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Tustin school resource officer: ‘When they need me, I’m here for them’
In his role as the school resource officer (SRO) for the Tustin Unified School District, Officer Sinclair Alfonso is responsible…
A tragic start to Law Enforcement Memorial Week
As I write this, four police officers have been shot and killed within the past week in the United States.…
Josh Schlesinger knew from a very young age that he wanted to work in law enforcement. Growing up in Tustin,…
It’s 90 degrees out, and a man is sitting in a parked car wearing a coat, gloves, and a hat…
Greenville Police Officer Kawain Harrison was responding to a call in a local South Carolina neighborhood when he noticed 12-year-old…
For a group of Orange County Sheriff’s Department reserve deputies, lifting the sprits of Make-A-Wish kids is as much of…
Tustin Police Services Officer Marilyn Packer has spent 23 years at the department. She’d had several other jobs – including…
Police officers face a multitude of stressors, from physically demanding and long work days, to life-threatening confrontations with criminals, to…