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Santa Ana Police Department’s ‘The Bear’ delivers holiday joy
Santa’s sleigh arrived early at Santa Ana College, in the form of a Santa Ana Police Department Bearcat SWAT vehicle.…
Santa Ana officers bring holiday shopping spree to local kids
The Santa Ana Police Department made sure Christmas would be merry for a group of kids who could use some…
The retirement party for Pasadena Police Sgt. Greg Afsharian was far from typical. For starters, the festivities didn’t take place…
Anaheim police officers arrested Miguel Reveles Villegas, a 35-year-old Placentia resident, on suspicion of murder following a pursuit that ended…
When he became a deputy in 1989, Don Barnes had his badge pinned on him by then-Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Brad…
Just before lunchtime on Dec. 20, 2018, Sandra Hutchens sat in her nearly empty office at the Orange County Sheriff’s…
DUI checkpoints staged on Orange County roadways are similar, regardless of the law enforcement agency running them. Well-lit signs alert…
When he first joined the Anaheim PD’s Traffic Unit as an investigator in 2016, Doug Elms decided to take his…