Behind the Badge
Orange PD sergeant discovers new hobby of making wood flags, flags out of .223 casings
0A couple of years ago, Trevor Cullen of the Orange PD never had a clue that soon, he would have a favorite new hangout on his days off: The Home Depot, at Tustin Street and Taft Avenue in Orange. Now, though, Cullen’s new hobby takes him to the home improvement store several times a month, usually bright and early. Cullen, 39, who has spent 25 years at the OPD, beginning as a cadet when he was 14 through his current assignment as a patrol sergeant, discovered wood-working a year-and-a-half ago. Since then, he’s been keeping busy off hours huddled in…
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