March 17, 2010

City of Orange Cove Gets Police Department

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By Jobin Panicker

Story Published: Nov 24, 2009 at 10:09 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 25, 2009 at 12:21 AM EDT

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After 22 years, the City of Orange Cove is getting its own police department.
Chief Frank Steenport will head the operation. He was once the police chief in Huron. Now he brings decades of experience to the small town of Orange Cove. A town surrounded by Orange Groves where the Spanish population outnumbers non-Spanish speakers 80 to 20.
There will be 11 fulltime officers, including the chief. 9 of the officers will be bilingual.
The move to a new police department will cost roughly 1.2 million dollars a year. It cost the city nearly a million dollars a year to contract with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department.

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Monday, Mar 1 at 2:04 AM At it again wrote ...

Most of those officers that got hired have either been let go from other agencies or just plain out cant get hired. Citizens of orange cove watch out for these officers they like to have affairs with people in the community

Monday, Mar 1 at 2:02 AM Heads up wrote ...

Good luck with a Sgt. that has a K-9 that bites other officers and costs a city millions of dollars.

Tuesday, Dec 22 at 6:23 AM Anonymous wrote ...

huron gave them a chance, and booted them all out.

Friday, Dec 18 at 2:43 PM Anonymous wrote ...

give it all a chance before you knock it! you never know what can happen?

Saturday, Dec 5 at 7:55 AM Anonymous wrote ...

Te citizens of Orange Cove should look into the backgrounds of their new Police Force, from the Chief down.

Saturday, Dec 5 at 7:48 AM Anonymous wrote ...

A shady Chief and shady officers that will fit in a shady town like orange cove

Friday, Dec 4 at 2:40 AM curious wrote ...

Is he married?

Friday, Dec 4 at 2:39 AM curious wrote ...

Is this hunk married?

Friday, Nov 27 at 1:45 PM joe wrote ...

wow its about time

Wednesday, Nov 25 at 1:25 AM VOCR wrote ...

Just other gang in Orange Cove

Tuesday, Nov 24 at 11:43 PM Jose wrote ...

What? You mean the orange Cove mayor did make his son the police chief? What's this world coming to?

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