Law Enforcement

BY NIGEL DUARA (This story was originally published by CalMatters) On Sept. 17, 2017, California Highway Patrol officer Nathaniel Partridge checked in his patrol car almost four hours before his shift ended and drove 35 miles home. That day, and on at least two other occasions, he was paid overtime for the hours he didn’t work. Partridge…

BY RYAN SABALOW (REPUBLISHED FROM CALMATTERS – CALMATTERS.ORG –  Sign up for their newsletters) In the past year alone, they’ve helped catch suspected murderers, bank robbers and hit-and-run drivers. They’ve located dozens of stolen cars and helped send a wildland arsonist to prison. They’re also distrusted and despised by privacy rights activists on the left and on the right. Just last month, police…

(Republished from The Epoch Times – theepochtimes.com) By Brad Jones, July 18, 2026 YREKA, Calif.—A convoy of sheriff’s deputies heads into a vast network of illegal marijuana grow operations in the foothills of Mount Shasta in California’s Siskiyou County. They drive into a dusty encampment strewn with garbage and piles of empty plastic fertilizer containers,…

By Brian Joseph While law and order historically has been a political priority in California, a union for special public safety professionals says current vacancies up and down the state show their jobs are undervalued by the Legislature — and its endangering residents. The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association represents a diverse array of low-profile…