Sheriff Hutchens takes CCW training in-house in Orange County

Recently, CCW holders in Orange County have been recieving a letter stating, in part:

effective September 1, 2010, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will require all CCW applicants and individuals wishing to renew their license to carry a concealed weapon to attend a community college course on firearms safety certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)

Because of budgetary constraints, the Sheriff’s Department is unable to audit individual courses. The Sheriff’s Department is implementing this requirement to ensure uniformity in training.

Commander Lee Trujillo
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Professional Standards Division

Sources close to the department have indicated that OCSD has recently had their training classes POST-certified for the purpose of offering these classes internally.

Rancho Santa Margarita: Two dead in shooting

Two people were found dead by sheriff’s deputies inside a two-story home Wednesday afternoon after a neighbor reported hearing shots fired in an upscale neighborhood, officials said. The details of how they died and why are not being released as investigators comb through the home.
Authorities believe the violence was contained entirely inside the home, and they are not searching for anyone else in connection with the deaths

Sheriff’s investigators and deputies gather in a residential neighborhood near a home in Rancho Santa Margarita where shots were fired Wednesday.

When deputies arrived, they found two people dead inside Birdhollow Drive home, said investigator Dan Salcedo of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Salcedo said it was not known if the incident was a murder-suicide, but it appears the incident was isolated to the two-story home.
About 10 patrol cars responded to the quiet Robinson Ranch neighborhood, which is lined with two-story homes with three-car garages. Deputies closed off Birdhollow Drive as residents from the area gathered near the yellow caution tape.
Deputies were called to the area at 1:43 p.m., when a neighbor reported that someone may have been shot, Salcedo said.
The identities of the two people found inside are being withheld until authorities can contact their next-of-kins.

[From The Orange County Register]

Anaheim - 70-year-old woman stabbed in the face

An elderly woman suffered several stab wounds to the face in what police say appears be an unprovoked attack from a much younger neighbor.

Investigators want to question 18-year-old Alfredo Gonzalez in connection with the attack. Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez said Gonzalez is a known gang member.

The incident took place on the 2500 block of West Gramercy Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Saturday Martinez said. At the time, the 70-year-old woman was on the front porch of her home. Gonzales lives next door, Martinez said. The woman told the investigators she has no idea why she was attacked.

Paramedics took the woman to a hospital, suffering from multiple stab wounds to her face. “They said her injuries were not immediately life-threatening,” Martinez said.

Police describe Gonzalez as Latino, 5-feet, 9-inches tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. Police ask anyone with information to call investigators at 714-765-1900.

[From The Orange County Register]