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WPD’s new crime-fighting team
from The Orange County Tribune April 22, 2023Serving Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Stanton and Westmins
By Greg Mellen
Behind the Badge
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Sgt. Eddie Esqueda is not a trailblazing reformer by nature, but when he moved into Westminster Police Department’s Major Crimes unit and saw how enforcement could be improved, he stepped up.
He was given the green light to move ahead and the CAGE unit was born. An acronym for Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement, CAGE concentrates on rounding up criminals with outstanding warrants and putting them back in jail.
“When I came in (to Major Crimes) as a sergeant in 2021, I noticed there were several felons with outstanding warrants,” said Esqueda, a 23-year veteran at the Westminster Police Department.
“Some ID’d in violent felonies.”
After launching CAGE in January, Esqueda said the unit made 101 felony
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