Behind the Badge
Vargas: Time for police, media to ID gangs
Just this week I was speaking with a community member about gangs in her city.…
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Dog rescued by Westminster cop adopted into police family
As a little girl, Westminster Police Communications Supervisor Sonia Kelly would find stray dogs wandering…
Roman: My patrol car’s midlife crisis
We all have a certain patrol car that we like to drive. Ask any patrol…
Guest columnist Erin Runnion: Glorify the victims, not the killers
Editor’s note: Orange County-based Erin Runnion is a nationally known child safety advocate who launched…
Sometimes you’ll catch these two Garden Grove Police officers horsing around
Clop clop clop Clappety clop Clop. The sharp, hollow sound of horse hooves on pavement…
Huntington Beach police get creative to reduce alcohol-involved fatalities
The group of officers enter the bar and immediately, everyone looks a little nervous –…
Huntington police officer works with student safety in mind
Huntington Beach Officer Derek Young hopes he’ll never have to use the plan he spent…
Newly promoted Garden Grove Police sergeant is ready for his close-up
Jonathan Wainwright has a theory. “As cops, we’re all actors,” the newly promoted sergeant at…
Westminster Police train teachers to be First Care Providers
When Rachel Partida became a teacher at Westmont Elementary 11 years ago, learning how to…
Car stop in Orange leads to arrest of Anaheim residential burglary suspect
A traffic stop in Orange on Friday led to the arrest of an Anaheim man…