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Vargas: Commercializing the sale of marijuana with Prop 64 will not make for safe, more livable communities
On Tuesday night, I attended a workshop in Anaheim to hear speakers discuss Proposition 64.…
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BTBuzz: St. Louis officer shot and killed by drug felony suspect
A St. Louis County officer shot early Thursday morning after responding to a disturbance call…
BTBuzz: Community pays respects to ‘legend’ Sgt. Steve Owen
Words like “prolific” and “legend” are among the ways colleagues describe Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt.…
Meet the OCSD’s professional staff member behind ‘jail hardening’ project
Robert Beaver stepped into the media spotlight in August as the guy behind the Orange…
BTBuzz: LASD sergeant shot and killed by burglary suspect
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s sergeant was shot and killed by a burglary suspect while…
Woman in custody for striking Garden Grove officer several times on head with baton
A 38-year-old Garden Grove woman faces assault with a deadly weapon charges after she attacked…
Westminster neighborhood sees drop in crime after residents resurrect Neighborhood Watch program
The shadowy cartoon figure on signs posted to light poles throughout neighborhoods across Orange County…
Shoot or don’t shoot … members of the FPD Chief’s Advisory Board get chance to choose
Ok, so you’re a police officer. You’re on patrol when a call comes in from…
North County SWAT trains to handle the most dangerous situations
They snake through a maze of doors and narrow hallways, holding their weapons and on…
Once steps from slaughterhouse, Clyde now rocks it as a member of OCSD mounted unit
It was his “kind eye.” That’s what got the attention of Lt. Doug Williams, a…