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The homicide rate continues to rise, but what can the police do?
Stories about the sharp rise in violent crime seem to be on every news broadcast and posted across social media…
‘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…
For Jared Steingraber, 1995 was a landmark year. He and his wife, Teena, had their first child, a son, Tanner.…
Scores of people showed up Saturday, June 30, for a “Baby Goat Party” hosted by Anaheim Fire & Rescue. They…
Tustin police waited as the plane touched down at LAX. After 15 years, they would finally handcuff Tustin’s first Most…
The first time Garden Grove Police Officer Phillip Pham met Officer Jason Perkins was after a terrible tragedy. It was…
Garden Grove PD dispatchers sat hard at work on a recent afternoon at their brand-new, state-of-the-art work stations – one…
A metal tank equipped with remote controls sits amid dry brush on a hillside in the summer heat. With the…