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West County SWAT holds active shooter training at Westminster Mall
West County SWAT’s BearCat rolls up to the west entrance of Westminster Mall with team members armed and ready. They…
For Sheriff Barnes and other OCSD officials, food frenzy at OC Fair is about more than the goodies
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes recently took on what probably has been his tastiest assignment yet since taking the reins…
It’s not the most glamorous police job, but somebody’s got to do it. And that somebody on this hot March…
With only six hours remaining on his legendary firefighting and fire-service instructing career, Bill Stroud wasn’t about to get philosophical…
The young couple sat at the table with their 11-month-old son, listening to a presentation that would spook any parent.…
A bunch of teens threw a crazy rager at a house in Garden Grove last weekend. In addition to meth,…
Some cops tend to have a specialty — an area of enforcement they’re drawn to that they become known for…
A pimp recently arrested for hunting for girls on social media has written a letter to the FBI asking them…