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LaPointe said building connections with the people she serves is what she has loved most about being a police officer in Costa Mesa for the past 26 years.

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Get our free TimesOC newsletter. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Daily Pilot. Warnock declared himself the winner late Tuesday night, while Ossoff appeared on his way to victory. The Democrats need to sweep to win Senate control. Here are the latest headlines for our Orange County readers: NEWS A jogger passes by the Westend Bar on Monday in Costa Mesa. The owner of the bar is the first person criminally charged in Orange County for operati...

Print Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans — that seems to be the case for Joyce LaPointe, who came to Costa Mesa in 1987 to become a physical therapist and wound up making local history instead. On Wednesday, LaPointe, 52, participated in a virtual swearing-in ceremony where she became the first female captain to serve in the Costa Mesa Police Department, a second in command to Chief Bryan Glass himself. That officious moment was the culmination of a decades lon...

Costa Mesa Police Department Names First Female Captain Joyce LaPointe is the first woman to earn the rank of captain in the CMPD. “It’s my honor and privilege to be able to serve in a city that I’ve lived and worked and played in for the last 30-plus years,” LaPointe said. “I’ve basically grown up here.” LaPointe, a 23-year police veteran, began her career in 1997 in patrol services and traffic. Throughout the years, she carried out collateral assignments as a field training offi...