Behind the Badge
Fallen Manhattan Beach police officer was a ‘real-life hero’
0Hailey Swanson described her husband, fallen Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson, as being “fearless, strong, loud, decisive, confident, devoted, protective, and always there with some off-the-wall comments and make me laugh, even in the darkest moments.” Hailey delivered these remarks during her husband’s funeral in front of a congregation of at least two thousand mourners at SeaCoast Grace Church in Cypress on Oct. 18, a gathering that included more than 1,000 police officers and law enforcement personnel from agencies throughout the state and the country. At around 5:15 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2023, Swanson, 35, was likely headed to…
Even though Sidney Fahrenbruch is only 4 years old, she has long been fascinated with the police. “It all started about two…
Westminster PD Animal Control officers seized 78 bulldogs from a Westminster home on Nov. 6 following a citizen complaint about…
A mother returns home and finds her teenage daughter on the floor, a victim of an overdose. An elderly woman…
Full of entertaining skits, fun competition, several helicopter flyovers, and even fireworks, the Orange County Police Canine Association’s K9 demonstration…