Press Release List
| Public Information Officer: Sarah Johns Main Phone: (775) 785-6235 SJohns@washoecounty.us |
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The Washoe County Sheriff's Office is concerned with keeping the community informed about the operation of the Sheriff's Office. One of the ways to accomplish this is by regularly keeping the news media, and thereby the public, informed of events involving the Sheriff's Office and its personnel. The Public Information Officer (P.I.O.) coordinates this by acting as a liaison between the Sheriff's Office and media representatives. Duties include assisting reporters assigned to cover news stories and providing them with general information at the scene of major incidents. Our goal is to provide timely and factual information to the community we serve.
The P.I.O. is available 24 hours a day to respond to the scene of major incidents.
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Press Releases for the previous three months:
2020
November
Nov. 25, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office participating in Joining Forces speed safety campaign
Nov. 24, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office recruitment event moves fully virtual
Nov. 23, 2020
Nov. 19, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office to Impose Detention Center Lockdown for Weekend Deep Clean
Nov. 16, 2020
Nov. 13, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office postpones informational recruitment event due to “Stay at Home 2.0”
Nov. 12, 2020
Washoe County Search and Rescue crews find missing Lassen County woman
Nov. 11, 2020
Nov. 10, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff's Office mourns the passing of retired K9 Kilo
Nov. 9, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office to hold informational recruitment event
Nov. 6, 2020
Nov. 2, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff's Office upgrades to new website, scheduled interruption of site
October
Oct. 22, 2020
Sheriff's Office encourages residents to take advantage of this Saturday's Prescription Drug Roundup
Oct. 21, 2020
Washoe County Detention Facility sees increase in COVID-19 cases
Oct. 16, 2020
Statement from Sheriff Darin Balaam on COVID-19 at the Washoe County Detention Facility
Washoe County Sheriff's Office Deputies arrest man in multiple stalking cases
Washoe County Sheriff's Office asks public to be on the lookout for missing man
Oct. 14, 2020
Reno man arrested for altering, cashing forged checks
Oct. 13, 2020
Sex Offender arrested for non-compliance
Oct. 12, 2020
Oct. 9, 2020
FBI Led Task Force conducts human trafficking sting, arrests 28
Suspect in several Hidden Valley burglaries arrested after resisting deputies while holding a gun
Oct. 7, 2020
Lazy 5 homicide suspect extradited, now in Washoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility
Oct. 6, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff's Office awarded six-figure grant for Joining Forces participation
Oct. 5, 2020
Sex Offender arrested for non-compliance
Oct. 2, 2020
Oct. 1, 2020
September
Sept. 30, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff's Office moves Civil Section to online appointment scheduling process
Regional teams conduct sex offender sweep
Sept. 29, 2020
Guide to door to door solicitors
Sept. 28, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff's Office communications specialists assisting with Idaho's Badger Fire
Sept. 24, 2020
Drug traffickers arrested in South Meadows by Regional Narcotics Unit
Sept. 23, 2020
Deputies seek information regarding hit and run in Fieldcreek neighborhood
Sex Offender arrested for non-compliance
Sept. 22, 2020
Man arrested for shooting into Sun Valley home, threatening residents
Sheriff Darin Balaam thanks international, federal partners in arrest of Lazy 5 homicide suspect
Sept. 21, 2020
Sept. 18, 2020
Sept. 17, 2020
Sex Offender arrested for non-compliance
Sept. 16, 2020
Reno man arrested in connection with crash, investigation that shut down Mount Rose Highway
Sept. 15, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff's Office Rail Auxiliary Team volunteers to support National Rail Safety Week
Sept. 10, 2020
Social Media post regarding attempted sex trafficking kidnapping in Spanish Springs unsubstantiated
Washoe County man arrested for lewdness with a child
Sept. 9, 2020
Sex Offender arrested for non-compliance, soliciting a minor for pornography and prostitution
Sept. 3, 2020
Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam warns of renewed tax scam
Sex Offender arrested for non-compliance
Sept. 2, 2020
Regional Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit arrests sex trafficker
Sept. 1, 2020
Regional detectives arrest Sparks man for possession of child pornography