Behind the Badge
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For Tustin officers, a kinder gentler use of force
A would-be assailant throws a punch. With a slip of the hips and head, Jason Moreno slides under the punch,…
Sons follow fathers’ footsteps at Tustin Police Department
Policing is often referred to as a family business. And at the Tustin Police Department, family is a theme that…
During his 36 years with the Santa Ana Police Department, including the past 30 as a gang investigator, Detective Jeff…
Stories about the sharp rise in violent crime seem to be on every news broadcast and posted across social media…
As Santa Ana Police Chief David Valentin chatted with a writer, a report came across his desk. His department had…
State Sen. Josh Newman led an effort to secure $7.8 million to sustain and expand the innovative, impactful and successful…
It has been more than year since Community Relations Specialists Janeth Jimenez and Edwina Tripp have organized any in person…
Unsolved and cold-case murders are among the worst police come across. Without a killer caught, without resolution, the loss lingers.…