Press Releases

Improving Motorcycle Safety Aim of Ontario Police Department Operation

The Ontario Police Department is joining law enforcement statewide and across the United States in the National Motorcycle safety awareness month special enforcement operations. In addition, the California Motorcyclist Safety Program is offering special, low cost rider training classes during the month of May.

Ontario PD will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation during the first two weeks in May in an effort to lower deaths and injuries. Extra officers will… Read More

Ontario, CA – Officers from the Ontario Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Saturday, April 29, 2017 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and / or arrest.

“The goal of this grant is to keep the roadways safe for our community,” said Lieutenant John Duffield who manages the Ontario Police Department’s Traffic Division. “This is a ‘Zero Tolerance’… Read More

The Ontario Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on April 28, 2017, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol or drug involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving an impaired driver can be reduced by up to  20 percent when well-publicized DUI checkpoints and proactive DUI patrols are conducted routinely.

In California, this… Read More

On Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Ontario Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its 13th opportunity in 7 years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to Ontario Police Department located at 2500 S. Archibald Avenue, Ontario or the Ontario Senior Center located at 225 East “B” Street, Ontario. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches.) The service is free and… Read More

Detectives are investigating what led up to an armed man entering a Stater Brothers store in Ontario.

On April 9, 2017 at approximately 10:44 PM, Ontario Police Officers were involved in a shooting that occurred at Stater Bros., located at 1939 E Fourth St, in the City of Ontario.

Officers were responding to a man armed with a gun inside the store. Officers confronted the armed suspect; at which time an officer involved shooting occurred. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting.

No employees, customers, or officers were injured.

The… Read More

April is recognized as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. In California, the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), Ontario Police Department, CHP, local law enforcement, and community partners throughout the state are working together to make the roads safer by highlighting the dangers of being distracted while driving, especially by cell phones.

“Law enforcement would rather see everyone off their cell phones than hand out a lot of tickets,” said Rhonda Craft, director of the Office of Traffic Safety. “Take care of calling, texting, setting your GPS and everything else… Read More