Walking by Atlantis Play Center in Garden Grove you may notice that there’s a temporary fence there in place of the chain-link barrier that was there previously. According to John Montanchez, community […]
New fences and more for parks
Public input sought on GGPD
The Garden Grove Police Department is a nationally accredited law enforcement agency through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA®). In 1988, the Garden Grove Police Department was the first […]
Night Out, trash and more trees
The annual National Night Out event in Garden Grove took on a different look on Tuesday due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was virtually commemorated with a video produced by the city’s […]
Progressive policing a goal of PD
By Jim Tortolano On our television sets and computer screens we’ve watched – more than once – cell phone video of a law enforcement officer beating, abusing or, in one especially notorious […]
City statement on protests, justice
The following statement was issued Monday by the City of Garden Grove: As cities across the nation, including a handful in Orange County, deal with mass protests following the controversial death of […]
Violent crime rising, says police chief
Since the coronavirus pandemic led to restrictions and closings in April, many categories of crime in Garden Grove have risen sharply. In a presentation Tuesday night to the City Council, Police Chief […]
Coronavirus means big financial drain
By Jim Tortolano The coronavirus pandemic may not last more than a few more months but the economic impact could go on for years. That was a large part of the presentation […]
We now return you to your normal life ….
Residents of Garden Grove might be forgiven some jitters after the run of murders that took place in and around the city the last weeks. Crazed people with machetes and drug sellers […]
“Fallen Five” a core of GGPD’s history
By Jim Tortolano The 32nd Annual “Call to Duty” Memorial honoring the five Garden Grove Police Department officers killed in the line of duty touched strongly on the history of the department, […]
“Thin Blue Line” honored at memorial
This year’s Call to Duty Police Memorial, honoring Garden Grove’s Fallen Five—the officers Garden Grove has lost in the line of duty — is themed after ‘The Thin Blue Line,’ symbolic of […]
