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Best of BTB: New plaque commemorates deadly ambush of first L.A. Sheriff killed in line of duty
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from April 3, 2024. On a sunny morning in the Irvine Spectrum area, it’s hard to believe anything bad happened here. Before being taken over by master-planned communities and upscale malls, or even its eponymous orange groves, Orange County was an untamed lawless land. Before it was bespeckled by Irvine Corporation projects, it was the definition of the Wild West. Infamous gangsters roamed or were pursued by similarly unchecked vigilantes through the canyons and arroyos of…
The first thing you notice about Officer Macarena Garner is she’s about 5 feet tall. Maybe 5’1” when she’s wearing…
We arrived at Bakersfield Police Department’s S.W.A.T (Special Weapons and Tactics) school tucked away in the outskirts of downtown shortly…
Officer Joe Biebrich of the Santa Ana Police Department remembers the role he played recently in taking down a suspect…
Westminster Police Department has put a twist on the Coffee with a Cop idea by hosting its first ever ice…