La Habra Sgt. Jeff Baylos paced the hallway, the front yard, the kitchen and the bedroom. It’s what he does when he’s on the phone and nervous. There was no way he could sleep until he had an...

“Most of you are not going to survive this job,” Dr. Kevin Gilmartin announces to the audience. The statement comes with little reaction from the more than 50 officers listening. Those who sign...

Enterprising Girl Scout Veronica Gomez recently raised nearly $2,000 to pay for a vest for Strauss, a Garden Grove K9. Click on the video above to learn about how Veronica, a member of Girl Scout...

It was a reunion that BehindTheBadgeOC.com readers really liked – more than 25,000 times on Facebook. The story: A man whose life was changed by the Fullerton Police officer who arrested...

Earning an additional stripe on the uniform sleeve or a star for the collar is not an easy feat for a law enforcement officer. An officer’s career and credentials are studied, even scrutinized, by...

OK, first things first. That last name. John Siko, recently promoted to captain at the Fullerton Police Department, where he started as a cadet in 1983, has been dealing with questions about his...

UPDATE, 5:40 P.M. Wednesday -- "Parker was just located by Buena Park PD after a radio call; he is safe and sound." --- Fullerton PD news release. Original story: Malcolm Parker last was seen...

For most professions, it’s hard to imagine a time when higher education was discouraged, but not long ago this was the reality for many in law enforcement. Real-world training trumped hitting the...

The eighth-grader aimed the high-pressure fire hose in the general direction of his classmates --- careful, of course, to just miss them with the spray. “This is not like any other class,” Justin...

While Star Wars figurines, Atari Pong and Evil Knievel toys were the top Christmas list picks for many 14-year-old boys in the 1970s, Westminster Cmdr. Al Panella was hoping for something less...