Behind the Badge
This senior volunteer for the Fullerton PD just can’t say no to donating lots of hours to agency
He’s going to get even. Not that the genteel man whose backyard in Fullerton includes…
Westminster police send victims of home burglary to Disneyland
For more than a year, the 17-year-old had been shoving money earned from babysitting and…
Anaheim PD’s junior cadets honored before several hundred at gala graduation ceremony
On Friday, June 12 I pulled into the parking structure of the Anaheim Convention Center.…
Garden Grove Police honor their fallen five at 28th annual ‘Call to Duty’ memorial service
The names of the five fallen officers were repeated 12 times by speakers during the…
Vargas: Cops aren’t paranoid, just hyper-vigilant — and here’s why they need to be
It’s been a scary week for police officers, both locally and across the country. In…
No. 18: Crips gang member shot in face reunites with Tustin PD officers who arrested him
Editor’s note: In honor of Behind the Badge OC’s one-year anniversary, we will be sharing…
Vargas: The cost of an increasingly disengaged police force on society could be criminally high
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of debate about a coming crime wave. During the past month the…
Anaheim PD’s Cops 4 Kids Junior Cadets put through weekend academy ahead of graduation
Before they graduated last night (Friday, June 12) as the Anaheim PD’s largest graduating junior…
Recently retired women leaders in law enforcement (WLLE) discuss career paths
The recruit watched from the back, all eyes and ears on the four panelists as…
Westminster officer, detective uncover cross-state human trafficking ring
Calls like these rarely come in. Westminster Officer Rachel Proulx on April 23 was dispatched…