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Westminster adds first woman to SWAT team
Westminster Police Department Detective Marcela Lopez approaches policing from a couple of different perspectives: first, as a woman, and second,…
Policing skills serve former officer in roles as TV show host, CEO of water district
At first glance, the roles of police officer, TV show host, and water district CEO may seem disparate. Yet, they…
The Westminster Police Department patrol vehicle fleet is going greener. In the coming weeks, the department is set to receive…
Sixty-pound, 9-year-old Dutch shepherd Clyde became Santa Ana Police Officer Ryan Shifflett’s partner five years ago. And now, after 14…
At 85 pounds, Santa Ana Police Department K9 and Belgian Malinois Kuno evokes a very specific image: Marmaduke. “That’s what…
Sandy Kim was not long out of college when she came across an Anaheim police officer who was taking a…
It was a dispatch call the Bakersfield Police Department’s K-9 unit had received before. On Tuesday, April 27th a vehicle…
The Santa Ana Police Department celebrated its finest personnel Wednesday in a special ceremony at Eddie West Field. A total…