For the first year of the city's existence, the city contracted with the Orange County Sheriff's Department to continue law enforcement service to the formerly unincorporated county area, following the Lakewood/ Los Angeles Sheriff's Model from 1954.
For the first year of the city's existence, the city partnered with the Orange County Sheriff's Department to maintain law enforcement services in the previously unincorporated county region, following the Lakewood/Los Angeles Sheriff's Model from 1954.