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‘Operation Community First’ results: gun seizures up, homicides down
As Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin chatted with a writer, a report came across his desk. His department had…
Sen. Josh Newman secures continued funding to expand North Orange County Public Safety Task Force
State Sen. Josh Newman led an effort to secure $7.8 million to sustain and expand the innovative, impactful and successful…
If there was a theme to the Tustin Police Department’s recent swearing in and promotion ceremony, it could be summed…
When she was interviewing for her first job with the City of Tustin, Liliana Mendez chatted with the Tustin PD…
How badly did he want to help people? Growing up in coastal South Africa, Rich “Dickie” Sprout used the ocean…
Officers at the New York Police Department’s Ferry Security unit surprised a homeless woman on her birthday by singing “Happy…
Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Maria Mendoza was on patrol in November 2017 when she got a call of an occupied…
When three officers from the Moss Point Police Department responded to a call for a busted water pipe at the…