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Longtime SAPD PAAL member graduates from Harvard
Harvard University graduate Alexis Rodriguez Mejia readily acknowledges that it took a lot of grit and hard work to successfully…

Santa Ana police make their pitch at Cal State Long Beach
On a recent weekday afternoon, a group of 16 students from the Cal State Long Beach Criminal Justice Student Association…

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat keeps these peace officers from their appointed annual rounds. A contingent of officers from…

The ability to multitask is a requirement in several careers, but for 911 dispatchers multitasking is taken to level beyond…

Santa Ana Police Department’s open house and hiring expo was an opportunity for community members to meet staff and learn…

A case that started seven years ago with a 911 call regarding a man found bludgeoned and stabbed to death…

From serving on the Community Oriented Policing Task Force to working as a crime analyst, from helping develop counter-terrorism practices…

When describing the personality of Brandy Watts, the word “enthusiastic” immediately comes to mind, especially when the police dispatcher is…