How Do Law Enforcement Agencies Decide Who Deserves to Wear a Badge? Sgt. Orlando Mayes is the director of the Sacramento Sheriff's Department Academy. Hundreds of recruits not only train at the ...

It was well-documented at the time that Sacramento Police Department officers were covering their badges and nameplates during Black Lives Matter protests, and the city’s police review ...

Sacramento police are warning people to watch out for a scam that involves someone impersonating officers from the department.

Last month, retired police detective Sharon McClatchy stood atop a stage and pinned a badge on academy graduate Emily Kane – the first time in Sacramento Police Department history that a mother ...

Vacaville police said the nicer weather means more people out and about -- and possibly more solicitors knocking at your door.

One person was sent to the hospital after a Sacramento police officer opened fire on Occidental Drive early Monday morning.

It was the first time a female Sacramento police officer has passed the torch on to her daughter.

REPORTER: INITIALLY OFFICERS WERE ALLOWED TO BE PART OF SACRAMENTO PRIDE AS LONG AS THEY LEFT THEIR UNIFORM AND BADGE TAT HOME. >> THIS COULD’VE BEEN USING FOR THE POLICE TO SAY WE WILL TAKE OFF ...

If Officer Tara O’Sullivan’s funeral will take place sometime next week, Thursday’s Sacramento Police Academy graduation felt like a celebration of the last year of her life.

The Rook has now become the symbol of the Sacramento Police, writes opinion columnist Robin Epley: “A poor return on investment with no demonstrable benefit.” ...

Thirty Sacramento area police-in-training officially became officers at a graduation ceremony at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, along with Patton.

Back in early 2023, the Sacramento City Council voted 7-2 to use a federal grant to buy its police department a “Rook,” a heavily armored vehicle that moves on tracks and can load officers as ...