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Westminster police records, payroll employee celebrates 20 years serving community and agency
When Julie Mueller started working for the Westminster Police Department, she hadn’t planned to work in law enforcement. That was…
Pandemic alters operations at Westminster Animal Control
Animals don’t take a vacation or holiday. While the COVID-19 pandemic has kept most in their homes, Animal Control units’…
The 2015 San Bernardino mass shooting left 14 dead and 22 wounded. San Bernardino Police Department Lt. Mike Madden was…
When Garden Grove resident Asunta Bamani wanted to get a feel for what takes place in City Hall, she became…
More than 30 Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies and correctional services assistants (CSAs), along with Undersheriff Don Barnes, were on hand…
In a scene that has stirred outrage and concern across the country, an unidentified woman is kicked and punched by…
I received the late-night phone call on Saturday, January 17, 1998. A woman had been shot and killed along the…
Residents lined up outside Westminster’s Community Services Building on the morning of Oct. 26 waiting for free flu shots. But…