Sacramento Superior Court invites 6th-12th grade students to enter its 2nd annual Jury Appreciation Week Poster Contest.This unique opportunity encourages ...
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unidentified man. On July 22, 2022, the decedent was ...
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unidentified man. On November 11, 2023 an unidentified mal...
UPDATE (12/8): Thanks to help from the public, the decedent has been positively identified, and his family has been notified.The Sacramento County Coroner's...
The Sacramento County Coroner's Office is seeking the public's assistance in identifying an unidentified man.On September 27, 2022 at approximately 2337 hours, ...
Sacramento County’s Community Review Commission (CRC) invites the public to participate in its Tuesday, May 16 meeting at 6 p.m. to hear from the Sacra...
Are you interested in an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on justice-involved youth in our community? The Sacramento County Juvenile Justice Coord...
Santa’s workshop isn’t the only place churning out toys for kids this time of year. The Sacramento Sheriff’s Toy Project has been helping to build and deliver ...
The Board, at its Dec. 8 meeting, directed staff to continue implementation of jail population reduction plans and new construction to address jail facility def...
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unidentified man. On Jan. 9, 2021, skeletonized remains were fo...
Sacramento County is continuing development of a plan for jail population reduction measures that has been submitted to Class Counsel in regards to the Mays Co...
Sacramento County’s Community Review Commission (CRC) invites the public to participate in its Aug. 16 meeting at 6 p.m. to hear a list of questions/topics for ...
UPDATE: The application deadline has been extended to Friday, Aug. 19.Reflecting Sacramento County’s commitment to race and health equity and community...
With Independence Day coming up, please remember to know the risks of fireworks, only use legal fireworks and stay safe when using. If you see or suspect illega...
The Sacramento County Coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of the six victims involved in the April 3, 2022 shooting that took place in downtown Sacra...
The Sacramento County Coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of one of the six victims involved in the April 3, 2022 shooting that took place in downt...
The Sacramento County Coroner’s office has confirmed the identity of the suspect and victims involved in the Feb. 28, 2022 shooting inside a church in the Arden...
Sacramento County’s Superior Court announced today that it has officially opened its application process seeking new jurors to serve on the 2022-23 Sacramento C...
The Sacramento County Probation Department, in collaboration with Behavioral Health Services and the Public Defender’s Office, will host an Open House to celebr...
The Sacramento County Probation Department in collaboration with Behavioral Health Services and the Public Defender’s Office will host a Community Workshop on t...
The Sacramento County Probation Department’s Youth Detention Facility (YDF) has received accreditation through the National Commission on Correctional Health Ca...
The Sacramento County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) Subcommittee will host a Realignment Plan Community Workshop to present and encourage commun...
With Independence Day just around the corner, COVID restrictions rolling back and anticipated parties, please remember to know the risks of fireworks, only use...
The Sacramento County Probation Department in conjunction with the newly established Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) Subcommittee, will host a Divi...
The Sacramento County Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) will host the first Assembly Bill 109 Public Safety Realignment Community Workshop (CCP Communi...
The California State Association of Counties (CSAC) announced on Nov. 4 that the Sacramento County Public Defender’s (SCPD) Office was a 2020 Health and Human ...
The Board of Supervisors authorized today, the Sacramento County Probation Department to accept funding from the California Health Facility Financing Authority ...
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Citizens Academy. Each spring, the 11-week Citizens Academy is held in an effort to provide improved understan...
Tuesday, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors authorized the Public Defender to accept Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funding in the amount of $220...
Sacramento County Probation Department Youth Detention Facility (YDF) received the 2018 Performance-Based Standards Barbara Allen-Hagen Award. The Youth Deten...
Sacramento County is dedicated to protecting the rights of renters and landlords and promoting fair housing choice. To further support that commitment, Sacramen...
In Sacramento County alone, there are more than 72 active “John Doe” and “Jane Doe” Coroner cases, some of which date back to 1975. In an effort to connect peop...
District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced that student applications are now being accepted for the 3rd Annual Youth Academy, a program in partnersh...
SACRAMENTO, CA – August 17, 2017On Tuesday, August 15, residents from the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility were named as one of 10 top finalists i...
This year’s National Night Out (NNO) is Tuesday, August 1, 2017. NNO is a once-a-year opportunity for citizens, members of public safety, neighborhood w...
Sacramento County high school students are encouraged to register for the 3rd Annual “Criminal Justice Shadow Day.” This unique program gives high school...
As part of the César E. Chávez Day of Service, the Sacramento Probation Department and the Sacramento Kings Foundation will collaborate to create a volunteer ...
A Juvenile Record Sealing Clinic will be held on Wednesday, February 15, by the Sacramento County Probation Department for adults with minor offenses on...
With advancements in today’s forensics technology, determining the identity of a corpse can be done with just a minuscule amount of DNA, much less than ev...
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Sheriff’s Department and Probation, along with the Sacramento Police Department, are seeking recruits for the...
As reported in the local news, there has been a wave of attacks on members of the Asian American community, particularly in South Sacramento. Members of ...
Thanks to the portrayal on TV crime dramas, the image of walking into a morgue and identifying a loved one is stuck in all our minds. In reality, Live Scan all...
