Behind the Badge
Column: Four challenges law enforcement will face in 2023
As we end 2022, police departments are experiencing a period of transition. After a tumultuous few years of negative public…
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Santa Ana police bring joy and pizza to St. Francis home
“You scored big time, girl,” Wanda Watson said to Virginia “Jenny” Simonelli as her friend unwrapped several festive sweatshirts and…
Bakersfield Police Department expands its Investigations Division and seeks applicants who enjoy crime research
Bakersfield Police Department continues to expand its Investigations Division as the need for critical minds who can research crime trends…
A decades long tradition turns Bakersfield police officers into Christmas elves for one morning
On a foggy and chilly early morning at High Desert Distributing a line of police and sheriff cars began to…
Unannounced gift giveaway by Santa Ana police a hit with neighborhood kids
When a caravan of police cars rolls onto a scene, people usually head in the other direction. But on this…
Holiday giving featured in annual Stuff-A-Bus drive
As the parking lot at South Coast Plaza filled with the cars of holiday gift buyers on the last full…
Police pull Santa’s Sleigh to visit nearly all Tustin neighborhoods
For many Tustin residents, it’s not Christmas time until Santa and Mrs. Claus commandeer their reindeer-led sleigh through the neighborhood.…
Bakersfield police officer, a former firefighter, fights Lupus through fitness
Before Officer Stella Chavez joined the Bakersfield Police Department, she was a trained firefighter in the small town of Farmersville,…
Westminster police support breast cancer research with Pizza, Police and Pink Patches fundraiser
Pizza, Police, and Pink Patches. The quartet of words sounds catchy for sure. But more importantly, Pizza, Police and Pink…
City Hall transformed into Whoville during Tustin Police Department’s annual Santa Cop event
The parking lot outside Tustin City Hall turned into a merry Whoville for local families on Saturday morning, thanks to…