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Active Shooter Training at Chaffey H.S.

The Ontario Police Department will be conducting an active shooter drill at Chaffey High School this Friday, October 6, 2017, between the hours of 10:00am and 11:00am.

During this training drill Ontario Police SWAT Team members will be using flash-bang explosions and blank gunfire to simulate an active shooter on campus.

This drill has been planned and scheduled months in advance and is not in response to the Las Vegas shooting.

This drill is part of the comprehensive School Safety Plan mandated by State Assembly Bill 58.

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Ontario Police Officer Shot in Las Vegas

Ontario Police Officer Michael Gracia was one of the many shooting victims from Las Vegas.

He underwent surgery this morning and is listed in critical but stable condition.

Gracia’s fiancé was also injured during the incident but her injuries were non-life threatening.

Officer Gracia has been a part of the department for many years starting out as a cadet, then working as a jailer and eventually becoming a police officer. He has been an officer for four years.

We have no photograph of Officer Gracia to release at this time.

Please keep Officer Gracia… Read More

OPD Wears Pink Badges
Beginning Sunday, October 1, and throughout the month of October, Ontario police officers will be wearing their badges highlighted in pink.
 
This is the Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Campaign to promote increased awareness of the disease.
 
It also raises funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and a cure.
 
The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer.
 
More information can be found at www.… Read More
Backyard Tunnel Collapses Killing Man

Police responding to a medical assist in the 1700 block of East Yale Street, find the resident deceased.

At approximately 5:50pm, police received a call from a resident about a man trapped in a tunnel he was digging.

The 65-year-old Ontario resident was apparently digging for rocks in his own backyard. A resident at the same house

was watching him for a while but then left. When they returned to the backyard they saw that the tunnel had

collapsed. They hurried over to help rescue the man but when they got to him, he was already dead.

The Coroner’s… Read More

DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint Planned this Weekend

Ontario, CA – The Ontario Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on September 22, 2017 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

In recent years, California has seen a disturbing increase in drug-impaired driving crashes. The Ontario Police department supports the new effort from the Office of Traffic Safety that aims to educate all drivers that “DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze.” If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving or operating machinery warning on the… Read More

Ramada Inn Murder Suspects Arrested

This shooting appears to have resulted from a dispute over payment, involving prostitution. The victim, 44-year-old Irwin Myland of Rancho Cucamonga, was shot while still in the hotel room and was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Detectives were able to gather enough information to identify the suspects and their vehicle. 24-years-old Fernando Covarrubias, out of Fresno, is suspected of being the shooter.

Fresno PD conducted a surveillance on Covarrubias. When Covarrubias left the location, Fresno PD tried to do a traffic stop but Covarrubias took off. A short… Read More

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