Behind the Badge
Orange PD honor guard takes center stage at Orange Field of Valor ceremony
0An honor guard contingent from the Orange Police Department was front and center Saturday in a special Veterans Day ceremony. For the fourth-annual Orange Field of Valor, organized by the Community Foundation of Orange, five members of the guard gave a presentation of colors before hundreds who came out to Handy Park for the field’s opening-day ceremonies. The park contained 1,776 flags, all of which were staked early Saturday, Nov. 10, by a host of volunteers. Each flag represented an active-duty service member, living veteran, or one who died in service to the country. Community members sponsored the flags, giving proceeds that…
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Editor’s note: Michael W. Streed is a retired Orange Police sergeant, owner of SketchCop Solutions and author of the book, “SketchCop:…