“USUALLY WHEN THE POLICE MAKE a lot of noise it’s to intimidate the public into thinking that they are being protected. Criminals are taught to fear helicopters from which they cannot escape. Foot patrols are the best way of preventing crime and interacting with the public. Helicopters are the noisiest unnecessary sound in this city. Unless engaged in criminal apprehension they should be silent. Where helicopters are the worst is the beach. If the City Council ever stopped long enough from gouging the public and went to the beach they would hear a constant helicopter noise with the police being the worst. Flying low, slow and loud looking for criminal bikinis.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2007. Read the original PDF.