Press Releases

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

Today at approximately 11:30am, officers arrested 23-year-old Jonathan Buckley of Rancho Cucamonga, on an attempted murder warrant.

On Monday, March 20th, at approximately 5:44pm, several calls were received in reference to a shooting that had just… Read More

The City of Ontario will be the host of TeamCalifornia’s 6th Annual Meet the Consultants (MTC) Forum featuring multiple industry site location consultants and corporate real estate executives. The Forum will take place April 27th, 2017 at the Ontario Convention Center.

The MTC Forum is presented by the TeamCalifornia Economic Development Corporation, a private nonprofit company representing the entire state of California. The purpose of the Annual MTC Forum is to showcase a California region to site selectors making decisions about business investments in California and… Read More

This St. Patrick’s Day, Plan Before You Party!

Remember: Impaired Driving, Drugs and Alcohol can Kill

Ontario, CA - St. Patrick’s Day has become one of the nation’s favorite holidays to celebrate and party. Unfortunately, too many people are taking to the roads after drinking, making the holiday one of our most dangerous. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 252 people lost their lives in drunk driving-related crashes during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday period from 2011-2015. More than a… Read More

Traffic Enforcement Operations Plan for Ontario

The Ontario Police Department will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations during the week of March 13-17, 2017 with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

The department has mapped out locations over the past two years where pedestrian and bike collisions have occurred along with the violations that led to those crashes. Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas where bike and pedestrian traffic and crashes occur in an… Read More

The Ontario Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on March 10, 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… Read More