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Off Road Enforcement Program

The 2007/2008 LASD/ Santa Clarita Valley Station's State Parks and Recreation's Off-Highway Vehicle Grant Application: << Click here for more information >> The 2007/2008 LASD/ Santa Clarita Valley Station's State Parks and Recreation's Off-Highway PDF Document
Santa Clarita Sheriff on Off-Road Bike

**ATTENTION OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE ENTHUSIAST** Due to the recent wildfires, the United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service (USDAFS) has enacted a temporary closure of the Rowher Flat Off-Highway Vehicle and Drinkwater Flat areas to all motorized vehicles. The area will remain closed until rehabilitation efforts are completed. Both the USDAFS and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are strictly enforcing this closure. Anyone caught trespassing, with the use of motorized vehicles, in these areas will be cited. For additional information, read the following USDAFS Press Release or contact one of their local offices for information on OHV areas that are open in Los Angeles County:

Note: The Santa Clara/Mojave Rivers Ranger District which was located in Saugus, CA, was destroyed in the Buckweed fire and a temporary office will be re-established soon.

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station has formed a highly specialized Off-Road Enforcement Team to enforce the illegal off-highway vehicle activity in the Santa Clarita Valley Station area. The team currently consists of two sergeants and ten deputies. Each team member has completed the extensive 80 hour training course in off-road enforcement. The team is currently equipped with two 4 x 4 vehicles, as well as Honda and Suzuki Dual-Purpose motorcycles. This equipment affords us the opportunity to access areas that are un-accessible to regular patrol vehicles.

The off-road enforcement program is funded with grants from the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the City of Santa Clarita. The OHV enforcement operations are conducted on a random basis (typically twice weekly).

The focus of the program is to educate the OHV enthusiasts and public, on legal riding areas and laws related to OHV activity.

The laws that are enforced by the Off-Road Enforcement Team are the California Penal Code, California Vehicle Code, California Health and Safety Code, California Food and Agricultural Code, California Public Resource Code, California Streets and Highways Code, California Code of Regulations and the Los Angeles County Code.

In addition, joint operations are conducted with the United States Department of Forestry inside the boundaries of the Angeles National Forest to prevent illegal OHV activity and resource damage.

Annually, the off-road enforcement team contacts thousands of OHV enthusiasts while on patrol in the rural areas. This has resulted in the issuance of approximately 1,000 warnings and 300 citations for illegal OHV activity and equipment / registration violations.

In the event of an emergency, please dial 911.

For additional information or maps for OHV related concerns follow the following links or contact Sergeant Roger Wallace at Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at 661-799-5802 or email him by clicking here.

Santa Clarita Sheriff on Off-Road Bike