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![Fundraisers for Bakersfield dispatchers bring candygrams for sweethearts and veterans](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Valentine-Card-Example-351x185.jpg)
Fundraisers for Bakersfield dispatchers bring candygrams for sweethearts and veterans
A card, a candy bar and a special note is all it takes to make someone special smile for Valentine’s…
![Santa Ana Police Department’s success highlights value of pre-academy](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/240125-SAPD-Class-Grad-01-SJG-351x185.jpg)
Santa Ana Police Department’s success highlights value of pre-academy
If the Santa Ana Police Department needed affirmation of its decision to create a pre-academy for recruits entering the Orange…
![First responders blessed during annual Blue Mass at Christ Cathedral](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0F3A5538-351x185.jpg)
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and Christ Cathedral celebrated the annual Blue Mass on Sunday, Oct. 8, a Catholic…
![Santa Ana native, recruitment leader Natalie Garcia is SAPD public information officer](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Natalie-Garcia-6A-e1695933753395-351x185.jpg)
Officer Natalie Garcia has already made her mark on the Santa Ana Police Department as a key member in the…
![Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange to host annual Blue Mass on Oct. 8](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/220929-RCBO-Blue-Mass-42-SJG-351x185.jpg)
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and Christ Cathedral on Oct. 8 will host their annual Blue Mass, a special…
![Memorial honors life of Alice Chandler, OC’s first female deputy](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230828-OCSD-Remembering-Alice-Chandler-01-SJG-351x185.jpg)
Anyone listening to Alice Chandler talk about her life would probably think she tends to exaggerate. After all, how many…
![Westminster adds first woman to SWAT team](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/230829-WPD-New-West-County-SWAT-01-SJG-351x185.jpg)
Westminster Police Department Detective Marcela Lopez approaches policing from a couple of different perspectives: first, as a woman, and second,…
![Policing skills serve former officer in roles as TV show host, CEO of water district](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Joone-Kim-Lopez.082223_05-351x185.jpg)
At first glance, the roles of police officer, TV show host, and water district CEO may seem disparate. Yet, they…