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Santa Ana, California · Santa AnaEditor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from February 14, 2024. If the Santa Ana Police Department needed affirmation of its decision to create a pre-academy for recruits entering the Orange County Sheriff’s Basic Academy, the ceremonies of Academy Class 257 were a rousing validation. Santa Ana’s newest crop of officers ran the table at the celeb…Read Article
Best of BTB: Santa Ana Police Department’s success highlights value of pre-academy - Behind the Badge

Iowa, United States · Iowa(Radio Iowa) – D-O-T director Scott Marler told the Transportation Commission today (Tuesday) that traffic deaths are down so far this year. “Just yesterday we were we were about 11 below our five-year average,” Marler says. There were 132 traffic deaths through today (Tuesday). Marler says there were several deaths during the recent holiday. “Tragically, we saw over the 4th holiday, we saw five fatalities in total over the holiday weekend,” Mar…See the Story
Traffic deaths down this year despite 5 deaths during 4th holiday

Tustin · TustinEditor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from February 20, 2016. The two police chiefs were recalling when they first met — way back in junior high, in summer school biology class. “We were dissecting a frog,” Irvine PD Chief Mike Hamel recalled. “We were dissecting something,” Tustin PD Chief Charlie Celano said. The two became instant friends. C…Read Article