Behind the Badge
Tustin sergeant helps mold new generations of officers
0The TV police comedy-drama “CHiPs” first sparked Sgt. John Hedges’ interest in law enforcement when he was just a boy. “I remember watching ‘CHiPs’ with Ponch and Jon. I knew I wanted to be a police officer, especially a motorcycle officer,” said Hedges, who has been at the Tustin Police Department since March 2006 and held the position of motorcycle officer for almost eight years. His love of police work and patrolling Tustin on a motorcycle has held strong over the years as his job has evolved. He still agrees with how, “they always say being a motorcycle officer is…
The May 24 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered,…
Despite thunder, overnight rain, and the threat of showers, over 150 students, parents, and family members hit the pavement on…
The Tustin Police Department’s annual Open House on Sept. 17 was arguably the agency’s biggest and most attended in the…
Behind the Badge joined Tustin Police during a day of motor training in the city of Irvine. Check out the…