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GGPD makes major improvements to front lobby, records and dispatch
Garden Grove PD dispatchers sat hard at work on a recent afternoon at their brand-new, state-of-the-art work stations – one…
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Anaheim Fire & Rescue tests new tank to help fight wildfires
A metal tank equipped with remote controls sits amid dry brush on a hillside in the summer heat. With the…
‘Swatting’ calls waste public funds, resources
Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Quyen Vuong was eating soup when he got the call: A man claimed to have planted…
Diving into dispatch at Anaheim Police Department
Anaheim’s police dispatchers sit facing a large window, multiple computer monitors stacked so they can see everything happening in the…
Chow Time with Anaheim Fire & Rescue: On a serious health kick at Station 7
The aging kitchen, built in the early 1960s at Anaheim Fire & Rescue’s Station 7, may be seriously old school…
BTBuzz: Officers replace boy’s stolen lemonade stand money
If you happen to live in the Brooklyn Park area, you might have noticed a hand-written sign that reads: Lemonade…
Team effort at OCSD led to quick arrest of man who threatened Soka University
He was used to living in cramped quarters, sharing a 400-square-foot apartment in West Hollywood with his mother. A gun…
Community Academy returns to Westminster PD as part of agency’s outreach efforts
Cindy Gray wasn’t yet part of the Westminster PD when she first heard of its Community Academy. She was living…
Tustin Master Police Officer Val Villarreal retires, ending an epic career
He’s delivered babies, changed lives, arrested criminals, worked with students, taught law enforcement officers, worked as a narcotics detective, helped…
BTBuzz: Officer helps turtle cross road in downpour
Officer Sharnise Hawkins-Graham was heading home after a ceremony when she was alerted to help an unusual citizen: a snapping…