Behind the Badge
Best of BTB: Westminster PD veteran charts new course as city’s first School Resource Officer
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from November 4, 2019. Feb. 15 was National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. It’s National School Lunch Week, and Westminster PD School Resource Officer Jason Stouffer swaps his vest and some gear for a green apron and a white cap. He drops a bread stick, a cup of ravioli, and yogurt onto the tray and slides one after another to a steady stream of hungry kids at Warner Middle School in Westminster, occasionally posing for pictures…
Alberto Martinez is the director of the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center (OCIAC), also often known as a fusion center.…
Police officers enforce laws, protect people and property, respond to emergencies, and maintain order — and once in a while, they…
Orange County residents can best cope with natural and man-made disasters by being ready in advance. Disasters can happen at…
Behind the Badge sat down with women who are behind the Women’s Fire Alliance. A non-profit organization dedicated to the…