Police Training Facility to be Renamed in Former Sheriff’s Honor

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens is all smiles as she answers questions about the capture of both outstanding jail escapees Hossein Nayeri and Jonathan Tieu are in the custody of the San Francisco during a news conference outside Orange County Sheriff's Department headquarters in Santa Ana on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP

A name change to the Orange County Sheriff’s Katella Training Facility in honor of a former sheriff who died in early January was approved Jan. 26 by the Orange County Board of Supervisors (OCBS).

The facility will now be called the Sandra Hutchens Regional Law Enforcement Training Center, in honor of former Sheriff-Coroner Sandra Hutchens.