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. I am writing to follow up on my original request made on 8/25/17. 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. The findings were outlined in a grand jury report titled Policing the Police that investigated how the public could make complaints against police officers in a dozen county cities, including Inglewood and Culver City in addition to Torrance. Truly favorable attitudes cannot prevail when a question of misuse of authority, either real or imagined, arises. However, the investigation has already produced statements by several former officers claiming that the department not only tolerates racism, but teaches it. 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Medical examiners ruled Ross died of cardiac arrest resulting from methamphetamine use and his struggle with the officers, according to autopsy records. Prosecutors are reviewing dozens of additional cases linked to the officers, said Diana Teran, a special advisor to Los Angeles County Dist. For assistance Jackie Lacey, but the case is one of several that Gascn has hired a special prosecutor to review for possible criminal charges. 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. 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. You dont hang the star, someone wrote back. 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.. 3300 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503. 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. In another message reviewed by The Times, Alonso complained about the idea of having to work with a gay officer, and said hed straight punch a member of the LGBTQ community, using a common slur for gay men. 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Torrance removed two warnings on its police complaint form that threatened the complainant with legal action for making a false report after a county grand jury investigation concluded they were intimidating. . What is the total number of citizen complaints (allegations of misconduct) made against your departments officers annually for the last 10 years? And De Ladurantey said complaints and litigation are an inherent part of modern policing--even in suburban Torrance. . 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We have a group of officers who, apparently in addition to harboring very biased and racist beliefs, also may be engaging in inappropriate force that could be illegal in some cases, he said. Attorneys for Weldin and Tomsic did not return messages seeking comment. The governments current inquiry into allegations of racial harassment of the public is simply an effort to bolster its discriminatory hiring case against Torrance, one Justice Department official said. 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. John L. Fellows III calling the Justice Departments allegations totally groundless. Although a current racial breakdown of officers was not available, the government said that in 1992 only three of the departments 233 sworn officers (1.2%) were black, 15 (6.4%) were Latino and six (2.5%) were Asian. In the Mitchell case, that could be especially concerning. Animal Control: 310-618-3850. James Queally writes about crime and policing in Southern California, where he currently covers Los Angeles Countys criminal courts and the district attorneys office. The Times did not independently view documentation of racist text messages sent by any of those four officers, though the newspaper did review a document that showed Concannon sent messages that are part of the investigation. That number did not include Tomsic, Weldin, or Schroeder, he said. According to a Times review of public records, Concannon has shot only one person during his career: Christopher DeAndre Mitchell. 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. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires. That department is infected with the disease of denial . The officers were responding to calls from a mall employee who said Ross was walking through the building with a knife, muttering to himself. I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 25, 2017. The council also referenced Senate Bill 2 which will allow the state to decertify police officers who commit serious misconduct, and will establish a statewide oversight board as a reason not to pursue a locally-controlled oversight body. The officers either declined to comment through their attorneys or did not respond to messages left by The Times at their homes or through their union, the Torrance Police Officers Assn., which represents rank-and-file officers. Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience. 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. in communication and M.S. Your complaint will be quickly, professionally, and objectively investigated in order to arrive at an appropriate conclusion. 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. Rich L.A. homeowners are snapping them up, Left-handed pitchers offer gold-like value for high school teams, Column: How I finally learned to care about Orange Countys crumbling coastline, Shipping firms to pay pipeline company nearly $100 million in O.C. Torrance is no stranger to allegations of racist conduct by its police officers. 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. The answer, according to the caption, was to break a tail light on his car so the police will stop him and shoot him., Someone else sent a picture of a candy cane, a Christmas tree ornament, a star for the top of the tree and an enslaved person.. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not. Gascn said the texts are proof that some Torrance officers hate the communities they were hired to serve. Dunn also received a text message from Weldin apologizing for the damage, the affidavit said. The proper administration of law enforcement can be insured only through a highly professional police agency which respects itself and earns the respect of the public. 