Law Enforcement Operations
CDCR works with other agencies in joint law enforcement operations to help protect the public.

Hundreds of staff recently took part in a two-day Large Scale Incident Response Drill at California Correctional Institution.

CDCR will begin the process to close Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) in Blythe, with an anticipated closure in March...

On Halloween night, parole agents from CDCR's Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) arrested 49 people across the state for...

CDCR K-9 officers helped a task force find a hidden cell phone, a key piece of evidence in a murder...

Multiple agencies, including CDCR Crisis Response Teams, coordinated efforts to train for an active shooter. Hosted by Riverside County Sheriff's...
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On July 26, CDCR Crisis Response Teams (CRT) 8, 10, 11, and 13 assisted the Parlier Police Department in Operation...
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Pelican Bay State Prison's Investigative Services K-9 Unit has been striking the drug traffickers and their smuggling operations where it...
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CDCR Division of Adult Parole Operations parole agents, as part of the Fresno Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC) that included...

In the early morning hours on March 23, the CDCR Crisis Response Team from three prisons joined the Blythe Police...

Thanks to hard work of investigators at Pelican Bay State Prison, other CDCR staff, and outside law enforcement partners, seized...
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