Behind the Badge
SAPD Recruitment
Santa Ana School Resource Officer’s value goes way beyond passing out stickers
0It’s all about the kids — and about encouraging them to consider careers in law enforcement and shy away from potential pitfalls. That’s how it worked for Santa Ana Police Department Corporal Anthony Pacheco when he was a child. As a youth in the Bay Area growing up around the less savory neighborhoods of Hayward, Pacheco’s life changed direction when he joined the Police Explorers in Hayward. “They opened possibilities for me,” Pacheco said. Ever since then, Pacheco has tried to encourage kids in the way he was encouraged. Toward that end, he became a running coach in Santa Ana’s Police…
Six new recruits for the Santa Ana Police Department begin a 24-week ordeal starting with what’s known as “Black Monday”…
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Harvard University graduate Alexis Rodriguez Mejia readily acknowledges that it took a lot of grit and hard work to successfully…
On a recent weekday afternoon, a group of 16 students from the Cal State Long Beach Criminal Justice Student Association…