The Irvine Police Department (IPD) will be participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Community members can drop off unwanted medications at four designated locations in the City of Irvine. This free service, which allows the public to anonymously discard prescription medications, addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. The participating sites are:

Irvine Police Department, 1 Civic Center Plaza, in the parking lot

The City of Irvine is accepting applications to fill two volunteer member-at-large vacancies on the Irvine Sports Committee. The committee is composed of representatives from Irvine’s youth sports organizations. It provides the City Council and the Community Services Commission with input and feedback on policies, programs, facilities, and the needs of the Irvine youth sports community.

While most committee members represent a specific program and sport, members-at-large are selected through a public recruitment process to provide general perspective and guidance.

IRVINE, Calif. (September 20, 2019): Today, the City of Irvine partnered with Stanbridge University for its first-ever tree-planting event in the Irvine. Eighty Stanbridge University volunteers planted more than 160 native trees and plants in the Bosque area of the Great Park Trails. Through numerous fellowship and partnership opportunities Stanbridge University students foster their classroom skills while meeting community needs.

Irvine is the Safest City of its size for Part I violent crime, FBI data for calendar year 2018 shows. Information released Monday shows Irvine has the lowest rate of violent crime per capita of any city in the nation with a population of 250,000 or more. This is the 14^th consecutive year Irvine has had the lowest per capita violent crime rate for its size. In 2018, Irvine also had the lowest rate of total Part I crime for a city of its size.