![LAPD recruit brings longtime dedication, family background to Santa Ana](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Shot-2-702x468.jpg)
LAPD recruit brings longtime dedication, family background to Santa Ana
0The daughter of a Los Angeles Police officer, Amber Ramsey knew from the time she was a little girl that she wanted to follow in her dad’s footsteps. It was no surprise when Ramsey joined the Los Angeles Police Department, entering the police academy as soon as she turned 21. “Growing up as one of five kids, we always heard my father’s stories about the variety of stuff he got to do on the job,” recalls Ramsey, now 28. “He always came home excited and always enjoyed his work.” What may have surprised her family, is her recent decision to…
![Santa Ana Police Department welcomes six new officers](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/191121-SAPD-Class-of-238-Grad-07-SJG-351x185.jpg)
In describing the 26-week, mettle-testing experience that is the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy, recruit Jacob Wiggs used phrases…
![Santa Ana PD arrests suspect in kidnap/rape case, the first O.C. case involving the use of female familial DNA](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Cornerstone.SAPD_.04-351x185.jpg)
A 45-year-old Montebello man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old girl in June 2012 after DNA…
![Meet Santa Ana PD’s first SRO assigned full time to Orange County School of the Arts](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/190926-SAPD-SRO-Soni-Rojo-01-SJG-351x185.jpg)
It’s lunchtime at Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), and the porous campus in the center of Santa Ana…
![Three new officers join the beat for Santa Ana PD](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/190815-SAPD-Academy-Grad-01-SJG-351x185.jpg)
The Santa Ana Police Department has welcomed three new officers to its ranks. Officers John Choi, Joseph Lopez and Kevin…