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OCSD Mission Viejo Police Services hosts first-ever self-defense workshop for women
Working in pairs, the class of 50 women intensely hit, kicked and yelled at each other. “You’re going to go…
Beverly Hills PD Citizen’s Police Academy Graduates Learn the ‘Stuff You Don’t See on TV’
Steven Ullman was sitting at his wife’s restaurant with Beverly Hills Police Officer Joseph Carrott when the officer got a…
They call him “The Swede.” No, it’s not because Garden Grove PD Officer Michael Gerdin is a closet ABBA fanatic…
Phones are ringing and cops in street clothes are barking out questions to each other from their workstations on the…
The girl in the bright pink Nikes ran fast, her long thick braid bobbing against her back with every stride.…
The other night I was sent on a call on the eastern end of the city. I was near the…
Laid-back surfer dude. That’s the impression a Fullerton PD higher-up got when he first set eyes on Matt Malone who,…
A male transient is facing several charges for lunging at Garden Grove police officers after he tried to steal a…