Behind the Badge
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A family who polices together, stays together at Bakersfield Police Department
Brent Stratton grew up knowing two things for certain. His dad Bob was a detective at Bakersfield Police Department. And…
Bakersfield police officer finds community with biking and running in Kern County
In 2006 Ramon Chavez moved to Bakersfield from San Bernardino and wasn’t quite sure what to make of the quiet,…
Of the 200 or so applications for police officer the Garden Grove PD received in its latest recruitment process that…
“Choose me,” the man told the deputy. “I’m drunk.” It’s not a common thing to hear, but neither is it…
Westminster resident Gina Lieber noticed the increase in enforcement by the police department during the Fourth of July holiday. “There…
Police have found themselves in the news again — but this time there’s a twist. Officers have taken a short…
A man who could “raise the laughter in any room at any time” was stabbed to death in his brother’s…
When the Augusta Maine Police Department found out none of Larriah Binns’ friends could come to her 8th birthday party,…