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Westminster police dispatch a perfect career for those who are passionate, caring, multi-taskers
“Think of it as a controlled chaos,” is one analogy Westminster Police Department Communication Supervisor Kristen Kannard uses to describe…
Free turkey dinners draw 100 families to Santa Ana Police Department’s giveaway
For Sylvia Salazar, a Santa Ana mother of three with 25 guests anticipating a mouth-watering Thanksgiving meal, the Santa Ana…
When then-Placentia Police Officer Sarah Shirvany pulled up to the intersection at Orangethorpe and Miller on February 2, 2008, the…
Westminster Animal Control Officer Crystal Sheldon has been working with animals for the last 20 years. “I love helping animals,”…
It was an unusual spring for graduates this year. But even without a public ceremony, when Faviola Nunez’s diploma arrived…
On the corner of Ramona and Garfield Street, across from the Pasadena Police Department, 4-year-old Lucas stands outside an electric…
Behind the Badge added six awards to its trophy case for photography, writing and podcasting at the Orange County Press…
This July, McGruff the Crime Dog turned 40, and that’s not in dog years. It was in 1980 that he…