Behind the Badge
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Mr. Tustin competitor hails from city’s police department
Tustin Police Services Officer Steve Giddings will do just about anything for a good cause. The longtime Tustin resident put…
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…
She knew the look. And things looked very grim. At around 1 p.m. on Dec. 11, while sitting on a…
The veteran officer’s brown eyes widen. “We all have a story to tell,” John Ema says. Ema doesn’t want to…
Her world imploded in slow motion. It was an incremental collapse into homelessness. First, her sister died, leaving behind an…
Cameron Knauerhaze walks in to the dispatch center to offer coffee for those who will field 911 calls over the…
The first thing you need to know about that unforgettable day is this: It was hot. Humid, too. It was…
He thought of his own kids, and how happy he was seeing them as newborns. That’s what was going through…