
Best of BTB: Starting this week we will unveil top stories from our archives
0Behind the Badge launched 10 years ago on a simple notion: to tell the stories of the men and women who keep our communities safe. As we embark on an 11th year, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2 we will regularly present top stories (of the nearly 6,000) we have produced over the years. We’ve covered detectives solving hundreds of crimes, some requiring 40 years to achieve justice. We’ve covered the recruitment crisis, the controversy over police using surplus military gear and the mental health and physical toll the job takes on so many of its professionals. K9s and their handlers? Yep,…

The white BMW was swerving in the lane. Heading away on a recent Friday night from a concentration of bars…

Clara Ramirez was born in Orange County and grew up in Irvine, the daughter of immigrants from Mexico who met…

The Tustin Police Foundation and Tustin Chamber of Commerce co-hosted their first golf tournament three years ago to keep alive…

When Tustin Police Sgt. Del Pickney died on Feb. 22, 2018, the department, and really the entire Tustin community, lost…