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Women’s Fire Alliance a non-profit organization helping young women become firefighters
Behind the Badge sat down with women who are behind the Women’s Fire Alliance. A non-profit organization dedicated to the…

Video: Second annual female firefighter career workshop
Behind the Badge was invited to check out the 2nd annual female firefighter career workshop at the Long Beach Fire…

It’s National School Lunch Week, and Westminster PD School Resource Officer Jason Stouffer swaps his vest and some gear for…

During the month of October, Westminster Police Department (WPD) traded in their blue shoulder patches for pink to mark the…

Editor’s note: The Orange County Sheriff’s Department issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2019: On Wednesday, Oct. 30,…

As an original member of the Community First Conference planning committee, recently retired Westminster Police Department Commander Mike Chapman helped…

Social issues such homelessness, mental illness and addiction are out of control. Mass shootings are becoming almost routine and often…

The half-dozen women slowly made their way through the main hallway inside the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Regional Training Academy.…