When Jim Fryhoff takes office as Ventura County sheriff on Jan. 2, a new addition to deputy uniforms will signal the change in leadership. “Cowboy hats will be authorized day one,” he said.

After Jim Fryhoff was elected last year as Ventura County sheriff, he officially retired from his job as a sheriff’s office commander before taking his new post leading the department.

Nearly three decades after teller Monica Leech, a 39-year-old mother of four, was fatally shot during a California bank ...

“What exactly transpired prior to Mr. Kessler falling backward isn’t crystal clear right now,” Sheriff James Fryhoff said. THOUSAND OAKS, California (JTA) — Police in Ventura ...

Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff was in Washington, D.C., last week, where he heard from President Donald Trump's new border czar that the administration's immigration enforcement will focus ...

We hold our deputies to the highest standards of conduct; any violation of those standards will be addressed appropriately, without hesitation," stated Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff.

The 50-year-old suspect was detained but later released and has not been arrested, Ventura County Sheriff James Fryhoff said in a news conference, and Kessler’s death remains under investigation.

Two men entered Western Financial Bank in Thousand Oaks shortly after 10 a.m. April 28, 1997, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said during a March 2023 news conference announcing James’ arrest.