Behind the Badge
Roman: Pain of watching a family see their father get arrested for DUI cuts deep
The other night I saw something that bothered me for some reason. It wasn’t a dead body, a horrific accident,…
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Warrior or Guardian: The identity of a police officer isn’t really so black and white
Warrior — A man engaged or experienced in warfare; broadly: a person engaged in some struggle or conflict Guardian— Someone…
Roman: Homeless woman saves heroin addict
What do you see when you turn on the TV? You see conflict, chaos and people who just can’t get…
Vargas: An inside look at the first stage of the exhaustive hiring process at Anaheim PD
The hallway outside the Anaheim Convention Center meeting room was crowded with young men and women dressed in business casual…
Vargas: This proud mother of APD Jr. Cadet is grateful for more than her 11-year-old daughter
I recently attended the Anaheim Police Department Jr. Cadet academy graduation ceremony. As the current president of the Anaheim Cops…
Vargas: Cops aren’t paranoid, just hyper-vigilant — and here’s why they need to be
It’s been a scary week for police officers, both locally and across the country. In the past week, a mentally…
Vargas: The cost of an increasingly disengaged police force on society could be criminally high
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of debate about a coming crime wave. During the past month the topic has been a lead story…
Roman: Two words of distress that no officer wants to hear
“Officer down! Officer Down! We need units code 3!” Those were the words from our helicopter pilot in December of…
Vargas: An overview of rash of bills aimed at police reform being introduced in Sacramento
I recently had a long conversation with a columnist about the rash of bills being introduced in Sacramento related to…
BTB Radio: Officers help each other deal with trauma they can’t un-see
First responders see and hear things most people shouldn’t have to see or hear – the carnage following mass killing,…