Best of BTB: Starting this week we will unveil top stories from our archives
0Behind the Badge launched 10 years ago on a simple notion: to tell the stories of the men and women who keep our communities safe. As we embark on an 11th year, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2 we will regularly present top stories (of the nearly 6,000) we have produced over the years. We’ve covered detectives solving hundreds of crimes, some requiring 40 years to achieve justice. We’ve covered the recruitment crisis, the controversy over police using surplus military gear and the mental health and physical toll the job takes on so many of its professionals. K9s and their handlers? Yep,…
Ever since former Westminster policemen Sgt. Tom Richard and Officer Ken Pate died from self-inflicted injuries 10 and 11 years…
Sgt. Eddie Esqueda is not a trailblazing reformer by nature, but when he moved into Westminster Police Department’s Major Crimes…
Waylon Pettengill remembers hanging in his dad’s garage working on custom motorcycles. His dad put him on a Suzuki 80…
Santa Ana Police Detective Eva Lopez was nearly at a loss for words as she recovered from her early morning…