sheriff’s Department program in which deputies carry and administer a lifesaving drug to people overdosing on opioids such as heroin, morphine, or oxycodone. “Ideally, we’d like to see this type of drug carried by all the first responders throughout the county to help save […]