Behind the Badge
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Pasadena Police officer teaches the real world of criminal justice to college students
It’s Monday evening and Professor Bobby Lomeli is minutes from starting his “Concepts of Criminal Law” class at Pasadena City…
Westminster Police Department’s John Martin is part engineer, part cop
Over John Martin’s 22 years serving the Westminster Police Department, he’s seen it all – homicides, armed robberies, public protests…
Steve Buffington remembers the destruction wrought by the Freeway Complex Fire of 2008. The longtime resident of Anaheim Hills speaks…
Cheryl Timmons ripped off the tarp to reveal the handsome monument underneath: A gray granite bust of a German shepherd…
The neighbors called because they heard shouting. When Westminster Police responded to the domestic violence call, the scene was unusually…
He’s had every conceivable bodily fluid end up on his black shoes or forest-green uniform at one time or another,…
In what Chief Randy Bruegman called a “milestone” for Anaheim Fire & Rescue, 18 firefighters graduated last week from the…
Editor’s note: Laguna Beach Police Chief Laura Farinella writes about the city’s youth shelter run by the nonprofit Commuity Service…