Behind the Badge 
Former Border Patrol agent and gang unit pioneer at Tustin PD calls it a career after almost 32 years in law enforcement
0Jeremy Laurich, a sergeant at the Tustin PD, recalls his final week of training when he was a rookie in 2004. Laurich’s so-called “parent” Field Training Officer (FTO) was Sgt. Mike Lamoureux, who supervised Laurich for the first four weeks and the last four weeks of the training program. Lamoureux had made a bet with the shift lieutenant that Laurich – “the kid,” as he was called — would make an “obs felony” arrest by the end of training. That meant that Laurich would observe a felony crime and then make an arrest on his own, without Lamoureux’s help and…
From a picnic table at Concourse Park, located atop a hill in the Portola Hills neighborhood of Lake Forest, Sean…
Loud barks echoed though the empty parking lot. “Tustin Police, let me see your hands!” shouted K9 Officer Taylor Ryan.…
Kyle Meyer is set on building a future with the Tustin Police Department. After three years of serving as an…
Imagine a job where you’re expected to perform at 100-percent accuracy while confined to a small, dimly lit room with…