Behind the Badge
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…
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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,…
Santa Ana Police Department showcases itself at National Night Out
The Santa Ana Police Department’s caravan of community-building alit at Cabrillo Park for the annual…
First responders ride waves to relieve grief and stress
As the wave gathered behind him, Donovan Torres, perched on a surfboard for the first…
Hear the sinister reason many trafficked girls call their pimps ‘Daddy’
Happy Medina didn’t set out to become one of the foremost experts on human trafficking…
Hear from the journalist who spent four decades trying to prove ‘suicide’ was actually murder
In a bit of reporting tenacity that is hard to envision, much less execute, former…