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From mobile phones to new Text to 911 system, the job of a Metro Net dispatcher has dramatically changed in last two decades
Twenty-five years ago, when Tracy Nolan began her career as a dispatcher with the Buena Park PD, answering 911 calls…
After handing out Thanksgiving meals to needy families, TPD holds annual ‘Turkey Bowl’ flag football match
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, the Tustin PD handed out Thanksgiving meals to 125 needy families. A couple of hours later,…
Robert Beaver stepped into the media spotlight in August as the guy behind the Orange County Sheriff Department’s new “jail…
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s sergeant was shot and killed by a burglary suspect while responding to a residential burglary…
A 38-year-old Garden Grove woman faces assault with a deadly weapon charges after she attacked a female GGPD officer with…
The shadowy cartoon figure on signs posted to light poles throughout neighborhoods across Orange County is a symbol many know…
Ok, so you’re a police officer. You’re on patrol when a call comes in from dispatch telling you to respond…
They snake through a maze of doors and narrow hallways, holding their weapons and on high alert for anybody or…