The men and women assigned to the Uniform Patrol Division perform the most visible and recognizable functions of the Sheriff's Office. They are the ones that respond to your calls for assistance. You will find them in your neighborhoods behind the wheel of a patrol car, looking for a lost child, comforting the victim of a crime, or questioning someone who doesn't appear to belong in your neighborhood. Deputies assigned to the Uniform Patrol Division are, quite often, the agency's first line of defense in the county's number one law enforcement agency.
For operational purposes, the Sheriff's Office has divided Orange County into six policing areas, or sectors. While each sector has enforcement challenges unique to itself, all of Orange County continues to experience rapid growth that requires the agency to continually re-evaluate it's policies, procedures, and the way it does business.