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The Morning Watch Painting Crew

December 10, 2021

Provided by Stan Bressler In the early 70’s, Sgt. Gene Senecal was in charge of maintenance of the police cars.  Gene decided that it would look better to have the entire police car rims painted white.  For the next month…

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Doug Dein

December 10, 2021

Doug Dein by Neil Purcell Neil told Stan a story about riding with Doug. Neil said he was a rookie and went on his first ride with Doug. They got a call about a woman complaining about people throwing eggs…

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Some Thoughts About Things That Happened by Stan Bressler

December 10, 2021

Remember when John Malmquist responded to a 211 at the motel, at Avocado and PCH? He walked right into the office and a guy was standing there with a gun pointed at him. The desk clerk said John had a…

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WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN ‘63

December 10, 2021

If you were hired in 1963, here are just a few of the things you would have gone through: The hiring process from application to hire could take up to 3 weeks.  That included physical agility, back ground, psych, and…

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THE RACE

December 10, 2021

Around 0200 on one quiet night a call came into the station about a couple of cars in a race around Fashion Island. An employee of one of the companies was working late and he had a perfect view of…

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Red Lights in the Surf by Greg Mattson

December 10, 2021

Occurrence Date Unknown Did you know that one weekday morning a “few” years ago at about 4 a.m. two synchronized bobbing red lights were observed in the low surf at the west end of the Ocean Front Parking Lot?  Had…

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The Blockade by Doug Dein

December 10, 2021

Occurrence Date Unknown As a one-man unit, Doug recalled an incident on morning watch but there were also 3 other units assigned. The department was seeing growth. They received a radio call at approximately 0300 from Station 50, the net…

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