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Homegrown Sergeant brings values from sports, hard work to Santa Ana PIO job
It’s a long way from picking strawberries at her mother’s side in Irvine to her position as Public Information Officer…
Bakersfield Police Department’s bomb squad takes on the Easter bunny
The colorful plastic Easter eggs are in shades of spring: yellow, pink, and green. They are oversized and hard to…
It wasn’t the Lakers or the Clippers, but the kids playing on the Staples Center Court were still superstars…
Chief Jimmie Kennedy and Captain Dick Gray both started their police careers in the late 1950s in Anaheim. In 1958,…
The Irvine PD officer pulled up to the empty office building near John Wayne Airport to check on a call…
Judy Huitt and Sandra Prentiss didn’t hesitate when they saw a request for volunteers to go to Paradise, Calif. The…
Editor’s note: The Orange County Sheriff’s Department released the following news announcement today, Wednesday, March 27, 2019: Orange County Sheriff-Coroner…
One of many great things about the law enforcement profession is the variety of assignments from which you can choose:…