Dunn also received a text message from Weldin apologizing for the damage, the affidavit said. Rollo Green--who, according to testimony, had a history of alcohol abuse--caused the death of Kelly Rastello, 19, of Long Beach, by making an illegal left-hand turn in front of the motorcyclist, jurors said. Lacey cleared the officers of wrongdoing in all three deaths, but Gascn has reopened the investigation into Mitchells killing . Investigators concluded that they would probably find evidence on the officers cellphones that a felony hate crime had been committed. County prosecutors had tossed 35 felony cases as of mid-November, and the Torrance city attorneys office has dismissed an additional 50, officials said. Saavedra has worked as a journalist since 1979 and has held positions at several Southern California newspapers before arriving at the Orange County Register in 1990. Society wins not only when the guilty are convicted but when criminal trials are fair; our system of the administration of justice suffers when any accused is treated unfairly. The sum was upped to $9 million by a judge and the case finally was settled for $6.5 million. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. The text messages were not on one continuous thread, according to two of the sources. The ACLU observed the law was the only one of its kind in the nation to give police officers a special right to sue complainants, the jury said. (Please list officer firearm discharge directed at a person separately from a shooting involving an animal and separately from accidental firearm discharges). If your department logs complaints in a database, spreadsheet, or other log, a copy of those logs is fine instead. The Torrance Police Department has made vigorous efforts to achieve this status, and it is our desire to provide the means whereby it might be sustained. The grand jury found that Torrance was one of only two police departments among those it reviewed that warned complainants that filing a false claim against a police officer is a misdemeanor. The idea that there is no need for a local commission because theres a state process is patently inadequate, because were talking about a nine-member panel that will only be able to deal with the most egregious, flagrant cases that break through, Armour said. In both cases, plaintiffs alleged that the officers leveled guns at their heads, tore apart their vehicles with no probable cause and without permission, intentionally and painfully yanked their testicles during body searches and made numerous racist threats. In Torrance, the Police and Fire Departments costs make up 65% of the citys general fund budget. The department has refused to identify them. Torrance police sustained 35 out of 43 internally generated complaints of officer misconduct from 2016 to 2020, Ponegalek said. Daniels said he was taken into custody, placed in a cell for two hours and cited for driving without a California license and released. One said that Torrance officers had shot Hispanic teen-agers before just for wearing big (street gang uniform) pants, Jose Esparza said. Thats what got us scared.. They were stopped, they say, because two of them are black. Former Daily Breeze reporter and columnist Nick Green retired in 2021 after more than two decades with the newspaper covering Torrance, Lomita, Carson, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, soccer and the craft beer industry. This is a brand new process for the state of California, and I think we have to see how it plays out, Councilmember Heidi Ann Ashcraft said in an interview Wednesday. After a grueling six-week trial, a jury awarded the family of a young motorcyclist $5.9 million after he was struck and killed by an off-duty sergeant who had been drinking. We catch em (criminals), and the community likes that.. Records operates on a round-the-clock basis, performing Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov. A key purpose for receiving and investigating complaints is to identify law enforcement personnel that frequently or habitually engage in inappropriate behavior, the report said. If you submit your complaint on paper, we recommend that you staple a copy of With fallout from the Rastello case still raining down, 27-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran De Ladurantey was brought in. .Search for Guntersville, Marshall County, AL police and arrest records. This is a prime example of running away from local control and accountability and trying to delegate to some people far away who arent a part of the community.. . Although the Rastello case shocked much of Southern California, equally startling was a string of other cases--long kept in private police files and brought up at the trial--that offered a rare peek into disciplinary procedures at the department. Country: United States Address 1: 340 Blount Ave City: Guntersville State: Alabama Zip Code: 35976-1106 County: Marshall County Phone #: 256-571-7571 Fax #: 256-571-7570 Police1 is revolutionizing the way I actually made some comments about how, generally, when someone does this kind of stuff, there are bigger patterns of behavior. If you have questions about this request or suggestions, we would be happy to discuss them with you. Ross fled from Torrance police when they responded, and became violent when they tried to arrest him, district attorneys records show. The city prevailed. What got them pulled over, the three allege in their suit, was not erratic driving or outstanding warrants. The Times identified 