Behind the Badge
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Pasadena PD fights crime one click at a time
In a windowless office in the Pasadena Police Department’s detective bureau, Det. Brian Murphy sits at his desk, surrounded…
For the OCSD’s Crisis Negotiation Team, the unexpected always is expected
The standoff at the university was getting tense. A suicidal student had barricaded himself inside his room on the third…
At 2 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, Cpl. Nick Baclit arrested a probationer for marijuana sales and an outstanding warrant.…
A Westminster officer was recently honored for reviving a man police said overdosed on heroin and stopped breathing. Officer Alan…
The rig rumbles up the steep fire road, some 1,300 feet about the 91 Freeway. Its massive tires chew and…
For two families, this wasn’t a regular Wednesday breakfast. This breakfast was a celebration of life. “God brought Officer Matt…
They met once when they were student and teacher. They exchanged phone numbers when the teacher said the student could…
Determination wins. There’s no more flowery, roundabout explanation for how Robert Nelson got where he is. He was determined enough…