Behind the Badge
Most people will never understand what it’s like to be a cop
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 November 29, 2014. It’s hard to explain the angst I’ve felt over the last few days as I’ve watched the aftermath of the Grand Jury findings in Ferguson. The wanton looting, angry protests and nonstop pundits on the 24-hour news channels got to me. For some reason, it feels even worse than the aftermath of the Rodney King verdicts when I was a police sergeant. I can honestly say it seems to preoccupy my thoughts.…
It’s a long way from picking strawberries at her mother’s side in Irvine to her position as Public Information Officer…
The colorful plastic Easter eggs are in shades of spring: yellow, pink, and green. They are oversized and hard to…
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They have trained and pushed themselves. They are pumped up and primed to go. Starting at 8 a.m. Saturday and…