13 officers in its investigation, including Tomsic, Weldin and Schroeder, meaning there are an additional five Torrance officers under investigation whose identities remain unknown to the public. Please provide a link to any and all publicly available reports containing the data above. Civil rights activists and police watchdog groups claim that the department is among the most racially biased and militaristic in Southern California. Gascn praised Torrance Police Chief Jeremiah Hart for moving quickly to provide information to prosecutors, noting he met resistance from police leaders when investigating similar scandals involving racist text messages among San Francisco officers. If you wish to file a formal Some supervisors point out to new officers during their probation periods the difference between street niggers and upstanding black citizens, one former officer said. Ponegalek argued that The Times analysis was incomplete, as it did not include statistics involving complaints filed by other officers. Long Beach City Prosecutor Doug Haubert did not respond to repeated calls and e-mails seeking information about the criminal case against the homeless man. Atty. According to their attorney, they were not cited. All the while, the city contended officers were innocent and that all the allegations were fabricated, including one that officers had squeezed the testicles of three teenage Latino detainees. The 2017-2018 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury observed in the course of its investigation that effective community relations and public trust can be earned through an open and accessible complaint process.. A U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit filed against Torrance Police in the 1990s uncovered claims that officers routinely used racial slurs and even had code District attorneys records reviewed by The Times showed Tomsic sent a slew of racist images and messages, including a picture of former President Reagan feeding a monkey with a caption stating Reagan used to babysit [former President] Obama.. A goal of the Torrance Police Department is to ensure that the public is served in a most efficient and effective manner by highly trained police officers, bearing in mind that the police officer of today works in an extremely complex society. After years of such complaints, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating accusations of racist policing by Torrance, the countys third-largest police department. Dan Mason, Lohren Price and Nicholas Cramer had just celebrated their graduation from a pricey Studio City prep school by taking in a screening of Beverly Hills Cop III. On their way back to Inglewood, where two of the youths lived, they were stopped, ordered from the car at gunpoint, patted down and made to sit cross-legged on the sidewalk while two Torrance officers searched the car for nearly an hour. A Long Beach officer who was a Torrance recruit has been suspended without pay. Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience. Out of hundreds of pages of documents, the judge allowed the Rastello familys attorneys to present 14 cases of alleged misconduct that resulted in little or no punishment, including an off-duty officer who fired 22 shots at a car, many of them out the window of his personal vehicle; a lieutenant who allegedly molested several children; evidence of rapes and beatings by officers, and officers driving drunk while on duty. So we totally racially profiled his ass, haha Shopping at 7/11 while Black, he didnt know the rules lol, Tomsic wrote, according to the records. I dont want to have a board that is nothing more than a place that people come and give their complaints.. A report to the city council estimated the potential cost being anywhere from $233,000 to $711,000. Daniels, who is black, moved to Torrance from Michigan this summer to pursue an acting career, and claims that he was pulled over seven times in three months yet never cited. MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests Police officials say they were investigating Daniels claim and could not comment. Simpson case, the downfall of Orange County Sheriff-turned felon Michael S. Carona and the use of unauthorized drugs by Olympian Carl Lewis. The purpose of that board, according to the bill text, is to make recommendations regarding police officer decertification and to protect the public and all constitutional and statutory rights.. I am in receipt of your request and I am attempting to locate the information requested and will attempt to have it to you as soon as possible. The department has also hired an Such claims represent one of the most sensitive areas of police-citizen relations and were cited as a fundamental cause of both the 1965 Watts riots and the broader 1992 Los Angeles riots. Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience. The City Council only considered surveying the community about an oversight commission on March 15 to fulfill the terms of a lawsuit settlement. I dont know that we can take anything theyve said at face value.. In total, the officers were listed as potential witnesses in nearly 1,400 cases in the last decade, according to district attorneys records The Times obtained through a public records request. In court documents recently filed by the government, former officers--some of whom are minorities fired after probationary periods--said two epithetic slogans are commonly used within the department. That number did not include Tomsic, Weldin, or Schroeder, he said. Any documentation or reports that detail the annual number of officer-involved shootings in your department for the past 10 years would be sufficient. things have not changed, said Tim Rastello, brother of the motorcyclist and a Denver civil rights attorney. Los Angeles, Randall Emmett, Ambyr Childers settle domestic violence restraining order dispute, Column: Supreme Court conservatives may want to block student loan forgiveness. Public records in theCalifornia Public Records Actare defined as any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the publics business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. There is a separate category of purely personal information that, although it may be in the custody of a government agency, does not fall under the act. Some individuals may be reluctant to file a complaint for fear of reprisal from the officer or officers they are complaining against or the police department itself, the grand jury report added. for the Advancement of Colored People. Prosecutors are reviewing dozens of additional cases linked to the officers, said Diana Teran, a special advisor to Los Angeles County Dist. The impound yard agreed to pay the owner $2,750 for the damage, although there was no evidence the business was at fault, said the affidavit. They said they were stopped, pulled from their car at gunpoint, berated with racial threats during a 2 1/2-hour search, told to leave town and not come back--and escorted to the San Diego Freeway. Schroeder used a carotid restraint hold sometimes referred to as a blood choke to subdue a homeless Black man in a park in November 2018, according to Long Beach police records The Times obtained through a public records request. The following services are available at the public counter without an appointment: Additional services available only by appointment, or mail-in / drop-off options: 3031 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503 | P: (310) 328-5310 | Contact | Login. Weldin and Tomsic are accused of spray-painting a swastika on a vehicle impounded from a theft suspect in January 2020. According to a Times review of public records, Concannon has shot only one person during his career: Christopher DeAndre Mitchell. The homeless man was booked on suspicion of resisting arrest, being in the park after dark and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a Long Beach police spokesman. The text messages might have remained hidden if not for the alleged bizarre actions of Tomsic and Weldin in January 2020. Share & Bookmark, Press Enter to show all options, press Tab go to next option, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Consolidated Plan: HOME, HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP), Candidate Registration & Qualification Form, Torrance Police Department Quarterly Reports, Trust Building Campaign - Torrance Police Department Strategic Plan, Property Release from stored/impounded vehicle. 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It was one of several changes to the police complaint process municipal officials said were made after receiving recommendations from the grand jury. Attorneys for Weldin and Tomsic did not return messages seeking comment. it. When the motorists asked why they were stopped, they claimed that officers would reply, We do a routine check on new faces in town.. There are no results that match your search. Torrance police vehicles outside the Gable House Bowl after a shooting in 2019. He eventually went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later. 3300 Civic Center Dr.
He said, You little ----, you went to my watch commander and made a complaint against me. Mark KickbuschPolice Operations SupervisorRecords DivisionTorrance Police Department3300 Civic Centre DriveTorrance, CA, 90503E: mkickbusch@TorranceCA.govP: 310-618-6347F: 310-618-2355. For assistance please contact our Records Division at (310) 618-5529, or you may place a request, pursuant to CPRA, directly to the Torrance City Clerk located in City Hall, 3031 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA 90503. You can also visit their webpage to make a Public Records Act Request online. City officials say they are highly skeptical of both stories. What is the total number of citizen complaints (allegations of misconduct) made against your departments officers annually for the last 10 years? The officers described the weapon, later determined to be a break barrel air rifle, as pinched between Mitchells legs, though neither alleged he grabbed it or pointed it at them before they opened fire. Rob Bonta announces an investigation into the Torrance Police Department after a Times report on racist texts between officers. One (Torrance officer) said, The white people pay us to keep Mexicans out, said Esparza, a night student at Inglewood High School. Ive been pissed at Weldin since then, according to the affidavit. Dont ask me where that lump on her forehead came from though.. The officers were responding to calls from a mall employee who said Ross was walking through the building with a knife, muttering to himself. And new officers, according to claims in the court papers, are often instructed by their training supervisors to stop and question black motorists without cause. Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, New: California Attorney General to investigate Torrance Police after racist text scandal, Ex-Torrance police officers charged with spray-painting swastika on car, How the theft of 44 firearms from an L.A. gun store exploded into an LAPD scandal. - William O. Douglas, Associate Justice (1939 - 1975), Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] Departments, Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS]. The Records Division public counter is located in the main lobby of the Police Department. According to their lawsuit, the students were driving through Torrance in a 1979 Chevrolet strewn with history and calculus texts. Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed. . Tony Saavedra is an investigative reporter specializing in legal affairs for the Orange County Register. Im not going to tell you were not going to take some heat from time to time, but I think even good departments do that, Mayor Dee Hardison said. When Gascn charged Officer David Chandler with assault in late August for allegedly shooting an armed man in the back, sources told The Times that Chandler was also under investigation as part of the scandal. The caption read hanging with the homies.. Any police department mirrors the community, said Wally Murker, head of the departments detective division. Tomsic filled out a California Highway Patrol form attesting that the vehicle had not been vandalized, and had it towed by driver Chris Dunn to the impound yard at Van Lingen Towing. Sometimes youve got to do things your own damn self, Kawamoto replied, later adding a comment that he wanted to always make Torrance great again, a reference to former President Trumps ubiquitous political slogan. According to district attorneys records reviewed by The Times, Concannon once sent a troubling text message referring to a deposition he gave in an officer-involved shooting., They believed our lies. One of the suspects arrested there owned a Silver Hyundai Elantra parked on Maricopa. Medical examiners ruled Ross died of cardiac arrest resulting from methamphetamine use and his struggle with the officers, according to autopsy records. The Records Division is a service support unit within the Services Bureau. The council, however, is opting instead to rely on other models of police oversight including Police Chief Jeremiah Harts recently established Advisory Board, an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into allegations of TPD officer misconduct, and a soon-to-be established statewide oversight board which they said will provide ample opportunity for departmental reform moving forward. Black Lives Matter activists have attended nearly every City Council meeting since the fatal police shooting of Christopher DeAndre Mitchell in 2018 to demand Torrance establish an oversight commission. Tomsic answered, Yeah it was Weldin, dude, I know.. Its one of the most exhaustive reviews that one could ever do in the state of California, and its a very important step for us, he added. Sgt. The panel also found Torrance was the only city it studied that indicated a police officer may bring a civil action against a complainant who falsely accuses a police officer of misconduct, criminal conduct or incompetence. . The tape showed them continuing to choke and beat Tice, who is white, well after he became unconscious. If I were a citizen, youre damned right Id want people stopped . 1 3 are answered and 4 is No. LMAO, thats what they call a W.. It is not unusual for minorities to complain that police harass them with pointless stops in an attempt to discourage them from driving through certain white neighborhoods. In Torrances 2021 Strategic Plan a report that gathers data from city departments, local businesses and residents via randomized surveys and focus groups to determine what issues to prioritize found that creating an independent oversight commission was listed as a key concern for residents. Torrance also reported fewer rapes, robberies and other violent crimes. I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/25/17. Some critics say the citys most recent vote against a survey is a show of the councils unwillingness to address the concerns of the Torrance community. . Long Beach police officials determined the use of force was justified, the records show. It creates a tremendous amount of concern for me. WebPOLICE DEPARTMENT DAILY CRIME LOG February 2023 Date Incident Reported Complaint # TSU - MPD Location Offense Classification Date/Time Incident Occurred on or Between Item(s) Stolen (Torrance Parking Lot) Destruction-Damage-Vandalism 2/14/23 14:00 2/14/23 13:45 Sentra Many of the officers under investigation as part of the scandal also have use-of-force histories involving the communities for which they expressed hatred. When the jury returned with its massive award to the Rastello family, it said the department had a pattern and practice of whitewashing incidents of officer misconduct. Web47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 The Police Departments recent racist text-messagingscandal in which the officers responsible for Mitchells death participated has onlyfurtheredcalls for more robust police accountability. The invisible line arcs southeast across the top of Torrance, a theoretical border separating the crime-addled heart of Los Angeles County from the relative peace of its coastal suburbs. Prior to joining the Press-Telegram, she served as the Daily Breeze's lead city hall reporter. If power is supposed to be accountable to those affected by its exercise then those affected have to be consulted, Armour added. Gascn has hired a special prosecutor to review for possible criminal charges. From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer, Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Torrance, CA