Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

December 05December 05
Sheriff’s Deputy Injured in Collision While En Route to an Emergency Call
- Community
- Local
A Riverside County sheriff’s sergeant suffered major injuries Thursday when a car carrying an infant crashed into his patrol vehicle while he was en route to an emergency call in Thousand Palms, the California Highway Patrol reported. The sergeant, whose name was not released, was driving north on Monterey Avenue through the intersection about 10:50 […]
November 21November 21
Sheriff Chad Bianco: Law Enforcement is Cracking Down on Guns, Drugs and Gangs
- Local
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and district attorney’s office are cracking down on gangs. In Coachella, on Thursday morning deputies raided over 70 locations, arrested about 23 gang members, seizing guns and drugs. “Gangs, drugs and money all go hand in hand,” says Sheriff Chad Bianco adding they’re targeting gang members responsible for an increase […]

Kitty Alvarado
October 22October 22
El Paseo and PDHS Clean Up After Getting Tagged With Vandalism
- Business
- Local
A different type of “art” painted El Paseo on Saturday. Vandals painted sidewalks, signs, a car and stores early in the morning. “Nice area, upscale and they don’t have any regard for other people,” Miles Gordon, a shopper on El Paseo, said. Earlier that week on Wednesday, deputies responded to a grand theft at Louis […]

Daytona Everett
August 26August 27
Sheriff’s Department Investigating Shooting Near Palm Desert Cross Trail
- Crime
- Local
People usually come to this area off of thrush road in Palm Desert to hike the Cross Trail, at all hours of the day and night, but on Friday August 23, just before 11 p.m. the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department received a call that someone was shot here. Ed Brophy was working his Uber route […]

Kitty Alvarado
July 25July 26
Sheriff’s Bloodhound ‘Windy’ Loses Battle with Illness
- Community
- Local
A hard-working Riverside County sheriff’s canine that spent five years tracking suspects, searching for lost hikers and performing other duties day and night succumbed to an illness Thursday, despite efforts by veterinary staff in Murrieta to save her. “Windy,” a bloodhound based in the southwest area of the county, began suffering complications from a lung […]
July 10July 11
Sheriff Asks Community to Allow Deputy Involved Shooting Investigation Take Its Course
The images and sounds of a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy shooting a knife wielding man have been circulating on social media. And many including an eyewitness to the say the man should not have been shot. “It was like right in front of me and I thought why are they shooting this guy and I […]

Kitty Alvarado
July 10July 10
Bystander Video of Police Shooting; Helping or Harming?
- Community
- Local
A driver captures the moments leading to Tuesday’s deputy-involved shooting, the driver shouts at the deputies and deputies tell him to keep driving, seconds later a suspect is shot dead as the man continues to capture the situation on his phone. The video begins recording about 30 seconds before deputies opened, Deputy Mike Vasquez with […]

Max Rodriguez
July 03July 03
Suspect in Custody Following Police Sweep of Palm Desert Apartment Complex
- Crime
- Local
Authorities were on scene of the Desert Oasis apartment complex in Palm Desert, searching the surrounding area for a wanted suspect. The apartment complex, located at the corner of Country Club and Washington was locked down just before 12:30pm. Police set up a perimeter around the complex in the areas of Country Club Dr., Harris […]

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