Behind the Badge
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New Westminster unit is busy CAGE-ing crooks
Sgt. Eddie Esqueda is not a trailblazing reformer by nature, but when he moved into Westminster Police Department’s Major Crimes…
Westminster detective chases down car thieves with OC task force
Waylon Pettengill remembers hanging in his dad’s garage working on custom motorcycles. His dad put him on a Suzuki 80…
Vicki Morgan knows very well the damage that Code Enforcement violations can cause for homes and businesses in a community.…
The sight of Sgt. Robert Nelson, dressed in a backward hat, black hoodie, and talking into a cellphone, may not…
When Julie Mueller started working for the Westminster Police Department, she hadn’t planned to work in law enforcement. That was…
Animals don’t take a vacation or holiday. While the COVID-19 pandemic has kept most in their homes, Animal Control units’…
The Santa Ana Police Department is working on a far-reaching new initiative to address illegal street racing, an activity known…
When then-Placentia Police Officer Sarah Shirvany pulled up to the intersection at Orangethorpe and Miller on February 2, 2008, the…