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New WPD commander works to support those in law enforcement suffering from trauma
Over his 21 years working in law enforcement at the Westminster PD and four years before that working as an…
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Westminster Police Department uses new countywide Text-to-911 system for first emergency text call in city
Westminster Police Officer Roland Perez was about to end his patrol shift at around 5 p.m. Feb. 14 when he received…
OCSD reports a rapid increase in drug seizures in 2018; fentanyl seizures doubling for 2 years
Editor’s note: The Orange County Sheriff’s Department issued this news release on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Seizures of fentanyl, a synthetic…
Pasadena PD fights crime one click at a time
In a windowless office in the Pasadena Police Department’s detective bureau, Det. Brian Murphy sits at his desk, surrounded…
For the OCSD’s Crisis Negotiation Team, the unexpected always is expected
The standoff at the university was getting tense. A suicidal student had barricaded himself inside his room on the third…
Police Explorers from across Orange County graduate from training academy
Several hundred people attended a recent graduation ceremony for the Class of 88 Explorers who completed a challenging five-day Explorer…
Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force says collaboration getting victims off the street
Come to Orange County and work for me, the pimp urged the young mother in South Dakota. Reaching out to…
Garden Grove promotes captain to be city’s new chief of police
Editor’s note: This just in, a news release from the City of Garden Grove: Garden Grove City Manager Scott Stiles…
Arrest of suspect in 1973 Newport Beach murder is latest example of how emerging techniques help crack cold cases
For more than four decades, the DNA sat on the top shelf of the Orange County Crime Lab – evidence…
Tustin Explorers graduate from grueling five-day training academy
After completing an intense, activity-packed five-day training academy, five Tustin Police Explorers, along with dozens of Explorers from other agencies,…