The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance
Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 7, No. 34 - August 24, 2017
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Professionals.......................2
Classifieds............................6
Community Briefs...............3
Crossword/Sudoku.............6
Legals....................................7
Politically Speaking............5
Real Estate...........................8
Sports....................................3
TerriAnn in Torrance..........4
Weekend
Forecast
Torrance’s Emily Day Wraps
Up Championship Weekend
Beach volleyball great and Torrance’s own Emily Day (pictured on the right) and her partner Brittany Hochevar successfully defended their AVP Gold Series // Manhattan Beach Open title by defeating
Nicole Branaugh and Brandie Wilkerson this past Sunday. Day and Hochevar were also inductees during last Thursday’s Walk of Fame ceremony that kicked off the tournament. Photo by Mpu Dinani.
Council Approves Grant Application
For Justice Assistance Funds
By Cristian Vasquez
A recommendation by Torrance Interim Police
Chief Michael Browne to approve the 2017
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) application was unanimously passed
by members of the Torrance City Council on
Tuesday.
This year the City of Torrance was eligible
for $14,211 in grant monies, which will be
required to be used for enhancing law enforcement
Aircraft Noise Complaints
Soar Under New System
By Rob McCarthy
When asked how they deal with the sound
of jets arriving and departing around-theclock
at Los Angeles International Airport
(LAX), area residents will shrug and either
say they don’t hear the noise anymore or it
comes with the territory, so why complain?
Living in the flight path of an international
airport has a desensitizing effect on the
eardrums, though that’s not true not for
everyone. Neighbors upset about plane
noise are a small, yet vocal lot.
LAX a year ago installed a new reporting
system for neighbors of the surrounding
communities to file complaints about jet
noise, low-flying planes, changes in flight
paths and other annoyances. In that time,
the number of monthly complaints and
individuals contacting airport authorities
about planes flying too low or over their
houses has increased dramatically, according
to an analysis of the community
response reports from LAX.
Last month, the public filed 5,287
complaints about planes operating in
LAX airspace. The most recent number of
grievances was nearly 1,100 higher than a
year ago in July, which is the height of the
summer travel season. Four communities-
-Culver City, Santa Monica, Monterey Park
and Los Angeles--topped the list and those
residents, in some cases, complained 30
times apiece to airport authorities either
programs; prosecution and court programs;
prevention and education programs; corrections
and community corrections programs; drug
treatment and enforcement programs; planning,
evaluation and technology improvement
programs; crime victim and witness programs
(not to include compensation); and mental
health programs and related law enforcement
and corrections programs.
This year the Torrance Police Department
requested that the JAG funds being applied for
be used to pay for its Cadet Program. Councilman
Milton S. Herring expressed his support for the
program that is to benefit from the grant. “I
just want to say that some of the cadets that I
met, I am just so proud of the young men and
women who are going into the program,” he
said. “We have a lot to be proud of in the city
of Torrance with what we are doing to prepare
them, and reaching out to this generation.”
The Cadet Program was created in 2002
and has extended the opportunity to full-time
college students between the ages of 18-21
interested in a law enforcement career to gain
experience with the department. “Since 2007 we
have hired 11 full-time police officers from the
cadet program, so it has been very successful,”
said Browne. “At the moment there are eight
cadets with the department and one is in the
background check process in order to become
a police officer.”
Police cadets are assigned to various tasks
throughout the department’s multiple divisions,
such as community outreach, report writing,
preliminary investigations and customer service.
All cadets must also engage in monthly ridealongs
to better prepare them in responding to
all types of public concerns. Through the 2017
JAG funds, the department will be capable of
supplementing other funds for the purpose
of retaining the current eight cadet positions,
expand the pool of potential recruits, and add
to the department’s ability to provide services
throughout its different programs.
The Office of Justice Programs homepage
describes the JAG as the leading source of
federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant was created in honor of New
York Police Department Officer Edward R.
Byrne who in 1988 was murdered while on
assignment protecting a witness that had agreed
Friday See City Council, page 6
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See Aircraft Noise, page 4