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![Orange County Auto Theft Task Force excels at cat-and-mouse game of catching bad guys](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180917-OCATT-01-SJG-351x185.jpg)
Orange County Auto Theft Task Force excels at cat-and-mouse game of catching bad guys
It started with a phone call from a bank. The bank was the lien holder of a high-end vehicle that…
![Orange PD captain wears other hat, takes girls softball team to surprising heights](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_3941-351x185.jpg)
Orange PD captain wears other hat, takes girls softball team to surprising heights
For Orange PD Captain Dave Nichols, the summer of 2018 will go down as one of his most memorable. No,…
![Sheriff Academy chooses to honor slain Fullerton officer for Memorial Run Det. Tommy De La Rosa was killed in the line of duty on June 21, 2014.](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/tommy-d-lead-351x185.jpg)
The Fullerton Police Department will join in honoring one its own fallen officers as the Orange County Sheriff Department has…
![HBPD: Speed a factor in fatal motorcycle accident](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/FPD_Charger-351x185.png)
A 29-year-old man died after he crashed his motorcycle into a light pole Monday night in Huntington Beach, police said.…
![No. 3: Home invasion team bearing flowers, balloons strikes twice in Garden Grove](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screenshot-2014-08-13-19.00.32-351x185.png)
Editor’s note: In honor of Behind the Badge OC’s one-year anniversary, we will be sharing the 30 most-read stories. This…
![Garden Grove PD honors watchman of Amethyst Street](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/8-12-14-Chief-Coin1-351x185.png)
By Greg Hardesty Residents of Amethyst Street in Garden Grove started arriving at the house just after 6 p.m. Monday…
![Roman: ‘People shouldn’t die on you like this’](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/244887979_12c2e11225_z1-351x185.jpg)
Editor’s Note: John Roman is a traffic officer for an Orange County police agency who recently launched a blog, Badge…
A pedestrian who police say bolted into a street and was struck and killed by a car Sunday night was…