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Vargas: Luck kept officer alive after suspect pulled gun and fired at point blank range
Lots of people wonder what it’s like to be a police officer and if the job is as dangerous and…
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Tustin PD Chief’s Advisory Board tries agency’s new use-of-force simulator
While on foot patrol at the Metrolink station, officers discover a man near a bicycle holding bolt cutters. The area…
Vargas: Two police officers are set upon by a crowd in a video that has gone viral
Police officers had their hands full on March 25 dealing with a church pastor and his family as they attempted…
Westminster PD’s new homeless liaison officer works with City Net outreach group to assist local transient population
Lying on a mattress in front of a Westminster dentist’s office, the man answers questions asked by Westminster PD officers…
OCSD Bomb Squad makes beeping eggs for visually-impaired children at Newport Dunes Easter egg hunt
Seventy children from the Blind Children’s Learning Center spent the Friday morning of Easter weekend hunting for beeping eggs built…
He runs Anaheim Fire & Rescue’s Emergency Medical Services, and a lot of other things
The email signature of Anaheim Fire & Rescue Capt. Dave Barry reads: Did you try and turn the iPad off and then…
Vargas: Officers who shot Sacramento man shouted “gun!” before firing
Two Sacramento police officers were dispatched to a call of someone breaking into cars and hiding in a backyard at…
Towering figure in policing, former Santa Ana Chief Raymond Davis dies
Big in stature and even bigger in personality, Chief Raymod Davis cast a shadow over the Santa Ana Police Department…
Anaheim residents learn about bike safety at APD’s ‘Cruise with a Cop’ event
The Anaheim family recently purchased bicycles from Walmart with plans to start riding together regularly. But Graciela Oropeza wanted to…
Anaheim Police use unconventional methods to clean up problem houses
Residents of West Edithia Avenue had been complaining about the same house for decades. The “drug house” was frequently mentioned…