Behind the Badge
Fallen Manhattan Beach police officer was a ‘real-life hero’
0Hailey Swanson described her husband, fallen Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson, as being “fearless, strong, loud, decisive, confident, devoted, protective, and always there with some off-the-wall comments and make me laugh, even in the darkest moments.” Hailey delivered these remarks during her husband’s funeral in front of a congregation of at least two thousand mourners at SeaCoast Grace Church in Cypress on Oct. 18, a gathering that included more than 1,000 police officers and law enforcement personnel from agencies throughout the state and the country. At around 5:15 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2023, Swanson, 35, was likely headed to…
On Sunday afternoon, Pasadena Police Chief John Perez and Vice Mayor Tyron Hampton addressed the community on the death of…
Social distancing and sheltering in place does not apply in an emergency. People experiencing symptoms of an acute condition that…
The detectives and their sergeant met in a park in the pre-dawn darkness to go over the operation: Serve a…
On Dec. 14, Nessah Synagogue congregants arrived for Shabbat services to find their synagogue vandalized. Furniture had been flipped over,…