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Best of BTB: Teen thanks Costa Mesa police for rescuing her from jumping off freeway bridge
Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives: This story is…
Best of BTB: ‘Why would anyone want to be a cop today?’
Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives: This story is…
Seventeen years ago, Letty Gali arrived at a fourplex in the community of Placentia to help a family whose son…
For the last few years, Bakersfield Police Department had to pivot when it came to their annual Halloween event held…
The May 24 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered,…
Despite thunder, overnight rain, and the threat of showers, over 150 students, parents, and family members hit the pavement on…
Messages were scrawled on studs and inside of the walls of a home under construction in southern Georgia for Sharif…
Part of Bakersfield Department’s recruitment process includes a Physical Agility Test that must be passed by all aspiring police officers…