Press Releases

The Ontario Police Department is looking for teenagers and young adults to join our Ontario Police Explorer program. If you are 14 through 20 years of age, have no felony convictions, are of good moral character, and have a minimum 2.0 GPA, please join us this Thursday, February 2, 2017, at 6:00 PM, outside the front doors of the Ontario Police Department.

There will be an orientation and demonstration session detailing how the Explorer program operates. Those interested in joining the Explorer Program will receive an application. Individuals under 18 years of age are… Read More

Police investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying three men believed to be involved in a shooting that took place in the 100 block of E. De Anza Circle, in the City of Ontario.

The shooting occurred on January 22, 2017, at approximately 11:05 AM. Three male suspects forced their way into the victim’s home and started an altercation. One of the suspects fired multiple shots from a handgun into the residence, striking a mother and her adult son. Both victim’s were transported to a local area hospital where they received treatment for non-life-threatening… Read More

Ontario Police investigators have arrested a man believed to be responsible for downloading child pornography for over 10 years.

Ian Foster Murdock, a 54-year-old man from Ontario, was arrested at approximately 10:52 AM this morning. He has been booked at West Valley Detention Center for possession of child pornography.

The Ontario Police Department is an active part of the Los Angeles Intranet Crimes against Children Task Force. The Task Force is comprised of 67 Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement agencies who identify persons that use the internet to commit… Read More

On January 27, 2016, Arturo Perez was found murdered in an office area inside of the family owned business, Art’s Forklift. Mr. Perez had a gunshot wound to his upper body. As the one year anniversary of this murder quickly approaches, detectives have exhausted all leads in the investigation and are asking for the public’s help.

Ontario Police Detectives are asking for the public’s help with a parental abduction investigation that began more than nine years ago. Detectives have exhausted all investigative leads in this case and hope the public can help generate new leads in an effort to locate the missing children.

The Ontario Police Department has been awarded a $345,000.00 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (… Read More