A full career as a California Highway Patrol officer or a Cal Fire firefighter often ends with a six-figure pension that provides a comfortable retirement after countless hours spent in harm's way.

Controlling the police may be the toughest management job there is. Every patrol study ever done shows that street cops work most effectively when they're given the discretion to respond instantly to ...

In a village board room filled with their peers and relatives, two Wheeling police officers and three firefighters were promoted to positions of greater authority this week. Troy Musolf is the police ...