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Law Enforcement sees a spike in calls for service on 4th of July
While the COVID-19 pandemic canceled most 4th of July gatherings – from barbecues to pool parties and neighborhood parades — police…
College dean, former police chief, instilled pillars of character into decades of police recruits
After 17 years as the dean of Golden West College’s Criminal Justice Training Center (CJTC) and another 30-plus years in…
In December 2001, Ryan Coe stepped off a C-130 military transport plane in Jacobabad, Pakistan at 2 a.m. and was…
Omar Ayala remembers the extremes of the Afghan climate when he was deployed with the 74th Long Range Surveillance Detachment in…
They have numbers, not names — the dead whose lives ended in a variety of unsettling ways, from traffic accidents…
La Habra PD Sgt. Jim Tigner has had a long and complex relationship with the motorcycle. It’s where the veteran…
Full of entertaining skits, fun competition, several helicopter flyovers, and even fireworks, the Orange County Police Canine Association’s K9 demonstration…
For days, the ember lay dormant in a smoldering clump of oak. Fierce Santa Ana winds then whipped the ember…