Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood, Director of Orange County Emergency Services Kirby Saunders, and Public Information Officer for the sheriff Alicia Stemper join 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Monday, August 19. In an extensive conversation, the group debriefs about their agencies’ roles in responding to last week’s manhunt for Ramone Alston, an escaped state inmate — including some of the procedural details often unknown to members of the public. Blackwood and Saunders also speak about keeping the community informed through the OC Alerts system and the community’s role in last week’s operations. Plus: Blackwood shares a story of a time he got surprised by a prisoner, honors the local family impacted by the murder which initially sent Alston to prison, and shares how the sheriff’s office tunes out the speculation on social media around such high-profile incidents.

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