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Beverly Hills police officer drawn to the agency as a teen
During a ride-along with a Beverly Hills police officer, then-cadet Michael Downs became certain of two things: He wanted to…
Anaheim PD sees success with new facial recognition software that speeds up suspect ID process
One afternoon last August, Cynthia Espinoza, a senior office specialist at the Anaheim PD, was relaxing at home when her…
No mother should ever have to experience what Jaime King is going through. Earlier this year, her youngest daughter, 6-year-old…
Not on a Saturday. That was 16-year-old Monique Garcia’s first thought when her parents told her she’d have to wake…
He thought it was a sandbox. Jordin Madera had just turned 2 when, three years go, he and his family…
The 8-year-old girl had a question. “Am I going to go with a police boy or a police girl?” Yusra…
Westminster police last week opened a new facility expected to serve as a state-of-the-art center for agencies across Orange County to…
They look nothing like George Clooney or Brad Pitt. But two career criminals who recently were nabbed on suspicion of…