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. Service of the Summons and Complaint were executed upon V. Padila- Desk Officer in compliance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by personal service. We had to [expletive] her up because we knew he wouldnt, one officer wrote in one exchange about an altercation with a female suspect. From: Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer, Subject: California Public Records Act Request: Torrance, CA PD Citizen Complaints. The grand jury also said that the Torrance warning regarding the civil suit that could be filed if a false report is submitted was found to be unconstitutional in 1999 because of its chilling effect and the court ruling has been upheld on several occasions since then. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. 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. Jose Esparza, 19, Luis Ortiz, 20, and Jose Rodriguez, 21, described similar comments by police in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the department last month. The car owner arrived two days later to pick up his Hyundai at the yard and found the back bumper was spray painted white, a side mirror also was painted and a swastika and smiley face were drawn on the upholstered seats. Torrance was one of four cities surveyed that were not in compliance with that policy, which the state penal code requires. Which of the above data are published publicly? Dunn then placed a monitored call to Tomsic, who tried to blame Weldin, saying, Weldin is the instigator of all this. 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. An attorney for the union said the officers were barred from commenting on the investigation. Torrance recorded fewer violent crimes in 1993 than many neighboring cities of comparable size, according to the FBI. Armour said its unlikely that misconduct reminiscent of the TPD texting scandal would ever make it to a state oversight board without a more localized oversight commission that is equipped to keep a close watch on the departments policies and procedures. If citizen complaints are not taken seriously, it does increase the sense of impunity that officers who are inclined toward misconduct have, he said. Then, twice in three months, came federal civil rights lawsuits by citizens claiming that they were wrongfully stopped. . According to their attorney, they were not cited. 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 results of that investigation, though, likely wont be made public for another two years or so although Hart said he is working on a new collaborative reform model never before done in the state of California, which would allow quarterly or biannual updates on the status of the investigation. 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. The result: citations for a defective turn signal and a passenger not wearing a seat belt, both of which were later dismissed, the suit said. I questioned whether there was any other things that would lead us to believe that this is not sort of a single crime event, he said. We are aggressive, and sometimes we get some lawsuits, he said. The complaints against Torrance allege a more intense racism. 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. The California Attorney Generals ongoing investigation into 13 officers who have been placed on leave for their participating in the exchange of racist text messages that joked about lynching Black men, among other things will provide a check to see where we can optimize performance and increase accountability, Police Chief Jeremiah Hart said during Tuesdays meeting. Please include the type of complaint (i.e., use of Mark KickbuschPolice Operations SupervisorRecords DivisionTorrance Police Department3300 Civic Centre DriveTorrance, CA, 90503E: mkickbusch@TorranceCA.govP: 310-618-6347F: 310-618-2355. 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. Torrance did indicate it would comply with most recommendations made by the grand jury though, including: Five of the police departments surveyed Torrance was not one of them did not use complaints to identify potential problems, which the grand jury concluded was the entire point of an effective complaint system. 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. 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. Tony Saavedra is an investigative reporter specializing in legal affairs for the Orange County Register. The officers repeatedly ordered Mitchell to get out of the car, but he did not comply, according to the report. The first spate of costly lawsuits began in the late 1980s. If you wish to file a formal complaint, it will be necessary for you to complete a personnel complaint form (provided below). WebCurrent Announcements for Positions. One said that Torrance officers had shot Hispanic teen-agers before just for wearing big (street gang uniform) pants, Jose Esparza said. According to the affidavit, obtained by the Southern California News Group, the chain of events started at 4:07 a.m. Jan. 27, 2020, on Maricopa Street, where three men allegedly were stealing boxes from an apartment mail room. 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.. Non-Emergency Police Response: (310) 618-5641 3300 Civic Center Drive, Torrance CA 90503 Animal Control: 310-618-3850 Community Affairs : 310-618-6392 . A city of 137,000, Torrance had 12 homicides while nearby Inglewood, with 112,000 residents, had 45. 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. Its unclear what the results of that investigation will require the TPD to do, or how those changes may be enforced once the investigation is complete. Gascn has hired a special prosecutor to review for possible criminal charges. The officer has also been implicated in a racist text message scandal involving a dozen other officers. Gascn said he first became aware of the situation in July, when he was given a briefing about the pending vandalism charges. Changes need to be made in the Torrance Police Department, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said this week in announcing an independent investigation into the text messages. The complaints against Torrance allege a more intense racism. One (Torrance officer) said, The white people pay us to keep Mexicans out, said Esparza, a night student at Inglewood High School. Torrance police officials acquired evidence of the text message threads during their investigation of Weldin and Tomsic, according to Ponegalek, though he declined to give a specific timeline of when they obtained the data. Please provide a link to any and all publicly available reports containing the data above. What those text messages