Behind the Badge
Best of BTB: OC’s first female deputy, Alice Chandler, was ‘fierce before fierce was cool’
Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, and in recognition of National Police Women’s…
Author cornerstone
Best of BTB: Sept. 11 attacks inspire officer to ‘make sure it never happens again’
Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from…
New Santa Ana officer casts big shadow
Jackson Egg is accustomed to being a big man on campus. At 6-foot-6 and 260…
Best of BTB: Family says goodbye to Riverside Deputy Terrell Young, who died of COVID-19
“On behalf of the president of the United States and the United States Marine Corps,…
Best of BTB: In what would be a first, Westminster PD seeks recognition of officer who killed himself on local, state, and national memorials
Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from…
Officers pay mental and physical price responding to hundreds of critical incidents over a career
Dr. Heather Williams, founder of Premier First Responder Psychological Services, came of age professionally in…
Best of BTB: From the back of a Fullerton PD car, a suspect utters surprising words to arresting officer
Editor’s note: In honor of Behind the Badge’s 10th anniversary, we will be sharing top…
Best of BTB: Starting this week we will unveil top stories from our archives
Behind the Badge launched 10 years ago on a simple notion: to tell the stories…
Santa Ana officers feted by Fairhaven Memorial Park with Responder First Awards
Whether it was taking down vicious gang members or providing expert testimony to help arrest…
A former Secret Service agent talks with BTB about the agency and its recent failure
It’s said it’s hard to prove a negative. When an event is prevented from occurring,…