PD Citizen Complaints. A Long Beach police spokesman said Schroeder was assigned to desk duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation, but would not say why. We the Peoplehave aRight to Knowaccording to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. Anyone can request public documents in California, and a purpose does not have to be stated. The two officers responded to a report of mail theft in the South Bay city and directed a car linked to the crime to be towed from the scene, authorities said. Civil rights activists and police watchdog groups claim that the department is among the most The city indicated the forms previously only available at the Police Department can now be found in the City Clerks Office and City Hall lobby as well. In total, Torrance police have confirmed 15 officers were placed on administrative leave as a result of the scandal. The city also pointed towards Harts recently established Chiefs Advisory Board which aims to serve as a forum for discussion to foster understanding between the police department and the community as another means of oversight as the city awaits the investigation results and the official establishment of the state oversight board. Complaints were filed directly with the department because, unlike a number of Southern California cities, including Los Angeles, Torrance has no citizen commission overseeing its Police Department. . Good job sticking to the script, he wrote. Two years later, the city agreed to pay $1.9 million to a construction worker shot in the neck by an officer during a 1988 traffic stop, and $1.1 million to a Carson man who claimed that officers broke his neck with a billy club. Truly favorable attitudes cannot prevail when a question of misuse of authority, either real or imagined, arises. Mark Ponegalek, a Torrance police spokesman, could not confirm or deny the identities of the officers involved, but said 15 have been placed on administrative leave in relation to the scandal. they have one of the worst reputations, Lynn said. Frequently, hateful comments were targeted at Black people. He declined to offer a timetable on that review and would not say whether the officers involvement in the text scandal would affect that probe. From 2016 to 2019, Torrance police upheld just three citizen allegations of police misconduct and zero allegations of racial profiling made against officers, according to data submitted to the California attorney generals office. Another picture he sent referred to an African American baby as a Pet Niguana, according to the records, and he also sent a message mocking the fact that he was the subject of a racial profiling complaint. The cost for an oversight commission in Torrance varies heavily depending on what type of model the city would opt for. The officers hit Ross with a Taser and handcuffed him, but he continued to struggle, according to the report, which then described two officers kneeling on Ross shoulders. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for LA, San Bernardino counties due to severe winter storms, Alpine Village, for decades a German American hub, faces unknown future, Real snow falls at Disneyland not the fake soapy stuff, Is there a problem with paying cash for a car? And several jurors laid blame for an above-the-law attitude on then-Chief Donald E. Nash, who resigned a year and a half later, six months before his planned retirement. The broad scope of the racist text conversations, which prosecutors said went on for years, has created a crisis for the Torrance Police Department and could jeopardize hundreds of criminal cases in which the officers either testified or made arrests. He graduated from California State University, Fullerton, in 1981 with a bachelor of arts in communication. Gascn has already publicly identified two of the men involved in the scandal as former Officers Cody Weldin and Christopher Tomsic, who were charged in August with conspiracy and vandalism for allegedly spray-painting a swastika inside a vehicle. Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer, Subject: RE: California Public Records Act Request: Torrance, CA PD Citizen Complaints. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. During the struggle, Tomsic said, Ross tried to gain control of his gun, according to a district attorneys office memo clearing the officers of criminal liability. Mark Ponegalek, a Torrance police spokesman, could not confirm or deny the identities of the officers involved, but said 15 have been placed on administrative leave in relation to the scandal. That number did not include Tomsic, Weldin, or Schroeder, he said. City officials report an exceptionally high level of public support for the departments practices, saying that politically conservative Torrance expects and even demands a hard-line approach to law enforcement. Gascn said the texts are proof that some Torrance officers hate the communities they were hired to serve. Concannon and Chavez pulled in behind him, exited their vehicle and yelled police! Mitchell initially placed his hands on the steering wheel, according to the memo, but when the officers approached him, they noticed his hands move toward his lap where Concannon saw what he believed to be a firearm. WebThe Torrance Police Department has made vigorous efforts to achieve this status, and it is our desire to provide the means whereby it might be sustained. 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