Behind the Badge
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Meet the Department: APD Detention Facility staffers excel at critical work out of spotlight
The correctional officer raps on the door of the cell. “Bring your trash out,” Ernesto Cendejas tells the inmate. “Then…
Orange takes unconventional approach to crime prevention
The Orange Police Department is stopping crime before it happens by encouraging building designs that inhibit illegal activity. The department…
The boss walked out of his office to see his employee sitting on a curb, hands cuffed behind his back.…
The 60-gallon fish tank in the living room of the Fullerton home speaks volumes about its occupants. No water. No…
No long walks to the podium. No speeches cut short by a live orchestra. No political statements or bloated musical…
A lawyer in Florida argues he’s found a loophole that allows motorists at DUI checkpoints to avoid rolling down their…
She taught herself to read lips, and she wears hearing aids. So the tactical officer screaming in her face wasn’t…
Mike Chapman stood at attention as his wife carefully pinned his new badge. “Don’t stab me,” he mouthed. His wife…