OC counsel says they need billions to keep crime rate down. Orange County is on the rise and it seems like every day we hear about guns, thefts and car accidents. Figures released Wednesday by Orange County Sheriff John Tina show a 18 percent reduction in overall crime this year. However, to avoid inflating those statistics, Mina said that she needs representatives, and to get them she needs money. The sheriff said they will be worse off if their wages are not competitive, saying they have no choice but to spend more and more money. "We have to do something now - by November 1 or you're going to see vacancies for the next few years and you're going to see delayed response times, you're going to see job losses, increases." in crime and you'll see people getting killed because we don't have the people we need," said Tina.