Fullerton Police Officers were dispatched to the area of W. Orangethorpe Ave and Campus Dr. on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at approximately 9:05 PM, regarding a traffic collision involving a vehicle and […]
Fatal Traffic Collision Involving Bicyclist
Fullerton Police Are Seeking Witnesses About A Traffic Collision
Fullerton Police Officers were dispatched to S State College Blvd and E Walnut Ave on Thursday, April 4, at approximately 4:19 a.m. to investigate a traffic collision involving a black vehicle and a […]
Fatal Traffic Collision Involving Pedestrian on Basque and Orangethorpe
Fullerton Police Officers were dispatched to the area of South Basque Ave and West Orangethorpe Ave regarding a traffic collision involving a vehicle and pedestrian on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, at approximately […]
Police Drone First Responder Test Results
The August issue of the Observer ran an article about the Fullerton Police Department’s 30-day test using drones as First Responders. I was able to interview Lieutenant Tony Rios, the Commander of […]
Jon Radus named Interim Police Chief
The Fullerton City Council has selected Jon Radus to serve as the City’s Interim Police Chief. The selection was made during the closed session meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, September […]
Authorities Seeking Public’s Help in Identifying Possible Additional Victims of Man Charged with Child Pornography
Authorities allege that Jacob Anthony Arriola secretly placed a phone in a Fullerton women’s restroom on July 23, 2023, recording a 12-year-old girl. The parents of the 12-year-old subdued the suspect until […]
Newborn Found Abandoned at Fullerton Business
Update: A 25-year-old Fullerton woman who allegedly left her newborn baby boy in a bag within a trash can at a gas station on March 9 was charged Tuesday with attempted murder […]
Fullerton Police and Fire Department command staff participate in the first LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency Training
Motorcyclist Killed in Traffic Collision
On Saturday, December 3, 2022, at approximately 9:54 AM, Fullerton Police Officers responded to the intersection of Commonwealth Ave and State College Blvd regarding a traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a […]
Fullerton Police Provide Free Vacation Check Program
Earlier this summer, before my family went on a brief trip, we filled out a vacation check application through the Fullerton Police website. The Vacation Check, which is open only to residences […]
Police seek witnesses in fatal hit and run
A pedestrian was struck by a car and killed in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 23 on Bastanchury Road west of Brea Blvd. Fullerton Police are seeking witnesses to the […]
Driver Dies in Fullerton Traffic Collision
Fullerton Police Officers responded to reports of a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a tree at Brea Boulevard and Longview Drive on Tuesday, December 14 at approximately 4:53pm. Upon arrival, officers […]
Police Officer Association tells City Council to stop the cuts
Mayor Pro Tem Nick Dunlap spoke at the November 16 City Council meeting about a mass text that was sent out by the Fullerton Police Officers Association (FPOA), the union that represents […]
Police Investigate Rape in Downtown Fullerton
Fullerton police are investigating an alleged rape that happened on August 1, in downtown. Samantha Velasquez said she had been dancing at JP23 Urban Kitchen and accepted a drink from two women […]
The Kelly Thomas Files Part 2: Five Problems Emerge in Interviews with Officers Involved
In compliance with California Senate Bill 1421 requiring police departments to release documents related to deaths of citizens and other incidents, this May the city of Fullerton released over 3200 pages of […]
The Kelly Thomas Files Part 1: Notices to the Officers Who Were Fired and Disciplined
In compliance with California Senate Bill 1421 requiring police departments to release documents related to deaths of citizens and other incidents, this May the city of Fullerton released over 3200 pages of […]
BLM Protests Lead to Virtual Town Halls with Police Chief
The Fullerton Police Department and members of the City Council are responding to calls for defunding and/or rethinking policing across the country with virtual town halls featuring members of the Council and […]
George Floyd Demonstration in Fullerton
To protest the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minnesota and to demand an end to police killing with impunity, people gathered at Kelly’s Corner at the Fullerton Transportation Center Saturday May […]
