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After more than 5 years undercover, Garden Grove cop survives one hair-raising ordeal
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives every Tuesday and Friday. This story is from January 20, 2015. In the 5½ years since his last haircut, Sean Salazar got married. He became a father — twice. Also during that time, Salazar — his mid ’70s-era, Gregg Allman-style blond mane flowing — helped put drug dealers and other bad guys in jail working undercover for the Garden Grove PD. So convincingly did Salazar look the part of a drug-addled lowlife that even cops from other agencies had trouble believing he was a…
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Behind the Badge launched 10 years ago on a simple notion: to tell the stories of the men and women…
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Hundreds gathered in the Garden Grove Community Center to witness the swearing in of the Garden Grove Police Department’s 14th…
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As the world remembers the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States of America, police…
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A memorial service celebrating the life of Garden Grove Police Lt. John Reynolds was held Thursday, June 3 at the…