Applications are now being accepted for the District Attorney’s 2ndAnnual Youth Academy, a program in partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Departmen...
On Friday, June 17, more than 100 students from schools across Sacramento County shadowed professionals from various criminal justice agencies to learn about t...
Northern California Construction Training (NCCT) will host a graduation ceremony for 212 students on Saturday, June 11, 2016, at 10AM. The event highlights succ...
Auf Ranger, Auf! Auf means “down” in Dutch and is the command that Sacramento County Deputy Rick Kemp uses with his patrol dog Ranger, who was born in...
Each month, the County’s Probation Department—in partnership with Sacramento Superior Court, the District Attorney’s Office and the Public Defender’s Office—co...
Last December, the College Glen Little League reached out for help with construction on new player dugouts and scorer’s booths at their fields from an unlikely ...
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, is ...
Most of us rarely think about cemeteries unless we have a friend or loved one pass away. And yet there are more than 50 cemeteries nestled amongst Sacramento Co...
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office launched an innovative new program to address the challenges kids face in this digital age. The program i...
Community members will be able to submit complaints as well as commend Sheriff’s Department employees using an on-line form in addition to traditional methods o...
Family Justice Center Becomes Reality…Although Sacramento County has more than 80 agencies that serve victims of domestic violence and human trafficking, many ...
Adults with minor offenses on their juvenile records can get a fresh, new start through a clinic run by the Sacramento County Probation Department. In pro-bono...
Sacramento County will vote on December 8 to add $5,000 to the reward being offered to help find the person or persons responsible for the recent shoo...
Proposition 47, approved by voters in November 2014, provides for certain felony convictions to be changed to misdemeanors. The Sacramento County Public Defend...
The Sacramento County Probation Department honored the YMCA and the California Endowment for their collaborative efforts to provide opportunities for at-risk y...
The Sheriff’s Department is holding a community event titled, “Unity in The Community” on Sunday, August 16 at Rutter Park in Sacramento. This free barbeque wi...
The Sacramento County Probation Department received the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Challenge Award for its Break Away Bike Progr...
Do you want to learn about our local criminal justice system and meet your public safety leaders, officials, officers and experts? Are you interested in ...
Police run to gun shots, firemen run to fire, and Chaplains run to comfort those who are affected by a crisis, including crime, fire and other tragedies. A Cha...
Sworn into office this January as Sacramento County’s new District Attorney, Anne Marie Schubert succeeded her former boss Jan Scully, who retired this past Dec...
UPDATE: Jan. 10, 2023If people are interested in donating a used bike in decent condition to help with the "refurbished bike program,&quo...
When veterans return home, some have a tough time re-assimilating into civilian life. For some, mental illness and addiction have led to a cycle of crime, arre...
The Board of Supervisors made a special presentation in honor of fallen Sheriff Deputy Danny Oliver on November 12. Board Chair Jimmie Yee presented a Resoluti...
The top dogs of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department (SSD) won big recently at the year-end K9 Trial Competition. Every year, Northern California is home...
Sacramento County is the first in the nation to launch a wild horse program within a local correctional facility. There are similar programs at the federal lev...
Every year there are thousands of people all over the globe who are forced to leave their homes due to conflict and wars. Fleeing to a foreign land for safety,...
On June 13, a new ordinance went into effect in the unincorporated County that aims to protect the safety and welfare of the public by imposing reasonable rest...
A Campaign to Establish a Family Justice Center: Domestic violence occurs in the Sacramento area every day. Last year in Sacramento County, the...
Registration is now open for the 2014 Summer Camp, Kops-N-Kids. Partnering with Sacramento County Probation Department and other local, state and federal agenc...
Cemeteries are not just a place to show respect to loved ones passed, but a place of history. So how do we show our appreciation? By cleaning them up....
Most of us know there are police and sheriff academies throughout the country that are aimed at recruitment and tactical training. Did you know there is ...
Local law enforcement is an integral part in Sacramento County’s ongoing focus to improve neighborhoods in the unincorporated County. On January 29, a joint, m...
One of the key priorities is the rehabilitation of drug offenders for the Sacramento County Probation Department. Roughly 78 percent of people arrested and boo...
Sacramento County’s Sheriff Department has tentatively been awarded $56.4 million for building construction at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (RCCC). The...
Last year, there were more than 400 victims of drug and alcohol related crashes in Sacramento County and many of these involved people who had felony and repea...
On December 18, the Sheriff of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, Scott Jones, recognized his employees for exemplary service in lines of work ranging...
The Sacramento County Probation Department and the City of Rancho Cordova are being honored for a unique partnership between the County Probation Department an...
Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones held a Town Hall Meeting on November 20 to lay out the many challenges and successes of his department to approximately 1...
The Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility, known colloquially as Juvenile Hall, was awarded the 2013 PbS Barbara Allen-Hagen Award on October 10. Th...
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Crime Lab staff work hard to process evidence for more than 1,000 cases every month. As a key member of Sacramento Co...
Hundreds of people attended a community rally that was held at Freedom Park in North Highlands on August 6 to celebrate the 30th National Night Out. Famil...
Celebrate in North Highlands, 30 years of National Night Out! If you are looking for a free, family friendly community rally featuring music, children’s...