revealed was an extraordinarily hostile attitude toward people of color, people who are nonbinary, people who have different sexual orientations, said Walter Katz, a former independent police auditor in California who now serves as a vice president of criminal justice for research firm Arnold Ventures. Torrance police vehicles outside the Gable House Bowl after a shooting in 2019. Judge Amy Carter will decide whether to suppress evidence from the personal cellphones of ex-officers Corey Weldin and Christopher Tomsic. . The review will prioritize active cases in which a defendant is still in custody and one of the officers implicated in the scandal was a material witness., So that could be, for example, a single police officer is in a patrol car and sees an individual on the sidewalk and then says he had a bulge in his pocket and then pats him down and then recovers a gun, Teran said. The sum was upped to $9 million by a judge and the case finally was settled for $6.5 million. 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. I think they mean new black faces, 21-year-old Willy Daniels said. They have every complaint in California theyre not picking and choosing what theyre responding to, she said, adding that the state board will provide huge oversight.. . Its a deep-seated cultural problem, Price said. The fate of two former Torrance police officers may rest Monday with a Superior Court judge who has been asked to throw out evidence that the officers shared The department has refused to identify them. Robert Cramer, an assistant city attorney with the city of Los Angeles and the father of Nicholas Cramer, a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits, said the three boys involved were not chipping away at anything the night of May 26--they were returning home from a movie. 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. Usually, conversations always seemed to circle back to vile insults or depictions of violence against Black people. Our members have a right to due process and should be protected from illegal and unnecessary intrusion into their private lives.. Both the department and residents cite relatively low crime statistics as evidence of the departments success. 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. About 13 Torrance officers are on paid leave as the city and the state attorney general investigate the offensive texts, which include jokes about lynchings, gassing Jews and shooting Black men. Ive been pissed at Weldin since then, according to the affidavit. Rob Bonta said Wednesday his office will investigate the department in the wake of the scandal. Dunn said he was frustrated that he was getting blamed for the vandalism. Daniels said the officer approached him three days later at a local mall. - 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 other cities have reached agreements with the government, offering payments to a few African Americans and Asian Americans who were denied jobs. Even if the results of investigations are inconclusive, tracking complaints can provide an early warning system to identify and take corrective actions to improve employee conduct.. maybe its something else. In Torrance, the Police and Fire Departments costs make up 65% of the citys general fund budget. The officers did not necessarily testify in each case, so its unclear how many of those cases could be affected. MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests 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 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. Kristy Hutchings covers all things Long Beach including local government, politics, and the environment. As such, we do not have access to facts of the underlying investigation, or the alleged inappropriate materials. Records operates on a round-the-clock basis, performing numerous tasks aiding our department, other law enforcement agencies, and the general public to gain access to necessary records. The city has doled out millions of dollars in recent years to settle lawsuits charging officers with everything from using excessive force to orchestrating massive cover-ups. Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed. We catch em (criminals), and the community likes that.. they have one of the worst reputations, Lynn said. A Long Beach police spokesman said Schroeder was assigned to desk duty pending the outcome of an internal investigation, but would not say why. After one officer shared a news article about someone being arrested for urinating on a Black child and calling them the N-word, Satterfield replied, whats the crime? according to district attorneys records reviewed by The Times. 3. Sincerely,Alexander Cartwright and Jennifer Dirmeyer. Anyone can request public documents in California, and a purpose does not have to be stated. Web47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 The current administrative investigations are confidential. Community Affairs: 310-618-6392. For example, some departments do not count misses while others count all discharges; some include shots at animals. Chief De Ladurantey said he receives as many citizen complaints from whites as minorities. 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. 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. The text messages were not on one continuous thread, according to two of the sources. Although the officers actions were found to be justified in each case, experts say those cases should be reexamined in the context of the hateful messages. In Torrance, the Police and Fire Departments costs make up 65% of the citys general fund budget. 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. . Before they start complaining too loudly about how much it would cost to run this commission, Armour said, they need to consider what it costs to not have a commission making their policies better and making them less subject to litigation.. And its not new., De Ladurantey flatly denies that his officers pull over motorists because of the color of their skin, but acknowledges that part of a police officers job is to sense deviation. Atty. Certainly, 1994 brought more unwanted attention to the department. Records operates on a round-the-clock basis, performing WebTorrance Police Department Internal Affairs. 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