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OC’s first female deputy, Alice Chandler, was ‘fierce before fierce was cool’
Alice Chandler was 21 when she was invited to interview for a position as a deputy with then-Orange County Sheriff…
A Bakersfield police officer finds fulfillment as a school resource officer
Three years ago, Nadine Yeary was a part of the fast-paced, grueling hours, never-ending workload of the Bakersfield Police Department’s…
The following is a statement from the Police Chiefs’ Association of Orange County and the Sheriffs Association released on June…
Anaheim Police Officer Rick Martinez vividly remembers sitting around a table in 1988 with members of the Los Angeles Police…
Pasadena Police Department’s Police Chief John Perez, along with seven members of its command staff, are self-isolating after one of…
Two Anaheim Fire & Rescue captains continue to battle the novel coronavirus, with one fighting for his life on a…
A global pandemic has delayed Westminster Police Department’s memorial ride, but couldn’t shut it down. The annual 630-mile cycling trip…
Calls for reform in police practices and departments are reverberating nationally in the wake of the killings of George Floyd…