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Best of BTB: The specter of ghost guns in California
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Best of BTB: In Memoriam: The life of Santa Ana Police K9 Puskas
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Best of BTB: Teen thanks Costa Mesa police for rescuing her from jumping off freeway bridge
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Best of BTB: ‘Why would anyone want to be a cop today?’
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Best of BTB: OC’s first female deputy, Alice Chandler, was ‘fierce before fierce was cool’
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Best of BTB: Sept. 11 attacks inspire officer to ‘make sure it never happens again’
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New Santa Ana officer casts big shadow
Jackson Egg is accustomed to being a big man on campus. At 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds, he literally stood out…
Best of BTB: Family says goodbye to Riverside Deputy Terrell Young, who died of COVID-19
“On behalf of the president of the United States and the United States Marine Corps, we therefore present this flag…
Best of BTB: In what would be a first, Westminster PD seeks recognition of officer who killed himself on local, state, and national memorials
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Officers pay mental and physical price responding to hundreds of critical incidents over a career
Dr. Heather Williams, founder of Premier First Responder Psychological Services, came of age professionally in an era when increased attention…