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Bakersfield Police Department brings aboard specialist to answer mental health calls
The phones at Bakersfield Police Department’s communications center urgently ring throughout the day with emergency calls ranging from welfare checks…
Westminster police bring the fun to National Night Out
For the first time since the pandemic, Westminster and Seal Beach police departments teamed up to cohost a night of…
Westminster’s new police chief is a black-and-white kind of guy. In late 1993, when Mark Lauderback was putting himself through…
A military veteran dies by suicide close to 17 times a day, according to a report published by the US…
A flash bang triggers a concussion of sound and energy out a warehouse door and into the parking lot. A…
So, what does a new deputy chief at the Anaheim PD do on his first day on the job? For…
Pasadena’s Urth Caffé is often crowded with locals who snag a bistro table outside and enjoy the California sunshine and…
The deputy walked up to the visitor in the empty courtroom during the noon to 1:30 p.m. lunch break and…